Arlington Heights Elementary District 25 will launch a survey and host a series of community forums and focus groups beginning next week as part of its search for the next superintendent.
Arlington Heights police release sketch of suspect in battery of girl walking to school Arlington Heights police released this sketch of a man suspected in the battery of a girl walking to school on May 17. Courtesy of Arlington Heights Police Department
Updated 5/24/2021 3:24 PM
Arlington Heights police on Monday released a sketch of a man suspected of touching a girl on her walk to school a week ago.
Authorities said the battery took place about 9 a.m. May 17, near Valley Lane and Pinetree Drive, just south of Ivy Hill Elementary School.
The girl reported that after the man approached and started talking to her, he touched her buttocks, according to a police department bulletin. The girl ran away, and no injuries were reported, authorities said.
Updated 3/3/2021 6:02 PM
Arlington Heights Elementary District 25 plans to return to full, in-person, five-day-a-week instruction starting with summer school June 16 and continuing with the next school year beginning Aug. 19, officials said.
The move would serve as an expansion of the current four-day-a-week system for families that have chosen the in-person option. It likely would also mean continuation of any mitigation strategies, including mask wearing, recommended by the Cook County Department of Public Health at the time, said Superintendent Lori Bein.
A remote learning option may also be part of the mix for the fall whether the state mandates it, or District 25 chooses to offer it but the district would change the format into a remote academy taught separately from in-person instruction, Bein said.