Board of Education members were divided last week on whether remote learning should replace the traditional “snow day” in Woodstock School District 200. In fact, some of them admitted they were personally divided on the issue. When it came time to a vote, the resolution to replace emergency days with eLearning was defeated 4-3, with […]
When students awake in the morning to several inches of snow, they might not have to go to school, but that doesn’t mean they won’t need to attend classes. The idea of a “snow day” being replaced by remote learning in Woodstock School District 200 will be the subject of a public hearing next week […]
About 40 percent of students in Woodstock School District 200 were expected to continue remote learning from home as in-class instruction resumed this week for the first time since March. Superintendent Mike Moan said a survey of parents indicated about 60 percent would have their children in the hybrid learning program that divides their days […]
Woodstock School District 200 is now serving free breakfast and lunch to students within D-200 boundaries, following a decision by the U.S. Department of Agriculture this week to bring the program back until as late as Dec. 31. D-200 served more than 51,000 meals to students in the spring after school buildings were closed and […]
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