District 204 To Provide Remote, Hybrid Learning Amid Coronavirus

AURORA, IL — District 204 students will soon have to choose how they want to learn during the fall semester, with the district set to offer several formats.

Starting Monday, parents of students in Indian Prairie School District 204 can opt for full-time remote learning or a hybrid learning plan that would split students’ time between home and the classroom.

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Parents have until Aug. 1 to commit to the hybrid plan or online learning for the full fall semester. Indian Prairie School District 204 serves about 28,000 students in Aurora, Naperville, Bolingbrook and Plainfield.

Students who register for the hybrid model will be split into groups based on their last names, District 204 Superintendent Adrian Talley said in a letter to parents.

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Each group will spend two days in the classroom and two learning at home per week, with Mondays set to be used for "whole class remote instruction, individual student support and teacher prep time," Talley said.

All students who attend in-person classes will be required to follow public health guidelines, which call for masks to be worn and social distance to be maintained inside facilities.

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In a districtwide survey in June, about three-quarters of parents and staff members in the district said a hybrid learning model was their first or second choice.

District 204 Superintendent Adrian Talley warned parents that schools will not be able to fully reopen without restrictions until Illinois reaches phase 5 of its reopening plan.

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"We look forward to the day when the state moves to Phase 5, and we can have all our students together five days a week in our classrooms. In the meantime, we believe this is a way for students to safely have the benefits of in-person instruction, while providing an alternative option for parents who are not comfortable having their child attend classes in-person."

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