Barrington police have arrested a boy on two counts of battery and disorderly conduct alleging he shot a pair of Barrington High School classmates with a water bead gun on school property last Wednesday.
Updated 1/23/2021 4:00 PM
Editor s note: This story was updated 1/23 to say that it s seniors who can go in for a full day.
Barrington High School seniors who want to attend school in person will be able to so for the full day, five days a week, starting Monday.
Barrington Area Unit District 220 Superintendent Brian Harris made the announcement Friday.
The district had started classes Jan. 19 with a hybrid model, meaning a combination of in-person and virtual learning. Students also have a choice to remain in all-remote learning.
The change at the high school comes after a significant number of students recently shifted their selection from in-person to distance learning, Harris said.
Updated 1/13/2021 5:53 AM
Some suburban school districts went back to in-person learning after the winter break, and more will be doing so in the coming weeks, some with added tools such as COVID-19 testing for staffs.
Students in Palatine Township Elementary District 15 and Oak Grove Elementary District 68 were back last week after a pause for all-virtual learning between Thanksgiving and winter break. Algonquin-based Community Unit District 300 restarted with a hybrid learning model Monday.
Barrington Area Unit District 220, whose students had all-virtual learning this school year with the exception of a few days in late October, will implement hybrid learning starting Jan. 19. Libertyville-Vernon Hills Area High School District 128 will do the same.