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Send the kids in August? Parents, schools grapple with reopening decisions
Jul 11, 2020 6:17 PM - Suburban school districts are grappling with how to reopen schools this fall with either in-person classes, remote learning or a combination of both based on guidelines from state education and health authorities. Many districts are leaving it up to parents to choose how their children will learn. -
These suburbanites visited India in February. Only this summer did they make it back home.
Jul 11, 2020 5:47 PM - A pair of Daily Herald pressroom employees are finally back home after the pandemic stranded them in India since March. -
Suburban Hero: Arlington Heights boy making much-needed personal protection equipment
Jul 11, 2020 5:37 PM - An Arlington Heights boy has been making much-needed personal protection equipment for health care workers. -
Need that in-person instruction or too risky? Parents' reactions to school reopening mixed
Jul 11, 2020 5:23 PM - Suburban parents share mixed feelings about sending their children to schools for in-person instruction or keeping them home to learn remotely. Some prefer a hybrid instructional model of limiting the number of students returning to classrooms and allowing parents to opt for virtual learning. -
1,195 new coronavirus cases in Illinois, third straight day above 1,000
Jul 11, 2020 4:36 PM - Illinois' confirmed coronavirus cases increased Saturday by 1,195, including 24 deaths, the state reported. It's the third straight day more than 1,000 cases have been reported in Illinois. -
As businesses reopen, many Americans plan to spend less
Jul 11, 2020 6:12 AM - The planned cutbacks may compound the already massive economic impact of the virus. -
District 211 to shift among three attendance options in 2020-21
Jul 11, 2020 11:26 AM - Palatine-Schaumburg High School District 211 Friday presented its reopening plan for next month consisting of three attendance scenarios that could shift and change throughout the coming school year in response to the changing conditions of the COVID-19 pandemic in the region. -
District 15 reopening plan features two choices
Jul 10, 2020 9:35 PM - Palatine Township Elementary School District 15 on Friday released a reopening plan that offers a choice between virtual and in-person learning. -
Archdiocese announces plan to reopen buildings to 70,000 students
Jul 10, 2020 8:10 PM - The Archdiocese of Chicago Friday announced more details on its plans for reopening its school buildings to 70,000 students in Cook and Lake counties in the fall, which it committed to last month. -
Free COVID-19 testing at Lake Zurich High after athletic camp shut-downs
Jul 10, 2020 7:44 PM - The Illinois Department of Public Health will operate a free COVID-19 testing site at Lake Zurich High School on July 12 and 19 after positive virus tests shut down athletic camps there this week.
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