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Vol. 36, No. 16
April 21, 2021
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Permanent principal named for Komarek School PAGE 7
Brookfield trustees approve body cams for cops PAGE 10
Families embrace in-person learning in D96
Nearly 80% of students back in classrooms all day By BOB SKOLNIK Contributing Reporter
Last week classrooms were full for the first time this year in the four elementary schools in Riverside Elementary School District 96 as most students returned for full-day instruction for the first time since March 2020. On April 12, the four elementary schools in District 96 began a modified full-day, inSee D96 on page 8
ALEX ROGALS/Staff Photographer
BACK IN THE SADDLE: Families in Riverside School DIstrict 96 embraced the decision to move to full-day, in-person instruction as of April 12. About 78 percent of students, including these students in Christina Guastella’s second grade-class at Ames School, are now back in the classroom full-time, including many kids whose families had chosen remote-only learning previously.
Ballerine looks to hit ground running as Riverside president By BOB UPHUES
Transition to new administration has been under way since start of 2021
Editor
The election of a new village president in Riverside did not draw much attention this
spring, because it was an uncontested race. But, the winner of that race, Joseph Ballerine, has been preparing to fill the seat of departing two-term President Ben Sells since the beginning of the New Year.
When Ballerine is sworn into office on May 6, along with trustees Megan Claucherty, Aberdeen Marsh-Ozga and Doug Pollock, who also ran unopposed, he’ll hit the ground running.
“As of Jan. 1, Ben has allowed me to be part of every meeting he’s been in, anything he felt would carry over to the new See TRANSITION on page 16
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