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Updated 3/12/2021 6:32 AM
There was cheering in some classrooms and hallways when the announcement went out a year ago that Illinois schools were closing amid the spiraling COVID-19 pandemic.
But for many parents it was a gut check, while teachers and administrators looked down the logistical and technological abyss posed by remote learning.
I remember talking to our superintendent and saying, When we come back after spring break, recalled Lombard Elementary District 44 fifth-grade teacher Rebecca Gamboa. He said, We re probably not coming back for the rest of the year . and I laughed.
On March 13, 2020, Gov. J.B. Pritzker ordered Illinois schools to shut down in-person classes for two weeks to reduce the spread of the deadly virus. The temporary measure was extended with a statewide stay-at-home order enacted March 21.
State cuts social distancing guidance for schools from 6 to 3 feet Kindergartners wore masks and stayed spaced apart when they returned last fall to the classroom of teacher Loren Lascon of Stuart R. Paddock School in Palatine. Courtesy of Palatine Township Elementary District 15. Kindergartners wore masks and stayed spaced apart when they returned last fall to the classroom of teacher Loren Lascon of Stuart R. Paddock School in Palatine. Courtesy of Palatine Township Elementary District 15.
So far, 1,247,781 people 9.79% of the state s population have been fully vaccinated. Aurora held a mass vaccination Monday at a repurposed former Carson Pirie Scott store.
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Elmhurst School District 205 is requiring coronavirus testing for students attending in-person classes. However, the Illinois State Board of Education says a district has no such authority. (Shutterstock)
ELMHURST, IL The state told Patch last week that school districts have no legal authority to require saliva testing for in-person learning.
But Elmhurst School District 205 is setting aside that legal advice, saying it believes it has the power to mandate such screening.
On Friday, Elmhurst Patch obtained an email from Superintendent Dave Moyer to a parent earlier that day.
Subscribe We have consulted with our attorneys, and the (Illinois State Board of Education s) position is not legally binding, he told the parent. Our attorneys have advised us that we have the legal authority to require testing for in-person attendance.