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Meeting Date:
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8/18/2021 - 7:00 PM
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Category:
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Oral Reports
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Type:
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Info
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Subject:
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Update on 2021-22 School Opening
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Vision 2026:
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Background
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The 2021-2022 school year offers us the opportunity to welcome students back to school buildings on a full time schedule, consistent with the expectations set by the Illinois State Board of Education. Earlier this week, District 200 communicated a back-to-school document. It updates our plans and mitigations for the upcoming school year. Universal masking is part of that expectation. On Wednesday evening, we will provide updates on several aspects of our reopening plan including contact tracing, quarantine guidelines, and testing options that have been put in place to support our families with the new guidelines. Anticipated quarantine guidance was shared by IDPH in late July, including a test-to-stay option that is supported by IDPH and ISBE. When masking is required and correctly implemented for all, the number of individuals who would have to quarantine (stay home from school) when determined to be close contacts is significantly minimized, especially for our students not yet eligible for vaccination.
District 200 looks forward to seeing our students and teachers back in our buildings. Our goal right now is to focus on the start of the school year, and the opportunity in front of us to welcome our students back to our schools on a regular schedule with many of the opportunities they have missed. Our students showed us last year that they can do it. Time and time again they stepped up to the expectations that were set for them, and I am fully confident in their ability to do that again. We look forward to providing an update to the Board of Education on Wednesday.
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File Attachment:
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Summary:
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Funding:
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Board Policy
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Recommendation:
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Approvals:
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Recommended By:
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Signed By:
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Jeff Schuler - Superintendent
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