Wednesday Journal 050422

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W E D N E S D A Y

May 4, 2022 Vol. 42, No. 40 ONE DOLLAR @wednesdayjournalinc

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of Oak Park and River Forest

Fenwick hires new girls basketball coach Page 15

Local schools see rise in COVID cases

Groundbreaking for an Icebreaker

A memorial tree for retiring Irving Principal John Hodge

Officials say increase is due to various factors

STORY BY F. AMANDA TUGADE, PAGE 10

By F. AMANDA TUGADE Staff Reporter

The number of COVID-19 cases is slowly rising in Oak Park and River Forest schools, but education leaders say the recent uptick, which began in early April after staff and students returned from spring break, has yet to cause major concern or a perceived need to tighten up loosened safety measures. Throughout April, school officials saw new positive cases as staff and students filed back into the building after a week-long break in late March, the numbers doubling — and even tripling in one district. Last week, Oak Park District 97 reported a total of 129 cases among staff and students, its secondhighest sum in April and since numbers dropped to single digits in the months prior. District cases peaked at 167 during the third week of April, with cases mostly attributed to students at Julian (82) and Brooks (21) middle schools. The number of cases that cropped up now are nowhere near what they were in January at the start of ALEX ROGALS/Staff Photographer

See COVID on page 10

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