In DuPage County schools, there were more white students than any other individual ethnicity in the 2021-22 school year, according to the Illinois State Board of Education.
Truancy is a persistent issue in many schools across the United States, with some students regularly skipping classes and falling behind in their studies.
Lombard School District 44, which includes eight schools and 3,020 students, is now mask-optional.The announcement came Saturday in an email to parents by District Superintendent Ted Stec, in response to a Sangamon County court ruling late Friday that declared Gov. J.B. Pritzker's school student mask requirement "null and void."