Articles filed under Coronavirus
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Teachers unions urge schools to maintain agreed-upon mask requirementsFeb 08, 2022 12:00 am - After a chaotic return to school Monday in the wake of a downstate judge's ruling late last week that seemingly overturned the state's classroom masking requirement, the...
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Libertyville District 70 goes mask-optional, but other Lake County districts keep mandateFeb 08, 2022 12:00 am - As of Tuesday morning, masks were optional for students, staff members and visitors at Libertyville Elementary District 70 schools and offices. But most Lake County scho...
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'Shame on you': District 204 meeting ends early after parents, students protest mask mandateFeb 08, 2022 12:00 am - Showered with jeers from a crowd of parents and students angry about Indian Prairie Unit District 204 maintaining an indoor mask requirement in the face of last week's c...
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No bullying vs. 'ugliness in the hallways': What suburban kids are seeing after mask rulingFeb 08, 2022 12:00 am - Pigtailed 7-year-old Jaelyn Lozano was still wearing her space-themed mask Monday as she joined a stream of kids running out of Lions Park Elementary in Mount Prospect a...
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How treating long-haul COVID-19 is affecting health care resourcesFeb 07, 2022 4:30 am - Despite a constant, high-pitched ringing in her ears and the inability to enjoy most of her favorite foods anymore, Carina Graham knows her COVID-19 infection could have...
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Palatine police called to Fremd after student confrontation over masksFeb 07, 2022 12:00 am - Palatine police were called to Fremd High School Monday morning following a confrontation between students in a classroom regarding the wearing of masks in the building....
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Here we go again: Judge's order sparks conflict, renews debates over masks in schoolsFeb 07, 2022 12:00 am - Despite a downstate judge's order lifting a statewide mask mandate, many suburban schools insisted students and employees wear face coverings Monday to prevent transmiss...
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School mask decision by judge 'cultivates chaos,' Pritzker saysFeb 07, 2022 12:00 am - Gov. J.B. Pritzker Monday blasted a downstate judge's order temporarily lifting face mask restrictions at numerous school districts as sowing "chaos" amid the COVID-19 p...
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Suburban school districts scramble to resolve mask question as students return to classFeb 06, 2022 12:00 am - This story has been updated from its original version to remove a portion regarding Naperville District 203's status in the downstate lawsuit. Suburban school distr...
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Illinois AG seeks stay against mask order; suburban schools split on whether masks will be required MondayFeb 05, 2022 12:00 am - This story has been updated to note that Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul is seeking a stay to pause the temporary restraining order. Illinois Attorney General...