Erica Smith

Growing number of teachers, staff with COVID-19 forces Camp Point CUSD No. 3 schools to close for two days

January 13, 2022 | By David Adam, MRN Editor

CAMP POINT, Ill. — Erica Smith has been juggling several balls this week. The growing number of teachers and staff members who haven’t come to work in the Camp Point Community Unit School District No. 3 have forced Smith, the district’s superintendent, to fill in as needed. “I’ve done everything,” Smith said Wednesday. “I’ve driven…

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Central School Board reverses course, unanimously votes to uphold mask mandate

August 19, 2021 | By David Adam, MRN Editor

CAMP POINT, Ill. — Central’s teachers spoke. Central’s School Board listened. Six days after voting 3-2 to ignore Gov. JB Pritzker’s mask mandate for students, teachers and staff — regardless of vaccination status — the Central School Board reversed course Wednesday night. It voted 7-0 to make masks mandatory in all four school buildings in…

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