Though the turnout at Wednesday’s rally was relatively small, one of the groups that organized it, Raise Your Hand for Illinois Public Education, said two online petitions seeking a virtual learning option — one started by Raise Your Hand and another aimed specifically at Indian Prairie District 204 in the Aurora-Naperville area — have gained more than 6,000 signatures.
With start of school days away, CPS parents seek more COVID safety measures and a remote learning option: ‘They want us to blindly hand our children over’
