A McLean County Superintendent is reacting to today's announcement by Governor JB Pritzker to mandate vaccines on Illinois school staffers or they must be tested for COVID once a week.

Dr. Lisa Taylor is the Superintendent of Heyworth Schools and on the WHOW Morning Show Thursday told Regional Radio News she anticipates staff that will be upset by this mandate as well as potential union issues. She believes there's a lot of unanswered questions.

Dr. Taylor believes you could see teachers quit and with an already severe situation facing schools as it relates to the ongoing teacher and substitute teacher shortage, this mandate could make that situation worse.

Roughly 50 districts in Illinois are pushing back on mask mandates by remaining mask-optional despite threats of reprimand from the Governor's office. Dr. Taylor says this could be part of the power struggle going on as the calls for local control continue to grow louder across Illinois.

Dr. Taylor says she's watching what other districts are doing that have the capital to fight these mandates and how they fare in the legal battle that proceeds.