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Elmhurst School District 205 holds firm to saliva COVID testing plan for students WLS Share: ELMHURST, Ill. (WLS) -- Elmhurst school officials are holding firm to their plan to saliva test students for COVID-19, allowing a return to in-person school four days a week. Elmhurst District 205 school board members looked to ease parents' concerns at a meeting Thursday night, but did not budge on their plan for school-wide testing. Tubes of saliva will be the price of entry for students to return to regular classroom learning starting Monday. "I feel like it's totally fine. It's just spit. My sist...
ELMHURST, Ill. (WLS) -- Controversy is bubbling up in the western suburbs over a school district's plan to conduct saliva tests on students opting for in-person learning. Some parents in District 205 have joined together, saying their kids should not have to do the tests to go back to class. "Why would we require the children to go through saliva testing?" Elmhurst parent Erin Stratton said. Starting next Friday, all 6th through 12th graders in Elmhurst District 205 who will be attending class or extracurricular activities in person must opt in to a saliva testing program, according to the s...