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Governor J.B. Pritzker extends cancellation of all public and private schools in Illinois

By Kelsey Landis

Updated March 21, 2020 12:25 PM

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Gov. J.B. Pritzker announced Friday Illinois schools would remain closed until April 8 to prevent the spread of coronavirus.

The governor originally ordered on March 13 that private and public schools would close from March 17 through March 30.

Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot announced schools in the city would remain closed until April 20, while the governor of Kansas said students wouldn’t return to class for the rest of the school year.

This story was originally published March 20, 2020 at 3:15 PM.

Kelsey Landis

Belleville News-Democrat

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Kelsey Landis is an Illinois state affairs and politics reporter for the Belleville News-Democrat. She joined the newsroom in January 2020 after her first stint at the paper from 2016 to 2018. She graduated from Southern Illinois University in 2010 and earned a master’s from DePaul University in 2014. Landis previously worked at The Alton Telegraph. At the BND, she focuses on informing you about what your lawmakers are doing in Springfield and Washington, D.C., and she works to hold them accountable. Landis has won Illinois Press Association awards for her work, including the Freedom of Information Award.

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