The Unit 5 and District 87 school districts plan to keep mask rules in place following Friday's order. But several smaller districts around McLean County are making masks optional, effective immediately.
The Unit 5 and District 87 school districts plan to keep mask rules in place following Friday's order. But several smaller districts around McLean County are making masks optional, effective immediately.
A Sangamon County judge’s ruling in a lawsuit over mask mandates in Illinois schools set off a weekend of scrambling and uncertainty as districts consulted lawyers, state education officials, and school board members in a flurry of online meetings.
Unit 5 again plans to use working cash bonds to cut into its structural deficit, now at $13 million. But several board members said Wednesday it’s time to stop relying on that kind of temporary fix.