Schools ‘cautiously optimistic’ about the new year, but COVID-19 worries linger. ‘Don’t forget about people with extreme circumstances.’
For the first time since the arrival of the COVID-19 pandemic, Illinois students will soon begin a new school year in which hotly contested virus-mitigation mandates, including masking, have become relegated to the history books — at least for now. “I’m cautiously optimistic, because when students returned last fall, we were hopeful that the 2021-2022Continue reading “Schools ‘cautiously optimistic’ about the new year, but COVID-19 worries linger. ‘Don’t forget about people with extreme circumstances.’”