Area schools in UP to start classes next week
Most area Upper Peninsula school districts will begin 2021-22 classes Wednesday, with a few exceptions.
For now, none of the districts have announced they will require face masks or other precautions put in place at the start of the 2020-21 school year, after a first summer of COVID-19.
But families with students should continue to monitor their school district’s websites, as the emergence of the delta virus has COVID-19 activity on the rise in the region.
The first day of classes for area school districts are:
MICHIGAN
North Dickinson County School District
The first day of the Nordics’ 2021-22 school year will be Monday. The district will not have school on Friday and from Friday, Sept. 3, through Labor Day on Monday, Sept. 6.
West Iron County School District
WIC schools will have their first day Tuesday. The district will not have classes on Friday, Sept. 3, through Labor Day on Monday, Sept. 6.
Breitung Township Schools District
Breitung Township Schools will have its first day of classes Wednesday. The district will not have classes on Friday, Sept. 3, through Labor Day on Monday, Sept. 6.
Iron Mountain School District
The North Elementary open house will be 5 p.m. Monday. East Elementary will have orientation at 5 p.m. Tuesday. First day for all students will be Wednesday. The district will not have classes from Friday, Sept. 3, through Labor Day Monday, Sept. 6.
Norway-Vulcan School District
Norway-Vulcan Schools will have its first day of classes Wednesday. The district will not have classes on Friday, Sept. 3, through Labor Day on Monday, Sept. 6.
Forest Park School District
Forest Park will have the first day of classes Wednesday. The district will not have classes on Friday, Sept. 3, through Labor Day on Monday, Sept. 6.
North Central School District
An open house will take place Monday from 4:30 to 6:30 p.m. at the elementary school and from 6:30 to 7:30 p.m. for sixth grade. Grades seven through 12 can pick up their schedules Tuesday. The first day of school will be Thursday, with dismissal at noon. The district will not have classes on Friday, Sept. 3, through Labor Day on Monday, Sept. 6.
WISCONSIN
State law requires most Wisconsin school districts not begin classes before Sept. 1. For the region, 2021-22 classes will begin on that date.
Niagara School District
The first day of classes will be Wednesday, Sept. 1. The district will not meet Friday, Sept. 3, through Labor Day on Sept. 6.
Florence County School District
Classes will be in session for the first time Wednesday, Sept. 1. The district will not meet Labor Day on Monday, Sept. 6.
Beecher-Dunbar-Pembine School District
The first day of classes will be Wednesday, Sept. 1. The district will not meet Labor Day on Monday, Sept. 6.
Goodman-Armstrong Creek
The first day of school is Wednesday, Sept. 1. The district will not meet Labor Day on Monday, Sept. 6.






