While TRS does not record or ask why a member is retiring, Urbanek said anecdotally, “members retiring in July and August have mentioned the reasons they’re retiring this close to the beginning of the school year are related to COVID-19 … either concerns with the virus itself, incompatibility with decisions made by district school boards that employ them or incompatibility with the technology needed for remote learning.”
As COVID-19 surges, so do Illinois teacher retirements; number has jumped almost 50% over last year
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