Updated 2/23/2021 6:51 PM
Indian Prairie Unit District 204 is boosting its in-person instruction time from two to four days a week for all grade levels starting next month.
In a hybrid model rolled out in January, students who chose to return to the classroom were divided into two cohorts to limit the number of people in the buildings. Those groups will now be combined, doubling the amount of time in-person learners spend in school while still adhering to 6-foot social distancing guidelines, administrators announced Monday.
The district does not plan to move to a five-day, full-time schedule at any point this academic year, Superintendent Adrian Talley said, but that remains the goal for the fall.
District 204 preparing to start hybrid learning next month Neuqua Valley High School students are set to return to school in a hybrid learning model next month, according to the latest back-to-school plan presented Monday by Indian Prairie Unit District 204 administrators. Daily Herald file photo
Updated 12/15/2020 6:54 PM
The transition to a hybrid schedule is slated to begin next month in Indian Prairie Unit District 204, giving students at all grade levels the option to return to some level of in-person learning by the week of Feb. 1, administrators said.
While e-learning has been center stage since the spring, district officials say they have been developing plans to safely bring children back in the classroom a process that included launching pilot programs and sending some specialized groups back to school on a limited basis.