“All educators deserve to be highlighted and celebrated for the tireless, phenomenal work they do each day,” said Briana Morales, an East St. Louis educator who was 2023 Illinois Teacher of the Year.
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WBGZ Radio 4/3/2021 |
By Mark Ellebracht - WBGZ Radio
Millions of dollars in COVID-19 relief funding will be coming to Riverbend public schools. More than $53.1 million will go to the Alton, Bethalto, Roxana, East Alton Elementary, Wood River Hartford, and East Alton Wood River High School Districts. The announcement for that funding came this week from State Senator Rachelle Crowe of Glen Carbon.
The funding comes as part of the most recent federal COVID-19 relief packages. Schools, students, and parents have overcome challenges that began in March 2020 including remote and hybrid learning, digital connection issues, new processes for receiving state and federal aid that normally flow through schools, and more. The majority of the funding comes from the American Rescue Plan, which gives local schools a great deal of flexibility in how they can use the money over the next 3 ½ years. At least 20% of the funding must be used to address learning loss, but beyond that, sch