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Data for the week of Feb. 15-21 showed a total of 16 positive cases of COVID-19 in the district.
Administrators estimate that the program could serve approximately 2,200 students, utilizing four schools as summer school sites.
Data for the week of Feb. 1-7 showed a total of 14 positive cases of COVID-19 in the district, which has decreased from 29 the week prior.
According to this plan, 27 elementary school teaching positions will be eliminated.
OEA Co-President Elizabeth Palatine said having all elementary students in class together will limit social distancing.
According to this plan, elementary school students attending in-person hybrid learning will no longer be divided into A/B groups.
Illinois public school districts will split about $2.25 billion in federal coronavirus relief, according to state officials.
The two $500 scholarships are open to seniors at Oswego High School and Oswego East High School who graduated from Fox Chase Elementary.
As per the plan presented by Superintendent John Sparlin, one junior high and 27 elementary teaching positions could be eliminated.
The Oswego Education Association is asking the board and the district to include teachers in the discussions about bringing students back.
D308 Board of Education member Ruth Kroner said there are children who are failing in remote learning and that is "not acceptable."
Organizers of the rally said on social media that the "in-person education outweighs the risk from Covid-19 and remote learning."
A group of Oswego school district parents started a petition asking for the return of students to in-person learning by Jan. 19.
Superintendent John Sparlin said D308 is looking at ways to bring older students into the hybrid learning plan sooner than scheduled.
Superintendent John Sparlin said the "neediest and youngest" students will be the first ones to go back to in-person classes.
General education early childhood and elementary students will not begin classes until Jan. 6, depending on current coronavirus conditions.
The Illinois Department of Public Health placed interscholastic high school basketball in the "high risk" category for participation.
Parent Teri Strickland said the board is more concerned about the budget and "that is not fair to the kids."
The date for junior high and high school students to start coming back in person has been changed from Dec. 3 to Jan. 11.
This "generous partnership" will ensure that the students can complete remote leaning while D308 waits for the Chromebooks it ordered.
D308 parent Kijuana Boulrece said during the Sept. 14 meeting she hopes her children will be "valued" when they return to school in person.
The OSD308 Board of Education will vote on the four-stage plan during its next Oct. 13 meeting.
Superintendent Dr. John Sparlin said that families will still have the option to continue with fully remote learning.
The funds are part of the $80M Digital Equity Formula Grant from the state that will ensure students have the technology e-learning.
The OSD308 Board of Education voted to dismiss 16 part-time recess monitors from across 11 elementary schools in the district.
All Oswego students are now eligible to receive free meals through the end of the year, thanks to recent changes in federal regulations.
Seven Oswego High School students have been named semifinalists in the 2021 National Merit Scholarship competition.
An Oswego resident said the OSD308 Board of Education has turned "our kids education into a game of politics and costs."
Oswego D308 Board of Education member Brent Lightfoot wore the mask to a meeting, leading to objections, concerns from community members.
The D308 Board of Education voted 5-2 in favor of the Remote for All plan, which will be reevaluated after the first six weeks.
Superintendent Dr. John Sparlin will make this recommendation to the board Monday in light of "rising positivity rates of COVID-19."
The district said students can face "detention, in-school suspension, out-of-school suspension, and removal to a remote-learning platform."
Families can choose between remote or in-person learning until 4 p.m. July 24.
Some changes include switching class times for junior high, elementary students and providing remote learning option for early childhood.
Early Childhood students are not given a choice, and will attend school five days a week, while maintaining social distancing practices.
Hunt Club Elementary Assistant Principal Elisabeth Stoffers has been appointed to the position of principal at the school.
The Oswego School District 308 created surveys for each level of education, and they are due by noon Thursday.
Rachel Maxwell and Kevin Schoenbach were two of 216 music teachers out of 2,000 applicants to be named quarterfinalists.
Education planning expert Robert Schwarz said the pandemic-induced layoffs, furloughs and uncertainties have also informed his projections.