Stories tagged with: schools
NCOE Schools See Drop in 6th Day Enrollment Figures; Tout Security; Approve Fiscal Year Budget, Funding Concerns on Horizon
NCOE Schools are showing their lowest enrollment through sixth day in a generation, a trend many school districts in the region are experiencing. Students at NCOE schools are also among the safest according to law enforcement.
Sixth day enrollment figures for NCOE schools for this... Read More.
CWC Music Teacher Celebrating Music in our Schools Month
March is Music in our Schools Month® and 2025 marks the 40th anniversary of the designation. New Carmi-White County Unit 5 Pre-k through 5th Grade Music Teacher Presley Hillyard is here for it. The Streator, IL native explains a bit more on the... Read More.
Goematt Provides Update On Summer Maintenance Projects At CWC Schools
The Carmi-White County Unit 5 School Board met briefly Tuesday night, due to Monday being the Juneteenth holiday. Scott Mareing was also there and has this report…
First a Special Board Meeting was held at 7 PM on the Amended Budget. Superintendent Jarred Newell ran... Read More.
Student From Two White County Schools Take Part In Academic Challenge For Science And Engineering
Nearly 130 high school students from the region met on the campus of Southeastern Illinois College Thursday, Feb. 9, to take a series of regional exams as part of the Academic Challenge for Science and Engineering, sponsored by Eastern Illinois University (EIU).
Eight high schools... Read More.
Dates Announced For Carmi White County Schools Back To School Night
Lincoln's Back to School Night is Thursday, August 11th from 6-7:30 pm. Pre-K, Early Childhood, and Kindergarten families can come and go. First grade will begin at 6:00 p.m.
Jefferson’s Back to School Night is Monday, August 15th from 6-7:30 pm. Both grades will be... Read More.
Newell Named to Succeed Lee as CWC Unit 5 School Superintendent
Mr. Jarrod Newell will take over for Mr. Brad Lee as the next Superintendent of Carmi White County Unit 5 Schools pending appropriate certification. That information was confirmed with the release of Tuesday night’s closed session minutes of the school board meeting. We’ve since... Read More.
Rise in CoViD Cases Forcing Hamilton County Schools to Cancel Sports and Adopt “Adaptive Pause” Schooling
Another big number from the Egyptian Health Department, but lower for White County. 17 residents from White County have been diagnosed according to the most recent report, only 2 of them school age. Gallatin County added 3 new cases and Saline County has added... Read More.
Southern Illinois Schools on Probation
Several Schools On Probation
While the contentious discussions continue on social media concerning Illinois Governor Pritzker’s mask mandate, several Southern Illinois schools are now on probation for not following the rules; meaning those schools could lose their ability to participate in sports.
29 schools, as of... Read More.
Illinois Department Of Public Health Releases New Coronavirus Suggestions For Schools
The state of Illinois is out with new recommendations for masks in classrooms across the state. The state's Department of Public Health is recommending a 'layered' approach to masks this fall. That essentially means different mask rules for different schools. The IDPH says unvaccinated... Read More.