Plainfield school district uses emergency day off due to COVID-19 surge, lack of staff

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A Plainfield school district is taking an emergency day off Friday due to logistical transportation staffing issues, stemming from a rise in COVID-19 related cases.

Plainfield Community Consolidated School District 202 announced the day off around 9:45 a.m., Thursday. It will be a non-attendance day for students and staff, with no remote learning. 

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The school district will make up the missed day on May 27, as part of its five emergency days budgeted into the 2021-22 school year. 

District 202 plans to return to in-person learning on Monday. 

This decision comes as schools across the Chicagoland area contemplate if remote learning should make a temporary comeback, as coronavirus cases surge.