Bethel Grade School

Dear Parents,

In the most recent guidance for schools put out by ISBE and IDPH, schools are given the option to stop screening students for symptoms upon arriving at schools or to continue this practice. Beginning Tuesday, April 6, Bethel School District 82 will cease screening students for symptoms before they enter the building. However, one reason we have been as successful as we have been this year is because of the work parents have done at home in checking their children for symptoms before allowing them to go to school. This practice needs to continue and, according to ISBE, is the obligation of parents of the district. So please continue to check your children for symptoms and keep them home if they have any symptoms. This is the best defense against COVID transmission in schools and will also help us avoid excluding students for close contact to positive students. Also, we will return to a more "normal" procedure for before school, recess, and P.E. Masks and appropriate distancing will still be required.

Sincerely,

David Larkin. Superintendent