Used only three times in the last three years when severe winter weather made it unsafe to open the buildings, Waukegan Community Unit School District 60’s new e-learning plan is going through the necessary steps to ready it for the 2025-2026 school year and beyond.

Since the Illinois State Board of Education (ISBE) allows remote schooling as an alternative to closing schools in heavy snow or subzero temperatures, Amanda Milewski, District 60‘s associate superintendent for strategy and accountability. said it is now the preferred method.

“There are no more snow days,” Milewski said in response to a question about the onetime practice of closing school due to a snowstorm. “Snow days are now e-Learning days. We only use them in inclement weather. It means we don’t have to extend the school

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