District 220 issued to following statement:
“Dear Barrington 220 community,
I appreciate your patience and understanding as we have been navigating Barrington 220’s Roadmap to Reopening for the 2020-21 school year. Thank you to all of the stakeholder groups who have provided the district with feedback and asked questions over the past several weeks. As you can imagine, each family has its own unique situation and there are many factors to consider which not only impact our students and staff, but also the entire Barrington area community.
Over the past couple of months our administrators, teaching staff and support staff have worked together to figure out the best ways to educate our students, given this uncertain reality we all face. Board members have also provided input during Board meetings.
As guidelines from the Illinois State Board of Education (ISBE), the Illinois Department of Public Health (IDPH), county health departments, and other health organizations continue to evolve, we have concluded the Roadmap to Reopening as presented at the July 14 Board of Education meeting is not attainable. Starting the 2020-21 school year in a primarily Distance Learning environment is necessary in order to meet current public health guidelines and keep all students and staff healthy. This is an extremely difficult decision and while I know many families and staff will welcome the change, I realize many others will not.
The Board of Education has scheduled a special meeting to review revisions to Barrington 220’s Roadmap to Reopening and provide further context about the district’s Distance Learning guidelines, which may be adjusted based on further guidance from the agencies listed above.
- Guidelines for Early Learning Center (ELC)
- Guidelines for Elementary School
- Guidelines for Middle School
- Guidelines for High School
The meeting will begin at 6:30 pm on Tuesday, August 4 in the BMS-Station cafeteria. Due to public health guidelines, capacity will be limited to 50 people in the room. Masks are required if you choose to attend the meeting in person. Click here if you would like to watch the meeting live on YouTube.
I am confident we will maintain excellent teaching and learning in Barrington 220, while we provide a safe and healthy environment for students and staff. We will continue updating the community as the situation changes.”
And just like that …Poof….Barrington schools are NOT reopening.
In a recent survey sent out to parents they overwhelmingly opted for in school learning. 3-1 .
The teachers however had a whole different idea when only 50% responded to the survey that they would NOT show up to work when school started. Why? Because they were told by their union to claim school is an unsafe work environment. Tell that to the checkout employee at Jewel who’s been working consistently through this entire outbreak. And who sees thousands of people a day instead of the same 20 to 30 kids.
From Brian Harris 220
“Starting the 2020-21 school year in a primarily Distance Learning environment is necessary in order to meet current public health guidelines and keep all students and staff healthy. “
No statistics. No recognition of transmission rates in children, no recovery rate data or mortality risk for children. None.
No mention of the isolation risks to kids, depression, and other long term ramifications for our students. No mention of learning issues for children and no mention for parents who will now need daycare. None. Only an ass kissing of the union employees.
Oh and the best part no more than 50 people can attend the upcoming meeting.
Are you serious ? 1000’s can “peacefully” protest in Barrington but only 50 people can show up to tell the school district ,who are our employees and the school board who are our elected officials where we stand and where the can stuff their moronic decision.
Can we get our 147 million back now please.
Can we get a 50% discount on our property taxes since only 50% of the teachers want to teach our kids?
Had enough yet?