Illinois parents, educators call for COVID-19 exit strategy after schools left out of Gov. J.B. Pritzker’s plan to lift mask mandate

Students and and their families head home after school at St. Raymond School in Mount Prospect on Feb. 9, 2022. Masks will be optional beginning Thursday at the Archdiocese of Chicago’s Catholic schools in Lake County and most of suburban Cook County. (Stacey Wescott / Chicago Tribune)