
THE UNIT 1 School District is preparing a plan to address a return to full day instruction. Since the start of the 2020-2021 school year, the district has been operating a hybrid learning model that provides families with the option for in-person or remote learning with students in class four hours per day with everyone engaged in one hour of remote learning in the afternoon. It’s unclear when the district will transition from the current half day schedule to full day instruction, so until then students like seventh grader Hunter Gill will continue to learn both at school and home.
Tue, 01/12/2021 - 4:28pm
By the end of the month, the Unit 1 School District will have a plan in place for the return to full day instruction. But the exact date as to when the district will transition from the current half...

A STROLL THROUGH THE FESTIVAL — Visitors approach the carnival grounds during the Braidwood Lions Summerfest in 2018. The festival was canceled in 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Organizers are working on plans for 2021, however, to what extent the festival can take place is still up in the air. File photo.
Tue, 01/12/2021 - 3:45pm
The temperatures are hovering around freezing and there’s snow on the ground.
But planning for the Braidwood Lions Summerfest is underway.
However, unlike in years past when plans were just starting...

WILMINGTON SCHOOLS returned to the classroom on Monday, after three days of remote learning to start the second half of the school year. File photo.
Tue, 01/12/2021 - 3:38pm
Administrators with the Wilmington 209-U School District said the return to school after the winter break is so far going as well as can be expected.
On Jan. 11, administrators discussed the back to...