School administrators are preparing for several possibilities when the new school year starts in August. Between the guidelines from the Illinois State Board of Education and the Illinois Department of Public Health, schools may have to limit how many people can be in their buildings.
Ottawa High School Supt. Mike Cushing says no one’s sure whether schools will continue in a shutdown mode, if some students can be in the building, or if schools can fully reopen.
One possibility is reopening schools region by region. For now, everything on the school calendar for 2020-2021 is unchanged at OHS.