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Monticello Schools to Revisit Back to School Policy After Governor's Wednesday Annoucnement

Wednesday afternoon, Gov. JB Pritzker reinstated a mask mandate for Illinois schools, backtracking from last month's guidance that left the decision up to local districts.

 

Like many others, Monticello schools opted for a mask-optional policy strongly encouraging unvaccinated individuals to continue to mask. Superintendent Dr. Vic Zimmerman on the WHOW Morning Show Wednesday anticipated a guidance change. 

 

 

According to Dr. Zimmerman, the School Board will reconvene next week to reconsider its policy. He says there is a number of different avenues they could pursue.

 

 

School leaders across downstate Illinois have been clamoring for local control all summer. As of last month, it appeared that would be the situation entering the 2021-22 school. Dr. Zimmerman says it continues to be a situation of Governor Pritzker's administration bringing down mandates while claiming there is still room for local control.

 

 

Physical confrontation was reported to have broken out in a couple of northern Illinois school district board meetings this week over such policies and clashes between people with differing positions on the issue. Dr. Zimmerman is thankful the people of Monticello are civil over their disagreements. 

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