District 203 backs decision to begin hybrid learning next month Naperville North High School students are expected to return to school in a hybrid learning model next month. Daily Herald file photo
Posted12/29/2020 5:20 AM
Weighing the risks of the COVID-19 virus with the potential impact of keeping schools closed has been a balancing act for Naperville Unit District 203.
Administrators say they have relied on the DuPage County Health Department, among other agencies, to help guide their decisions to date, landing the district in an enhanced e-learning phase roughly 10 months into the pandemic. But with local metrics and positivity rates trending in the right direction, Superintendent Dan Bridges said, the district is on track to transition next month into the third stage of its Return to Learn plan: hybrid learning.
Naperville District 203 on track to offer hybrid learning next month Superintendent Dan Bridges says Naperville Unit District 203 is on track to transition to hybrid learning next month. Daily Herald file photo
Updated 12/16/2020 2:31 PM
Naperville Unit District 203 is on track to begin a hybrid learning model in late January as COVID-19 case counts and local health metrics stabilize, Superintendent Dan Bridges said in a letter to parents.
Positive tests among students and staff members, as well as transmission of the virus within schools, have been consistently low in recent weeks, he said, suggesting that our mitigation strategies are working and that we will be able to provide a healthy and safe learning environment.