How Suburban Schools Plan To Reopen This Fall

Some school districts, including U-46 in Elgin, are requiring younger students to wear face masks on campus.

Bartlett High School is one of 57 schools in District U-46, the state’s second largest school district after Chicago. Teachers in the district rejected a new contract on Thursday that would have radically changed how teachers are compensated.
Bartlett High School is one of 57 schools in District U-46, the state’s second largest school district after Chicago. Wikimedia Commons/Ikhtiarr
Bartlett High School is one of 57 schools in District U-46, the state’s second largest school district after Chicago. Teachers in the district rejected a new contract on Thursday that would have radically changed how teachers are compensated.
Bartlett High School is one of 57 schools in District U-46, the state’s second largest school district after Chicago. Wikimedia Commons/Ikhtiarr

How Suburban Schools Plan To Reopen This Fall

Some school districts, including U-46 in Elgin, are requiring younger students to wear face masks on campus.

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Reset checks in with WBEZ’s education desk and a suburban superintendent to discuss how Chicago-area schools plan to reopen this fall.

GUESTS: Susie An, WBEZ education reporter

Tony Sanders, superintendent at School District U-46 in Elgin