A Piatt County School leader is hoping the next move coming from Governor JB Pritzker as it relates to COVID and school will be to restore local control.

Monticello Schools Superintendent Dr. Vic Zimmerman says kids can't mask forever in schools and feels it is time for local control to be given back to school districts in Illinois who want to make their own decisions.

Dr. Zimmerman remains an advocate for local control, questioning if locally elected officials cannot make their own decisions then why even have school boards. He recognizes there are some places that have been content with the directives from the State but he does not believe those are the majority.

The veteran school leader encourages anyone with questions about the decisions being made in their district to sit down and talk with him. He believes often the public does not have all the information and is willing to have a civil conversation about what is happening in his district.