Are schools prepared to respond if a student’s heart stops? Data shows some aren’t

Are schools prepared to respond if a student’s heart stops? Data shows some aren’t

A 56-year-old football official went into cardiac arrest on the sideline at Jefferson High School in Lafayette in 2006. Then, a teenager who was playing basketball during lunch at the school’s Tecumseh Junior High gym went into cardiac arrest a decade later. Both were in the Lafayette School Corporation. Both survived. The district’s preparation for…

217 Today: How the U-46 school district is trying to help newcomer migrant students

217 Today: How the U-46 school district is trying to help newcomer migrant students

Tuesday, February 13, 2024 Today’s headlines:  The longtime chief of staff to ex-Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan has been sentenced to two-and-a-half years in prison. Dozens of parents and children packed the Champaign Unit 4 school board meeting Monday night based on rumors that a beloved principal might be fired. An online petition to fire the…