UPDATE 6/13/24 - This story was updated with comments from Superintendent Matt Stines. The Illinois State Board of Education voted Wednesday to approve the financial plan it required Grant Distri...
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This article was produced for ProPublica’s Local Reporting Network in partnership with Capitol News Illinois. It was on L.J.’s 11th birthday, in December 2022, that child welfare workers fina...
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UPDATE May 29, 2024: The story was updated to reflect conflicting information about the gender of the purported victim. A former band director at Freeburg Community High School was arrested … C...
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Belleville Township High School District 201 was allocated more than $9 million in the third round of pandemic-era federal funding, which it has used on expenditures like building improvements an...
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The Board of Education of Collinsville District 10 voted unanimously to close Jefferson Elementary, effective immediately, at a special board meeting held Tuesday evening. The meeting followed th...
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Among the winners at Belleville’s nationally-renowned, juried art show last weekend were several high school students from southern Illinois. Twenty-seven high school students from Belleville, ...
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A teacher at Mason Clark Middle School in East St. Louis School District 189 has been charged with a felony for allegedly threatening to shoot students while talking to another … Click to Conti...
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In Reality Check stories, Belleville News-Democrat journalists dig deeper into questions over facts, consequences and accountability. Story idea? newsroom@bnd.com. Grant School District 110 faile...
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The U.S. Department of Agriculture has announced a new electronic benefits transfer program for children to access food over summer break, and Illinois will be participating. The USDA estimates 1...
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A new state program is providing some respite to St. Clair County school districts and other taxing bodies that have been losing revenue as a consequence of a property tax … Click to Continue �...
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Monday evening, about 25 parents, students and teachers attended the first of three public hearings Collinsville District 10’s Board of Education is holding on its proposal to close an elementa...
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Schools in the Chicago area dominated this year’s U.S. News & World Report’s best high school ranking for Illinois, but two Belleville schools made it in the top 315. Payton … Click to Cont...
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In a technology room off the side of the library in East St. Louis Senior High School, members of one of the school’s newest clubs showcase their pride and joy: … Click to Continue »
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A principal in Granite City District 9, who is also a school board member in Freeburg District 70, has resigned. The board of education of Granite City 9 voted to … Click to Continue »
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A BND series of ongoing coverage on issues that matter most to metro-east residents. At its meeting Tuesday evening, the board of education of Grant District 110 approved a financial … Click to...
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Collinsville Community Unit School District 10 is considering closing Jefferson Elementary at the end of the school year due to low enrollment, the district announced Tuesday. The announcement fo...
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The student councils at Mason Clark Middle School in East St. Louis District 189 and Collinsville High School in Collinsville District 10 are among the seven in Illinois to receive … Click to C...
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In Reality Check stories, BND journalists dig deeper into questions over facts, consequences and accountability. Read more. Story idea? newsroom@bnd.com. Lebanon Community Unit School District 9 ...
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Next Monday afternoon, a total solar eclipse will cross southern Illinois as it traverses the country, and some metro-east school districts are changing their instructional plans for the day. A �...
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BND Reality Check Teachers, parents and community members filled the gym bleachers at Grant Middle School Tuesday evening to voice their concerns following the Illinois State Board of Education�...
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Voters in Belleville, Shiloh and Swansea headed to the polls Tuesday night for the primary election and passed a referendum on the ballot from Whiteside School District 115. The district … Clic...
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Students who miss 10% or more of the school year with or without a valid excuse are considered chronically absent in Illinois, but what is considered a valid excuse? Statewide, … Click to Conti...
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BND Reality Check The superintendent of a metro-east school district that was certified as being “in financial difficulty” by the Illinois State Board of Education last week says the situatio...
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The Illinois State Board of Education on Wednesday voted in approval of certifying Grant Community Consolidated School District 110 as being “in financial difficulty” because of its failure t...
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BND Reality Check The Illinois State Board of Education will vote on whether to certify Grant Community Consolidated School District 110 as being “in financial difficulty” at its regular busi...
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Gabby Orlet’s spirit in battling a rare type of bone cancer has earned the Althoff Catholic High School student an award given to just two basketball players nationwide. Orlet, who … Click to...
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Aviston School District 21 has asked voters to approve an increase to its educational fund tax rate three times. Each time, it failed by three votes or less. Now, the … Click to Continue »
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For the past two and a half years, the 90-some students of Venice Elementary have been going to a makeshift school in Granite City after their old building at 300 … Click to Continue »
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Chris Singleton visits Abraham Lincoln elementary … Click to Continue »
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Every year, educators across the state are honored by the Illinois State Board of Education with awards, and more than 35 in the metro-east are among the recipients for 2024. … Click to Continu...
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