Monticello Superintendent Dr. Vic Zimmerman for the past year has led the Illinois Association of School Administrators and with his term as the head of that group begins to come to a close, he is hoping to make a push for full in-person learning in 2021-22.

A piece of legislation that brought Superintendents together last month was the police reform bill, which threatened to remove school resource officers from the school setting. While the provision in the bill was removed before it ultimately passed and was signed into law by the Governor, Dr. Zimmerman says those are local decisions that should be made by school superintendents.

The Association has lobbyists in Springfield watching the happenings from lawmakers. Dr. Zimmerman says with vaccines now available for students 16-and-older, they will hope high school students will soon be getting vaccinated.