Articles filed under Teachers
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Longtime Lake County superintendent of schools retires after contracting COVID-19Apr 09, 2021 1:00 am - Roycealee Wood, the longtime Lake County regional superintendent of schools, has retired to focus on her health after recently contracting COVID-19. Wood, 80, was first ...
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District 25 board remains divided in vote approving daily in-person learningApr 09, 2021 1:00 am - Amid calls for unity after a contentious Arlington Heights Elementary District 25 board election and reopening debate, divisions on the board were still evident in membe...
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Woodland District 50 plans to offer more in-person learning April 13Apr 01, 2021 1:00 am - Woodland Elementary School District 50 will welcome more students back to the classroom for in-person learning beginning April 13, under a plan approved at a special sch...
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Round Lake 116 to start hybrid learning MondayMar 26, 2021 1:00 am - Students in Round Lake Area Unit District 116 will begin hybrid instruction model Monday, with a second wave of students beginning April 5. Thirty percent of students op...
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Elmhurst school librarian turns another page adapting to pandemicMar 24, 2021 6:00 am - Lauren Blanford had finished reading the children's picture book “The Undefeated” when a student raised a hand. “Mrs. Blanford, what was that book about?” “It's about Bl...
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District 303 moving ahead with five days a week of in-person learningMar 23, 2021 1:00 am - More than 3,000 St. Charles Unit District 303 students want to return to in-person learning five days a week, according to the results of a survey the district recently ...
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More Kane County schools moving to full in-person learningMar 19, 2021 1:00 am - Four more Kane County school districts will be moving to full-day, in-person learning five days a week for a majority of students after spring break. Batavia Unit Distri...
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Woodland school district, teachers union agree to one-year contract extensionMar 19, 2021 1:00 am - A one-year contract extension between Woodland Elementary District 50 and the union representing the district's 720 teachers and support staffers was ratified by both si...
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Divided District 211 board rejects changes to current in-person scheduleMar 19, 2021 1:00 am - This story has been updated with additional information about the board's votes, including to correct which members voted to return to the traditional school day. T...
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Why health and school officials say it's safer to send children to school full time nowMar 18, 2021 5:30 am - Early on in the coronavirus pandemic, students exhibiting symptoms at school were isolated and sent home while school officials quarantined and disinfected affected clas...