Emily Chow, 10, (left) and Kailey Albus, 10, work with their teacher Catherine Sheehan at Everett School using iPads. The district governing the school may see new faces after April 9. | Brian O'Mahoney~for Sun-Times Media

Patrick Linnane, 9, (left) and Chase Breidenbach, 10, used iPads to scan QR codes set up in the hallways of Everett School as part of a virtual fieldtrip. | Brian O'Mahoney~for Sun-Times Media

Emily Chow, 10, (left) and Patrick Linnane, 9, collect the iPads students in their class used as part of a research project at Everett School Jan. 24. Their fourth-grade class took a virtual trip in the school hallways, collecting information via QR cod

Students in Catherine Sheehan's fourth-grade class at Everett School used the iPads on a virtual trip in the hallways of the school, collecting information via QR codes, last week. | Brian O'Mahoney~for Sun-Times Media

Fourth graders Kailey Albus, 10, (left) and Emily Chow, 10, work on a research project at Everett School using iPads to collect data via QR codes. The virtual trip was set up in the school's hallways. | Brian O'Mahoney~for Sun-Times Media

Everett School fourth-grade teacher Catherine Sheehan explains the assignment to her students before the "field trip" began. | Brian O'Mahoney~for Sun-Times Media