Anti-mask protesters again lined the streets outside the Glen Ellyn Elementary District 41 administration offices Wednesday despite concerns from parents about the safety of students arriving at a neighboring school.
More DuPage County schools requiring students to mask up Parents and students rallied in Aurora over the weekend to call for a mask mandate in schools. Brian Hill | Staff Photographer
Updated 8/3/2021 8:03 PM
A growing number of DuPage County school districts and colleges will require students and employees vaccinated or not to wear masks when classes start later this month.
Several elementary school districts are the latest to embrace indoor masking rules, falling in line with state and federal health guidelines.
The school year is fast approaching as the highly contagious delta variant of the coronavirus takes hold across the state, and children under 12 are still not eligible for the COVID-19 vaccine.
Despite losing the Glen Ellyn Elementary District 41 school board election in April, Abigail Emerson intends to stay involved and stay informed.
The Glen Ellyn resident came in fifth of the eight contestants running for the four open District 41 school board seats. [We were able]. to shed some light on some of the serious issues in our district, Emerson told
DuPage Policy Journal. Particularly as it relates to conflict of interest on the board, lack of parent representation, and a union politics and controls directly affecting our children s lives.
Last month, the former educator said that she felt the election had been disappointingly and unexpectedly partisan, with threats reportedly directed at her from Indivisible Dupage, a progressive group that boasts itself as caring about the environment, taxes, health care and fairness.
A wave of color sweeps into local offices Top, left to right, Tim McGowan, Yasmeen Bankole, Curtis Bradley, Tayyaba Syed, Steve Wang, Erin Chan Ding. Bottom, left to right, Dan Choi, Syed Hussaini, Sol Cabechuela, Paul Leong, Shweta Baid, Ian Holzhauer. These are just some of the minority candidates who ran successfully for municipal and school board offices in the April 6 election.
Updated 4/24/2021 4:53 PM
A wave of minority candidates from diverse racial, ethnic and religious backgrounds swept over the suburbs during the spring elections, as dozens of contenders stepped up to seek positions on municipal, school, township, library and park boards.
Despite losing the Glen Ellyn Elementary District 41 school board election in April, Abigail Emerson intends to stay involved and stay informed.
The Glen Ellyn resident came in fifth of the eight contestants running for the four open District 41 school board seats. [We were able]. to shed some light on some of the serious issues in our district, Emerson told
DuPage Policy Journal. Particularly as it relates to conflict of interest on the board, lack of parent representation, and a union politics and controls directly affecting our children s lives.
Last month, the former educator said that she felt the election had been disappointingly and unexpectedly partisan, with threats reportedly directed at her from Indivisible Dupage, a progressive group that boasts itself as caring about the environment, taxes, health care and fairness.