COVID-19 closed Peoria schools in March. Here’s why students are back in person despite hi...
PEORIA — While middle school students in Peoria Public Schools returned to the classroom part-time this week, the rate of positive COVID-19 tests in Peoria County remained at levels that canceled in-school learning three months ago.And, as officials plan a retreat to all-remote learning for all grades in the first two weeks following the winter break, they defend the decision to reopen schools now based on the rates of illness within school buildings, not the county. [...]
