NAPERVILLE, Ill. (WBBM NEWSRADIO) -- Naperville parents and students were updated Monday night on plans for returning to classrooms.
Under the Naperville District 203 Return to Learn plan, kindergarten through eighth grade students will have the option of returning to the classroom five days a week starting April 7, following spring break.
High school students can also return five days a week, but will have a shortened day rather than a traditional, full in-person school day.
District 203 parent Chris Peters addressed the board after plans were laid out.
"Here we are a year later and what have we learned?
“I pray that this exercise in horrendous failure of leadership will be keenly examined in the years to come; that our children will remember the dark days of District 203, that they were left behind while you huddled behind one man, and hid from your responsibilities, and chose the sad path we’ve been on the last seven months,” Peters said.
Another parent told board members do not let a vocal minority drive decisions.
More than one parent noted school board elections are coming up.
"I learned that the faith that I had placed in you as the leaders of our educational community was sadly and woefully wrong. But fear not, a new day is nearly upon us for we have only a few short weeks until we can call upon the masses to show up and vote to elect representatives who will truly represent the interests of our entire community," Peters said.
District 203 Superintendent Dan Bridges said the district is making plans for a fully in-person school year in the fall.
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