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D303 To Move To Full-Time In-Person Classes After Spring Break
The district will restart five-day in-person learning April 5 for all students who register for that option.
ST. CHARLES, IL — Students in St. Charles District 303’s high schools and middle schools are set to return to classrooms full-time next month, officials recently announced.
The district will restart five-day in-person learning April 5 — after spring break — for all students in grades 6-12 who choose that option, the Daily Herald reports. Elementary students are already doing full-time in-person learning, the report states.
District 303 will continue to offer remote-only instruction for students who selected that option.
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The district re-evaluated its hybrid learning schedule after the Illinois Department of Public Health and the Illinois State Board of Education recently updated guidance for how schools can “safely transition back” to in-person learning.
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The new guidelines for in-person learning changed the state’s recommendations for social distancing in classrooms, allowing schools to operate if they can provide at least 3 feet of space between students and vaccinated staff, instead of 6 feet.
The guidelines recommend unvaccinated staff still keep 6 feet of distance between themselves and others to avoid potential infection. The IDPH also dropped its recommendation for schools to conduct COVID-19 symptom screenings on school property.
All schools must require universal use of protective gear, including face masks; enforce social distancing as much as possible; perform contact tracing; increase its cleaning and disinfecting efforts; and require handwashing and “respiratory etiquette,” according to the new guidelines.
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Parents in the district held several protests over the past year that called for the school board to restart full-time in-person learning.
District 303 officials are expected to announce more details by March 24, the Daily Herald reports.
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