At a special board meeting tonight, the Glen Ellyn District 41 School Board voted 4-1 in favor of going mask-optional, allowing its 3,576 students to attend school for the first time in nearly two years with their faces uncovered.
There have been 203,531 confirmed coronavirus cases in DuPage County as of Feb. 15, with 1,648 deaths linked to the virus, according to data from the state Department of Public Health (IDPH).
Businesswoman Malgorzata McGonigal – one of the plaintiffs successful in overturning Gov. J.B. Pritzker's mask mandate on constitutional grounds – is challenging U.S. Rep. Mike Quigley (D-Lakeview) in the Fifth Congressional District.