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Back to School & Beyond
Updated: Oct. 12, 2020 at 2:23 PM CDT
|By WIFR Newsroom
While Winnebago County’s positivity rate has grown, Rockford Public Schools' positivity rate is at 1 percent for staff, and it sits at 0.5 percent for students.
Updated: Sep. 6, 2020 at 3:01 PM CDT
|By Associated Press
As colleges grapple with the coronavirus, institutions across the country are turning campus sewage into a public health tool.
Updated: Sep. 5, 2020 at 3:09 PM CDT
Hononegah High School confirms first cases of COVID-19.
Updated: Sep. 2, 2020 at 6:23 PM CDT
|By Hope Salman
“We have the protocols in place, now we just need to execute it and follow that,” said Rand.
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Updated: Sep. 2, 2020 at 9:39 AM CDT
|By Kristin Camiliere
The proposed budget for the 2020-2021 school year leaves The Rockford Public School District in the red if it gets approved.
Updated: Sep. 1, 2020 at 6:39 PM CDT
|By Hope Salman
Rockford Public Schools prepare to open school for the fall semester next Tuesday, and administrators say they are eager to have students back in the classroom.
Updated: Sep. 1, 2020 at 5:01 PM CDT
|By Brittany Karlin
s students return to online learning many are missing the most important school supply a computer.
Updated: Sep. 1, 2020 at 2:12 PM CDT
|By Brandon Giesey
Hononegah splits the students into two groups, yellow and purple they attend in-person classes every other day.
Updated: Sep. 1, 2020 at 10:47 AM CDT
It’s estimated that around 30 million children benefit from the school lunches each day.
Updated: Aug. 31, 2020 at 5:44 PM CDT
|By Brandon Giesey
The COVID-19 plan for the Freeport School District is in action, as students and staff make their way back to the classroom for the first time since March.
7 Day Forecast
Updated: Aug. 31, 2020 at 9:52 AM CDT
|By WIFR Newsroom
The policy took effect on July 1.
Updated: Aug. 30, 2020 at 4:08 PM CDT
Students in Rockford Public School District 205 will now have a couple more days of summer vacation.
Updated: Aug. 30, 2020 at 3:10 AM CDT
With months to go on bedrest until her second child is due, the third grade teacher decided to take on the challenge of remote teaching.
Updated: Aug. 28, 2020 at 5:29 PM CDT
|By Brittany Karlin
As thousands of college students move into their school communities health experts report a corresponding spike in COVID-19 cases. 23 News explores how schools plan to enforce protocols and why some students get involved in risky behaviors.
Updated: Aug. 26, 2020 at 11:22 AM CDT
With COVID-19 cases still high, many colleges are developing shutdown contingency plans alongside their reopening arrangements.
Updated: Aug. 25, 2020 at 5:36 PM CDT
|By Brittany Karlin
Stateline school districts look to beat the heat by altering class schedules as the dog days of summer continue.
Updated: Aug. 25, 2020 at 11:09 AM CDT
|By WIFR Newsroom
Superintendent Anna Alvarado believes pushing the start date to Monday is in the best interest of students and staff and their well being.
Updated: Aug. 25, 2020 at 10:27 AM CDT
|By WIFR Newsroom
Staff and students will not be allowed to wear gaiter face coverings.
Updated: Aug. 24, 2020 at 6:20 PM CDT
|By WIFR Newsroom
The children will receive their new bags and supplies when they return for in-person learning in September.
Updated: Aug. 24, 2020 at 5:27 PM CDT
|By Brandon Giesey
Students at NIU are doing their best to acclimate themselves to the new environment, a college campus, but say the sights and sounds in DeKalb are far from normal.
Updated: Aug. 24, 2020 at 2:53 PM CDT
In the last several weeks, there has been a 90% increase in the number of COVID-19 cases among children in the U.S.
Updated: Aug. 24, 2020 at 12:31 PM CDT
|By Associated Press
The World Health Organization says children aged 6 to 11 should wear masks in some cases to help fight the spread of coronavirus.
Updated: Aug. 24, 2020 at 12:06 PM CDT
|By WIFR Newsroom
Increases in readiness follow investments in early childhood.
Updated: Aug. 24, 2020 at 9:33 AM CDT
|By Ed Payne
The company’s service status page reported a problem with customers trying to access Zoom Meetings and Zoom Video Webinars.
Updated: Aug. 23, 2020 at 1:39 PM CDT
|By Savanna Brito
Local physicians say now is the time to make sure you're vaccinated and stay on the normal schedule because if you don't you may have to start it over again.
