Aurora Schools
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East Aurora Unit District 131 offers plan on fall 2020 reopeningJul 30, 2020 11:00 pm - On July 24, East Aurora Unit District 131 posted a letter from Superintendent Jennifer Norrell on plans for the 2020-21 school year: “Our district is choosing to respond...
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Dist. 204 delaying return date, deadline to choose online instructionJul 29, 2020 1:00 am - Indian Prairie Unit District 204 is delaying the start of its school year until Sept. 3 as administrators work to ensure their Return to School plan is in line with the ...
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Return to school? Suburban teachers not all sure about it, eitherJul 20, 2020 5:30 am - Lauren Brzezinski has a tough decision to make in the coming days. The 28-year-old teacher at Hawthorn Elementary South in Vernon Hills is conflicted about whether to re...
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Lunch will be served, but how? Schools weigh options to crowded cafeteriasJul 16, 2020 5:30 am - School-aged children who are eating outdoors with their families on patios and sidewalks outside restaurants this summer may still be dining alfresco if and when they re...
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Poulakidas, Schwieger weighing many offersJul 16, 2020 1:00 am - Ask John Poulakidas and Ben Schwieger about their scholarship offers to play basketball, and they'll methodically list the colleges one by one. It just might take a whil...
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'No easy solutions': Indian Prairie District 204 unveils reopening plansJul 14, 2020 1:00 am - Families in Indian Prairie Unit District 204 will face two choices when student registration for the new year begins next week during the coronavirus pandemic. The distr...
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Need that in-person instruction or too risky? Parents' reactions to school reopening mixedJul 11, 2020 1:00 am - As a former teacher married to a teacher, Martha Paschke is concerned about schools reopening this fall and the risk it poses for students and employees. Paschke worries...
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Send the kids in August? Parents, schools grapple with reopening decisionsJul 11, 2020 1:00 am - After months of lockdowns, masks, social distancing and endless talk of COVID-19 and positivity rates, the time suburban parents have dreaded is nearly here - the start ...
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'Virtual' fist-bumps: High school baseball returns amid the pandemicJul 08, 2020 1:00 am - Two high school baseball teams returned to the diamond Wednesday in West Chicago under different protocol than past summers. No sunflower seeds were spit. No water bottl...
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New book by Marmion monk comes out July 15Jul 06, 2020 11:00 pm - Father Joel Rippinger's recent sabbatical has brought to fruition a new book, "Struggle and Ascent: The History of Mount Angel Abbey," published by Liturgical Press, Col...