We moved all District 41 students to the full remote model starting on Monday, November 16. We reached a point where we are not able to cover classes across the school district due to staff being out for sickness, quarantine or testing positive. The community transmission and the need for both students and staff to be on quarantine continues to increase. We have seen an increase in the number of positive cases identified in our students and staff as well as in the numbers of students and staff on quarantine. We have had to pull staff away from their primary responsibilities to cover classrooms. While we are all in agreement about the importance of in-person learning for those who want it, we have hit a point where we must take an Adaptive Pause so that we do not jeopardize the safety of students and staff. Making the shift to remote is not an easy decision but it is a necessary one.

• All students will keep their current teachers

• Students currently on quarantine will be assigned back to the original teacher on 11/16

• Teachers will let in-person students know how to connect online starting Monday.

• No disruption to the school calendar

D41Backpack

D41Backpack is a way for our community partners to provide information to D41 parents and students, reduce the amount of paper sent home in backpacks and help us all to be environmentally responsible. If you have information you would like to submit for posting to D41Backpack, please email it to Chief Communications Officer Erika Krehbiel. Submissions must be in pdf or jpeg format; text-only submissions cannot be accepted. Before a submission can be approved for posting, it must be reviewed for compliance to Board Policy.

• Anima Singers
• Boy Scout Troop 44 "Open House"
• College Illinois! 529 Program
• DuPage Children's Museum "Arts & STEM Virtual Learning"
• DuPage Children's Museum "DCM @The Mall"
• DuPage County Free Christmas and Holiday Assistance (Holidays 2020)
• DuPage County Smart911 service
• First Student - Working Moms Child Ride Along Program
  
• Forest Preserve District of DuPage County "2020 Calendar of Events"
• Forest Preserve District of DuPage "Prescription for Healthy Habitats"
• Glenbard Parent Series current line-up
• Glen Ellyn/Glenbard South HS "Under The Lights" K-8 Flag Football
• "Inside Out Club" Virtual Club for Kids (For 8 weeks beginning Sept. 27)
• National Alliance on Mental Illnes classes and registration info
• Remote Learning Day Camp (begins Aug. 24)
• The Soldiers Project
• Voices For Illinois Children