@Cornell If I had a teenager in their junior or senior year of high school, I would take the covid crisis as an opportunity to get into the college of their choice. Since many kids are deferring college and foreign students are not coming back, it should be an opportunity to get in more easily to competitive colleges. I have some friends with a child who is a junior and they see it as an opportunity. I would go with the flow and have them finish high school online and get in as much extracurricular activities and volunteer opportunities as possible so they have a strong college application. I work with teens and that is what they are doing. Don't let your daughter get down and check out of high school. This is too important for her future.
Great advice. I would add that the earlier suggestion of community college is also quite good. For many the college experience has changed dramatically in the last ~20-30 years and community college is now much more acceptable and recommended as the choice. In California, I believe it's still common for many to go to community college for the first two years and then transfer to a State (or UC) school. I'm not sure how it's done in Illinois.
I would try to look upon this as objectively as possible, though that may be very difficult to do at this time. It's a big decision to leave high school early, so take your time.
I studied abroad when I was in high school and, contrary to what I was promised by my local high school, upon my return I was unable to transfer all the credit I had earned. This forced me to make a difficult choice...take another year of high school or limit my college selection options to those who were willing to accept my unique status. I chose to take another year (at an out of state boarding school...), and I don't regret that decision (though I do regret the school I chose for that year). So I understand some of the issues
@Cornell is struggling with since her daughter was unable to complete her spring courses and obtain the associated credit. After high school I went to an excellent college and, after taking extra classes and summer school, graduated early (the year I should have graduated had I received the overseas credit). When I look back at that decision, I now regret I rushed college and would have enjoyed another year (I wanted to graduate early for a variety of reasons, though primarily I was concerned about the high cost of school). I don't wish this experience on anyone, especially when it's sudden and without any planning. However, from what I've read so far in this thread there are many good choices and it's hard to go wrong pursuing any of them.