After a lengthy discussion at the Jan. 22 meeting, District 161 school board members voted to close schools during the March 19 primary election and decided that students would learn online instead.
The meeting started with an audience comment from Rob Calhoon, the district’s orchestra director. “I believe shifting from e-learning, even if only for one day, assumes that all our students are starting e-learning days from the same place.”
Calhoon told the board that…
