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Enrollment numbers in Newark Community High School District 18 declined from the previous year, according to the Illinois State Board of Education.

Enrollment numbers in Newark Community Consolidated School District 66 declined from the previous year, according to the Illinois State Board of Education.

Enrollment numbers in Plano Community Unit School District 88 declined from the previous year, according to the Illinois State Board of Education.

Enrollment numbers in Yorkville Community Unit School District 115 rose from the previous year, according to the Illinois State Board of Education.

Enrollment numbers in Oswego Community Unit School District 308 declined from the previous year, according to the Illinois State Board of Education.

The graduation rate in Yorkville Community Unit School District 115 grew to 96.5% in the 2024-25 school year compared to the year before.

Jadon A. Waller, director of diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) at Oswego Community School District 308, is facing calls for termination after a social media post criticizing Black Americans who…

Chris Mehochko, the Superintendent of the Grundy/Kendall County Regional Office of Education (“GKROE”), has been handing out Christmas or Holiday bonuses like candy to the ROE employees for the past…

Jim Marter, a contender for the 14th Congressional District and Chairman of the Kendall County Republican Party, has voiced his disapproval of Karl Frisch, a Virginia’s Fairfax County School Board…

The 27-year Professional Development Alliance (“PDA”) of the Will County and Grundy Kendall County Regional Offices of Education officially dissolved over the weekend and its website was promptly removed from…

The 27-year Intergovernmental Agreement (“IGA”) between the Will County and Grundy-Kendall County Regional Offices of Education, which set up the Professional Development Alliance (“PDA”), will dissolve on December 31, 2023.

As early as 2013, the “Professional Development Alliance” (“PDA”) and its government employees were under contract with Vista Learning (See 2013 contract).

An Agency of the Regional Offices of Education of Will County and Grundy-Kendall County, the Professional Development Alliance (“PDA”), entered into a contract with Vista Learning, NFP, as early as…

This is part 5 in a series of articles on the Will County and Grundy-Kendall Counties Regional Offices of Education (“ROE”). Read parts 1 – 2 – 3 and 4.

Will-Grundy-Kendall ROEs Part 4: Public meeting; PDA dissolution, and Contract cancelation

This is part 3 in a series of articles on the Will County and Grundy-Kendall Counties Regional Offices of Education. Read parts 1 and 2.

This is the first of a series of articles where we will discuss the Will and Grundy-Kendall County Regional Offices of Education, contracts, employees, IMRF, and alleged conflicts of interest.

This is part 2 in a series of articles on the Will County and Grundy-Kendall Counties Regional Offices of Education. Read the first article (here).

Full-day kindergarten has been a priority of sorts for Illinois Democrats, and on Aug. 3, Sen. Meg Loughran Cappel shared the news that Gov. J.B. Pritzker had signed a new…

Northern Illinois Food Bank Mobile Pantry @ Long Beach elementary school on Mar. 16, 2023

The Joliet Junior College Wolves baseball team opened up the 2023 season on Sunday, February 19th, with a 18-3 win over Illinois Valley at home.

Jennifer Monson wants to take politics out of education, so she’s running for the Minooka Community Consolidated School District (CCSD) 201.

Oswego High Student – Senior, Tawney Kellogg, has earned first chair flute/piccolo in the company’s Pit Orchestra in the Illinois All-State Theatre production of Shrek, the Musical, which is currently…

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