COVID fatigue is challenging us all in various ways and a DeWitt County education leader is looking forward to getting back to enjoying his job again.
Stopping in classrooms and watching kids learn is what Clinton Schools Superintendent Curt Nettles pinpoints as the thing he is missing out on the most because COVID consumes so much of his time.
Advocating for schools and the autonomy for them to make their own decisions is what is perhaps most consuming of Nettles time. He has made it his mission to get in front of state leaders, connect with them and help them understand the concerns they have.
While COVID has consumed so much of Nettles' time and focus, he believes good progress has been made in his effort to get in front of state leadership. In November Nettles was able to meet face-to-face with State Superintendent Dr. Carmen Ayala, just this month he was able to have a virtual face-to-face meeting with Dr. Ngozi Ezike, the State's Public Health Director.
Some central Illinois superintendents and their school boards have explored their own mitigations as correspondence from the State of Illinois have been lacking from their perspective.
