Updated 1/25/2021 4:57 PM
Remember when a good winter storm meant no school and students making a beeline for the nearest sled hill?
With most school districts now better equipped for remote learning, traditional snow days might become a thing of the past.
"We now have the tools necessary, in the hands of teachers and students, to pivot to remote learning at any time during the school year," said Lisa Hichens, superintendent of Batavia Unit District 101. "We are practiced and more comfortable with this learning mode and prefer to keep the school calendar intact as much as possible."
Many suburban school districts currently allowing hybrid classes are bracing to switch to full remote learning amid predictions of an overnight winter storm.