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Maroa-Forsyth Working on Summer School Plans

After a successful first semester-and-a-half, a Macon County school district is looking ahead to this summer to make sure they have its students where they need to be to be ready for the next grade level next school year.

 

Superintendent of Maroa-Forsyth Schools Dr. John Ahlemeyer is understanding of a lot of community members that want things to reopen and go back to normal, including school five-days a week. He says things need to go slow for now as they approach things carefully.

 

 

With uncertainty surrounding what next year may look like for schools in terms of length of school days and other factors like distancing and capacity limits for areas like cafeterias, Dr. Ahlemeyer says they are looking at a summer school program. He believes the Wednesday remote learning day has been a very positive wrinkle to their schedule in keeping students caught up.

 

 

Dr. Ahlemeyer indicates the school district is also applying to become a vaccination site. He indicates they had around a 70-percent response rate to district staff getting vaccinated and that process is ongoing. Dr. Ahlemeyer points out, like many areas in Illinois, his district's COVID metrics continue to decline as well. 

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