March 16th Will Be A 5 Hour Attendance Day For Students In Minooka

From Minooka Community Consolidated School District 201:

Mar 15 2020

Minooka 201 Students and Families,

Thank you for your patience as we adjust our plans based on new guidance from the Illinois State Board of Education and state and county health officials. We have amended our plans for students and staff this week. Please remember that this situation continues to evolve and subsequent changes could be made.

Monday, March 16th will be a 5 hour attendance day for students. Families will receive specific communication from their schools regarding the schedule for the day. Our intent is for our school to use this time to prepare students for eLearning activities before the statewide school closure takes effect on Tuesday, March 17th.

Tuesday March 17th through Friday March 20th have been deemed "Act of God" Days by Governor Pritzker, which means that they are not counted for attendance and they do not have to be made up at the end of the school year. More importantly, we cannot use official eLearning days as defined in our plan as these days will have no official attendance and no official grades will be given for any work done. However, we still intend to provide the same types of activities for our students to keep them engaged in the learning process during this school closure period. We are awaiting final guidance from our state agencies before communicating our final eLearning plan.

We expect to have further communications to our families later today or early tomorrow with final details on our District's operations during this school closure. In the meantime, please continue to do your part to keep your family and our communities healthy and safe.

Sincerely

Kristopher P. Monn, Ed.D.

Superintendent of Schools

Minooka CCSD 201

This press release was produced by Minooka Community Consolidated School District 201. The views expressed here are the author’s own.