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Updated 3/12/2021 6:32 AM
There was cheering in some classrooms and hallways when the announcement went out a year ago that Illinois schools were closing amid the spiraling COVID-19 pandemic.
But for many parents it was a gut check, while teachers and administrators looked down the logistical and technological abyss posed by remote learning.
I remember talking to our superintendent and saying, When we come back after spring break, recalled Lombard Elementary District 44 fifth-grade teacher Rebecca Gamboa. He said, We re probably not coming back for the rest of the year . and I laughed.
On March 13, 2020, Gov. J.B. Pritzker ordered Illinois schools to shut down in-person classes for two weeks to reduce the spread of the deadly virus. The temporary measure was extended with a statewide stay-at-home order enacted March 21.
How Elmhurst District 205 secured vaccine access for its workforce The auditorium of York High School in Elmhurst turned into a vaccine clinic last week. Daily Herald file photo
Updated 2/16/2021 6:24 AM
While school systems of similar size are struggling to secure coronavirus vaccines for their teachers, Elmhurst Unit District 205 has been able to inoculate its workforce at a faster pace.
More than 50% of employees have received at least one dose of the vaccine, according to informal data gathered by the district. Staff members are not required to report whether they have been vaccinated, a district spokeswoman said Monday.
In other DuPage County districts, teachers are still waiting for their shots amid tight supplies, resulting in an uneven distribution of vaccines for educators who are currently eligible in the second wave of inoculations.
Elmhurst District 205 superintendent leaving for New York job David Moyer
Updated 1/15/2021 2:28 PM
Elmhurst Unit District 205 Superintendent David Moyer will step down at the end of the school year to take a position leading a New York school system.
The district announced Moyer s departure on Friday, just days after returning to some in-person learning amid pushback from the teachers union.
Moyer will take the helm of a district of similar size in LaGrangeville, New York, near Poughkeepsie. The school board there selected Moyer from a pool of more than 40 applicants. He will leave District 205 at the end of June. I want to feel like I m making an impact, and I have an impact to make yet, and I wanted to go somewhere where I felt that I could do that, Moyer said Friday. And I think this is a good fit, and it s in a region in the country where my wife and I would like to live.
School board candidates flood ballot in Indian Prairie District 204 Indian Prairie Unit District 204, which includes Waubonsie Valley High School, has at least 10 school board candidates running for four seats up for election in April. Daily Herald file Photo
Updated 12/15/2020 7:50 PM
The school board election coming in the spring in Indian Prairie Unit District 204 has turned into one of the most competitive races on the ballot in DuPage County.
To date, only two incumbents have formally declared bids to keep their seats, but voters will still have to sort out a slew of challengers.
The election for four open spots on the board is currently an 11-way race just two days into the weeklong filing period for hopefuls to put their names on the April 6 ballot.