Updated: Aug. 22, 2020 at 1:47 PM CDT
|By Associated Press
The world’s three biggest computer companies, Lenovo, HP and Dell, have told school districts they have a shortage of nearly 5 million laptops.
Updated: Aug. 21, 2020 at 5:28 PM CDT
|By Brittany Karlin
Things will look a little different when students hop on the bus for their first day back at school.
Updated: Aug. 20, 2020 at 12:52 PM CDT
|By WIFR Newsroom
She talked to students via Zoom.
Updated: Aug. 20, 2020 at 11:33 AM CDT
|By Associated Press
New guidance from President Donald Trump’s administration that declares teachers to be “critical infrastructure workers” could give the green light to exempting teachers from quarantine requirements after being exposed to COVID-19 and instead send them back into the classroom.
Updated: Aug. 19, 2020 at 6:16 PM CDT
|By Hope Salman
The program is called the NIU Principal Residency Program.
Updated: Aug. 18, 2020 at 5:44 PM CDT
A local private school headed back to the classroom Monday, marking the first Stateline Pre-K through 12th grade school to welcome younger students into its halls.
Updated: Aug. 18, 2020 at 5:25 PM CDT
|By Courtney Sisk
Boone and Winnebago County schools will utilize forms of cohorting to reduce potential COVID-19 exposure. The method is designed to prevent a widespread outbreak and ensure those at a higher risk can quarantine.
Updated: Aug. 18, 2020 at 5:01 PM CDT
After community volunteers help clean up the main campus after storm damage, Rock Valley College plans to reopen its main campus to employees and visitors beginning on Wednesday, August 19.
Updated: Aug. 18, 2020 at 8:19 AM CDT
The program hopes to combat the shortage of school principal candidates.
Updated: Aug. 18, 2020 at 5:49 AM CDT
Saying goodbye to retired teachers and thanking those for years of service
Updated: Aug. 18, 2020 at 5:46 AM CDT
Health experts say there is next to no risk for children when it comes to extended mask wearing.
Updated: Aug. 17, 2020 at 5:20 PM CDT
|By Courtney Sisk
Increased demand for remote instruction means RPS 205 needs to fill more remote-only teaching jobs
Updated: Aug. 17, 2020 at 5:10 PM CDT
|By Brandon Giesey
Parent-teacher organizations, athletic booster clubs, and fundraising coordinators are feeling the effects the pandemic has financially, and the concern is that for 2020 recovering is not possible.
Updated: Aug. 13, 2020 at 5:06 PM CDT
After storms damage and leave debris at the Forest City school, Rock Valley College announces changes for students and staff to its Main Campus in anticipation of the upcoming semester.
Updated: Aug. 12, 2020 at 10:41 AM CDT
After a board vote, Rockford Public Schools Board approves a change to the school calendar, moving the first day of school to Wednesday, September 2.
Updated: Aug. 7, 2020 at 6:28 PM CDT
|By Elaine Rojas-Castillo
The results are in as Rockford Public Schools unveil the results of its Back to School survey.
Updated: Aug. 7, 2020 at 12:34 PM CDT
|By WIFR Newsroom
The giveaway will take place August 8 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at Christina St. & 15th Ave. at Blackhawk Park sections 3 and 5.
Updated: Aug. 5, 2020 at 9:59 AM CDT
|By WIFR Newsroom
The partnership comes with the intention of giving students access to the district’s remote learning program.
Updated: Jul. 31, 2020 at 3:02 PM CDT
|By WIFR Newsroom
At middle and high schools, start times were moved back by 15 minutes.
Updated: Jul. 29, 2020 at 2:39 PM CDT
|By WIFR Newsroom
The union presidents said if a return-to-learning plan is not safe, they will act.
Updated: Jul. 24, 2020 at 4:55 PM CDT
|By WIFR Newsroom
The deadline to submit responses is Monday, Aug. 3.
Updated: Jul. 24, 2020 at 2:57 PM CDT
They start with an unsigned statement on "the importance of reopening America's schools this fall."
Updated: Jul. 23, 2020 at 2:28 PM CDT
|By WIFR Newsroom
The survey got 697 responses.
Updated: Jul. 23, 2020 at 1:48 PM CDT
|By WIFR Newsroom
The school’s full plan for the start of the school year will be released next week.
Updated: Jul. 23, 2020 at 1:16 PM CDT
|By WIFR Newsroom
'Protecting the Pack Plan' released before students return to Northern Illinois University.