Springfield District 186 School Board President Scott McFarland said allowing basketball would be a difficult decision. “I’m disappointed that IHSA punted in basically saying ‘yeah, we’re going to do it, but it’s up to the school boards,’ but I guess the school boards are going to have to be the adults in the room, so that’s what we’re going to do."
A largely unasked question is becoming glaring: Is Illinois doing all it should to use artificial intelligence to make government cost less and work better? So far, the evidence says no.