Reporter Roundtable: COVID-19 And Schools
Illinois is seeing another surge in cases of COVID-19. It’s forced some schools to go back to remote learning, and hospitals are running out of space in critical care wards. We talked to reporters from around the state about how school districts across Illinois are responding.
GUESTS:
Tim Shelley
News Director, WCBU Peoria Public Radio
Megan Valley
Education reporter for the Belleville News-Democrat
Madhu Krishnamurthy
Senior staff writer and education reporter for the Daily Herald
At one school district that defied Illinois' mask order, nearly 30% of its 1,004 students had to quarantine because they either tested positive for COVID or were considered a close contact as of Aug. 27.@meganevalley/ @bellevillenewsd @report4americahttps://t.co/oeA1gIZJrJ
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