Masks will be optional in the Abingdon-Avon School District. The District 276 Board of Education voted unanimously to reject Governor J.B. Pritzker's mask mandate, going against legal advice given to them and the recommendation from Superintendent Dr. Mike Curry. "I made the recommendation based on legal advice from the board's attorney to follow the mandates," Curry told WGIL on Thursday. "And they respectfully declined that recommendation and chose to disregard the mandate. They just did not want to subject the children to the mandate of the Governor." Dr. Curry says that the board also took a stance that people should be treated respectfully regardless if they choose to be masked or not. "They were very, very clear on that [Wednesday night] that they're giving the folks in our district a choice and each group should respect the other persons' choice. And I thought that was a very important thing for them to say." The Illinois State B
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May 14, 2021
With rain in the forecast for this weekend, the Abingdon-Avon School District #276 is making changes to graduation plans from an outdoor ceremony at the football field to an indoor one.
Superintendent Dr. Mike Curry tells WGIL that the weather and changes to the COVID restrictions allow for the district to move the graduation ceremony scheduled for Sunday, May 16, from outdoors to indoors.
“The weather was not in our favor for an outdoor graduation and at the time there were no limits. We had enough space that as many people could come as they wanted and in a mask-free environment at the time, being outside. But we have pivoted to inside.”