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Updated 5/12/2021 3:29 PM In a March survey, about 25% of families in Barrington Community Unit School District 220 expressed interest in continuing virtual or blended learning for the 2021-22 school year, even if schools are fully reopened. But when the district followed up last month asking those families to commit to an online program for the entire year, only 4.8% were willing to do so.   "It was not 25%. It actually went down considerably," Assistant Superintendent for Technology and Inno...

Updated 4/13/2021 10:19 AM A quarter of Barrington Community Unit School District 220 students are interested in continuing remote learning beyond this school year, according to a recent survey. Now the district is following up with a questionnaire asking families with students in kindergarten through 12th grade if they would commit to the program for the entire school year.   The survey was intended to "gauge interest" in a virtual program that could be offered during the 2021-22 school year,...