Governor Pritzker’s disaster proclamation, declaring a public health emergency due to COVID-19, ends today, May 11, 2023. As a result, COVID-leave rights, and other rights contingent.
Evanston/Skokie School District 65 drama teacher Stacy Deemar filed a lawsuit in June challenging the district’s antiracism programming. Deemar, who is white, is represented by the Southeastern Legal Foundation, a conservative law firm. She claims the district’s programming divides students and staff by race and discriminates against white people. The district says Deemar has misrepresented.
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The Illinois Educational Labor Relations Board rejected the Elmhurst Teachers Council s request for a court injunction to get District 205 to hold off on in-person learning. The district said the union ignored the needs of students. (David Giuliani/Patch)
ELMHURST, IL The state educational labor board has rejected the Elmhurst teachers union s request to hold off on in-person learning until the school district meets its own health criteria for reopening. The board finalized that order Thursday.
In its complaint to the state, the Elmhurst Teachers Council argued the school board did not meet its requirements for in-person learning when it decided to reopen Jan. 11.