New Hanover, Brunswick and Pender county school districts are releasing their Covid-19 numbers weekly. (Port City Daily photo/file) SOUTHEASTERN N.C. — After the holiday break, students are returning to classrooms across the tri-county area, slowly but surely. In New Hanover County, elementary school students have another week of remote instruction before they return to in-person classes part-time on Jan. 25. The middle and high schoolers returned to school this past Monday under the Plan B model, which allows for two days a week of face-to-face instruction and three days virtual. Brunswick County Schools delayed their return to the buildings after clusters were identified on two of its campuses. Students have been learning from home so far this semester. On Tuesday, after the Martin Luther King holiday, BCS elementary school students will return to physical classes five days a week under Plan A and middle and high school students will resume Plan B. The governor has not yet allowed secondary schools to reopen fully.