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Township High School District 128, which includes Vernon Hills and Libertyville high schools, is among the school districts where voters will see a long list of candidates to choose from when they head to the polls on April 6. (Shutterstock)
LIBERTYVILLE, IL Suburban school districts across the Chicago area faced many tough decisions in the last year, and plenty of criticism, regarding their handling of schooling during the COVID-19 pandemic.
And as we head into Election Day on Tuesday, several school board races are packed with newcomers hoping to get their school district back on track. They year also brought strong divisions between those pushing for in-person learning during a year when students learned mostly via Zoom and others that wanted to keep their kids at home.
Libertyville, Vernon Hills high schools offering full day, in-person classes April 5 dailyherald.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from dailyherald.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Posted3/4/2021 5:20 AM
Full-day in-class instruction is being considered as an added option for students at Libertyville and Vernon Hills high schools.
A final determination is pending, but an informal consensus of the Libertyville-Vernon Hills Area High School District 128 school board supports allowing more time in class for those who want it.
A parent survey due by Sunday will give the board a sense of how many students want the full-day, in-person route. The school board will review the results and are expected to vote Monday whether to add a full-day, in-person option and, if approved, when that would start.
Superintendent Prentiss Lea recommended April 5 as the earliest the shift should occur, to provide a weeklong buffer after the end of spring break.
Updated 1/13/2021 4:28 PM
Returning to classrooms for many students at Libertyville and Vernon Hills high schools will include a weekly, on-site COVID-19 test.
Teachers, too, are part of the voluntary program officials in Libertyville-Vernon Hills Area High School District 128 have been working furiously to ready for hybrid learning, which begins Tuesday.
Teachers who returned to school buildings this week were given tests in a practice run to spot issues and fine-tune procedures. We re as ready as we ve ever been or ever will be for students to come back, Superintendent Prentiss Lea told parents Tuesday during a nearly two-hour informational webinar.
The school board in late November unanimously voted to return to in-person learning. On Jan. 4, a contract with Passport Health to provide Abbott s BinaxNOW tests and testing services at both high schools was approved.