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THREAD: It's been a busy day in NWI education news with more schools changing instructional plans.
Lowell High School will shift to at-home learning next week through early December. More here: https://www.nwitimes.com/news/education/lowell-high-school-to-shift-to-at-home-learning-through-early-december/article_58cd8b09-553f-5173-bab5-ddbc9dfc0487.html
Lowell High School will shift to at-home learning next week through early December. More here: https://www.nwitimes.com/news/education/lowell-high-school-to-shift-to-at-home-learning-through-early-december/article_58cd8b09-553f-5173-bab5-ddbc9dfc0487.html
River Forest schools — which were already on a temporary remote learning plan & expected to return next week — will now continue virtually through early January. More here: https://www.nwitimes.com/news/river-forest-to-extend-remote-learning-through-early-january/article_71912181-2822-5259-8d4f-599643bd887d.html
And, Portage Township Schools — which already had three schools in temporary virtual learning — will suspend in-person instruction across the district through at least early December. More here: https://www.nwitimes.com/news/education/portage-to-extend-virtual-learning-districtwide/article_d4cbe0ef-1eb0-5c26-bc70-a27db8ab754b.html
Why so many changes? Skyrocketing positivity rates & staff shortages created by increasing quarantines, on top of the threat of possible spread over the holidays, have educators on edge & the state pleading for the community's help to bring rates down. https://www.nwitimes.com/news/local/govt-and-politics/holcomb-terminates-stage-5-of-reopening-as-covid-cases-hospitalizations-soar/article_dfa57c91-8f99-5820-9ff7-19154253bd27.html
We'll continue to follow changes as we learn of them. You can keep up with all the latest @nwi school news at http://nwi.com/education .
