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THURSDAY, FEB. 4, 2021
Seven parents issue comments at School Board’s special meeting One speaker concerned that Moyer ‘has one foot out the door’
struction for seven days in February. speaker at the Jan. 28 meeting, de- days in February; this is unaccept- second speaker, urged the board to According to the district’s rules, livered a passionate address to the able. immediately provide students with speakers during the public-participa- board. “The ISBE [Illinois State Board of more in-person instruction. “I believe in my heart that you all tion segment have three minutes to “The mental health of our kids is Education] says that in-person eduspeak. Because of COVID-19 regu- in an emergency state,” said Harp- cation should be prioritized for those know what is best for our children, lations, they cannot enter the board- ster, who proceeded to refer to the under the age of 13. Stop listening to and that they need to be in school room until it is their turn to speak, number of in-person school days for one consortium of doctors who clear- full-time; not hybrid, not remote, not By Chris Fox and they must leave the boardroom Bryan and Sandburg students in Feb- ly don’t have the best interests of our in this ridiculous alternate universe FOR THE ELMHURST INDEPENDENT after they finish. ruary. “Most students at Bryan and kids at heart.” See MEETING, Page 18 The Elmhurst Community Unit Becca Harpster, the first public Sandburg will go to school for six Adrianna Cook, the segment’s School District 205 Board heard some passionate comments from residents during the board’s special meeting on Jan. 28 at the District 205 Center, 162 S. York St. Seven residents spoke during the public-participation segment at the start of the meeting. The residents criticized the board for not implementing full-time, in-person instruction at the district’s schools. In October 2020, the district transitioned from hybrid learning to fully remote learning because of the COVID-19 pandemic. The district returned to hybrid instruction on Jan. 11. The hybrid model features a blend of in-person and hybrid instruction. Most of the students who participate in hybrid learning attend school in person two days per week. Up until this week, Wednesdays have featured fully remote instruction throughout the current school year. The district began to offer in-person instruction to some students this Wednesday, Feb. 3. Students at most district schools are divided into two groups in the district’s current hybrid instruction. Students at Bryan Middle School and Sandburg Middle School, however, are divided into three groups of stuSUBMITTED PHOTO Elmhurst Independent dents (A, B and C) because of space considerations and social-distancing guidelines. According to the hybrid Eagle Scout candidate Gavin Wasco from Boy Scout Troop 82 in Elmhurst along with fellow scouts and leaders, recently completed schedules at those two schools, stubuilding three Osprey nesting platforms for the Navarino State Wildlife Area in Clintonville, Wis. These nesting platforms will be indents in Group A and Group C will be stalled on a 30-foot recycled power poles and will provide a safe, lasting habitat for the Ospreys, which are threatened birds of prey. in school, in person, six days during Troop 82 is sponsored by the American Legion, Post 187 in Elmhurst, and has been active since 1945. the month of February. Students in Group B will receive in-person in-
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