• English: In what language do you prefer to receive the update from District 287?
• Español: ¿En qué idioma prefiere recibir la actualización del Distrito 287?
• Soomaali: Luuqadee ayaad doorbideysaa inaad ka hesho cusboonaysiinta District 287?

The safety and well-being of our students, staff, and families will come first in all elements of our planning. We understand that staff well-being will impact student well-being.

Decisions that impact students, staff, and families will be informed by engaging them in order to understand the diverse needs and concerns of our 287 community.

We will have a laser focus on racial equity in order to build the groundwork for Black and Brown students to thrive in our new reality. Similarly, efforts to understand trauma, including racial trauma, will be central to our work in the upcoming school year.

• The draft plan has four steps (0, 1, 2, and 3)
• We will move up or down the steps depending on the nature of the pandemic and the safety of in-person schooling.
• Step 0 is innovative distance learning. Steps 1 through 3 gradually increase the percent of a school building's staff and student capacity (from 10% to 25% to 50%) in order to safely increase the percent of students we serve in school. Students would attend school 2 days per week and there will be 1 disinfecting day. Students are phased in by grade-level grouping, starting with elementary.
• All families have the choice to keep their student at home and participate in distance learning no matter what step we are in.