District 303 Parents, Students Rally For Return To Classrooms

ST. CHARLES, IL — Parents and students from St. Charles District 303 high schools gathered Monday evening to demand officials reopen classrooms amid the coronavirus pandemic, according to a report by the Kane County Chronicle.

Students at St. Charles North and St. Charles East high schools are still learning remotely after District 303 officials delayed their return to school after a spike in cases at the district’s elementary and middle schools.

Carol Smith, director of communications for District 303, said Wednesday that the district's decision to continue remote learning for high school students was not related to new coronavirus cases at its other schools.

"One does not have anything to do with the other," Smith said. "We made the decision for high school students to begin the year in a remote setting before school even began."

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District officials announced last week that they hope to bring back some high school students for in-person learning in the second quarter of the year, which starts in mid-October.

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High school students were due to be welcomed back for in-person learning after Labor Day before at least nine people associated with the district’s schools tested positive for the coronavirus within the first 10 days weeks of the new school year.

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The group demonstrated Monday evening outside a District 303 school board meeting at the Thompson Middle School, the report states. At least three people at the school have tested positive for the coronavirus since students returned Aug. 19.

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