A snapshot taken on Dec. 17 showing the COVID-19 case trend since the pandemic began in suburban Cook County. Click to see a larger version. (Provided graphic) Two schools resorted to remote learning in December as the area, and the world, experienced the second-worst spike in COVID-19 cases since the[Read More…]
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D161 hears more concerns regarding COVID-19 mitigation; talks construction near Parker
Flossmoor School District 161 parents are continuing to raise COVID-19 concerns as the 2021-2022 school year progresses this fall. Pam Jackson, a parent of twins in fourth grade and a kindergartener at Western Avenue Elementary School, was one of two parents to speak Aug. 30 during a board of education[Read More…]
Back to School 2021: Teachers offer their perspectives on the 2020-21 school year
Much has been said and written about the past school year – the work with remote learning, COVID-19 restrictions, a part-time return to school this past spring. To get a sense of what all this meant for teachers, the Chronicle solicited responses to three questions from teachers in District 153.[Read More…]
Letter: Pandemic requires rethinking education
I fully agree with Weston Auburn of Flossmoor, whose recent letter presented a realistic and responsible risk assessment of a hasty return to in-person learning. In his letter, Mr. Auburn admirably implores the District 161 School Board “…to start seriously thinking about how they can improve the children’s remote learning.” Is this not the[Read More…]
District 161’s ‘remote from school’ students return; teachers start getting vaccinations
Prior to discussions about reopening Flossmoor School District 161 for in-person learning through a hybrid program, schools in the system already let some students back inside their walls. Superintendent Dana Smith reported to the board Monday, Jan. 25, that “remote from school” learning had resumed for a group of 35[Read More…]
H-F High sets Feb. 16 for some students to return to in-person learning
Homewood-Flossmoor High School will institute its hybrid learning model on Tuesday, Feb. 16, but there is a caveat to the decision. In a letter to parents dated Jan. 15, Superintendent Von Mansfield and Principal Jerry Anderson said the plan would be put in place if reports of COVID-19 infections in[Read More…]
Recovery Program gives struggling H-F High School students a second chance
Homewood-Flossmoor High School has developed a special program to give a helping hand to those students who have a failing grade first semester. The Recovery Program is giving those students a second chance. It has various steps that can help students raise their ‘F’ grades on graduation requirement courses. The[Read More…]
District 153 to outline plans Monday for return to schools
Homewood District 153 board members on Monday will review a plan for students to return to Willow, Churchill and James Hart Schools for second semester work. “We’re being encouraged by the state superintendent (of schools) and the governor’s office” to return to school,” Superintendent Dale Mitchell said. “We felt we[Read More…]
H-F studies plan for January in-person learning
The return date for students and staff at H-F High School is unknown, but administrators and teachers continue to study possible plans. At the Nov. 17 school board meeting, Principal Jerry Anderson said, “The goal is to transition to hybrid learning during the second semester.” Depending on COVID-19 numbers and[Read More…]
Not quite elementary: Teachers helping students, each other make adjustments
When Willow School kindergarten teacher Christina Stevens got her class list for the 2020-2021 school year, she could not help but feel like something was off. “This is so strange,” she said to herself. It was the start of her second year as a teacher, but it felt like she[Read More…]