As Indian Prairie District 204 officials inch closer to finalizing plans for redrawing enrollment boundaries and with boundary meetings and community forums slated for the next couple weeks concerned parents throughout the district are making their voices heard.
With the Indian Prairie Unit District 204 boundary redrawing process moving along, residents continue to voice concerns to the school board about the problems they see with the concept plans that have emerged.
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Indian Prairie District 204 won t require masks as long as less than 5% test positive for virus Indian Prairie Unit District 204 has adopted a plan for the 2021-22 academic year that includes various mitigation measures but does not require masks in schools such as Waubonsie Valley High School. Daily Herald file photo
Updated 7/20/2021 7:43 PM
Tiered COVID-19 mitigation strategies are roped into a plan adopted in Indian Prairie Unit District 204 for the 2021-22 school year.
Based on the current metrics, that means masks will be recommended but not required when students and employees start the school year next month in as much of a pre-pandemic way as possible, Superintendent Adrian Talley said.
UpdatedTue, Jul 20, 2021 at 8:25 pm CT
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Students at Indian Prairie School District 204 will not be required to wear face masks when the 2021-22 school year begins. (Shutterstock)
NAPERVILLE, IL Students at Indian Prairie School District 204 will not be required to mask up when the 2021-22 school year begins, though the district is recommending all students wear face masks amid the ongoing coronavirus pandemic.
The motion to approve the district s fall 2021 plans passed with a 5 to 2 vote from school board members at Monday s Board of Education meeting.
During the public comment portion of the evening, audience members erupted in cheers and applause and held signs aloft as district parents spoke in favor of making masks optional for students, challenging the efficacy of face masks against coronavirus and suggesting that face masks limit students ability to breathe.