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Champaign Unit 4 board approves 3-year contract for support staff
The board unanimously approved a contract for support staff that includes raises totaling about 5% to 9%, but some union members say that’s not enough for the lowest-paid workers.
Champaign Unit 4 school board to finalize Superintendent Shelia Boozer’s departure
The Champaign Unit 4 Board of Education plans to vote on a separation agreement Thursday with Superintendent Shelia Boozer. Another administrator would be appointed acting superintendent.
Students say Champaign schools fail to provide menstrual products
CHAMPAIGN — Loreal Allen was not surprised when she went into a bathroom at Central High School in Champaign in late November. Everything was as expected. She found soap, paper towels and a white dispenser that was supposed to contain menstrual products. As usual, she said, it was empty. “I am at a dispenser right
217 Today: April 23, 2021
Friday, April 23, 2021 Today’s headlines: Illinoisans who want to own guns would have to be fingerprinted before getting or renewing their concealed carry license under a measure advancing in the Illinois House. The Illinois House Thursday night voted unanimously to pass a measure ending the use of isolation time out rooms in schools and
217 Today — Nov. 13, 2020
Friday November 13, 2020 Today’s headlines: Governor JB Pritzker is warning of another possible stay-at-home order for Illinois as Coronavirus stats keep climbing. Today is the last day for in-person classes at the Champaign Unit Four and Urbana school districts until January. Both districts say they’re switching to remote instruction only, starting Monday per recommendations from the Champaign-Urbana Public
Central Illinois Schools Adopt Different Reopening Plans Amid Ongoing Pandemic
The Illinois State Board of Education is leaving it up to districts to decide how to reopen schools this fall. Some have chosen to continue remote learning, while others are bringing students back into classrooms amid the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. ISBE has strongly recommended that schools provide as much in-person instruction as possible. But state
News Around Illinois – March 30, 2020
Governor Vows To Increase Testing As COVID-19 Cases Surge CHICAGO — Gov. J.B. Pritzker says Illinois will soon more than double the number of COVID-19 tests it can administer each day as the number of cases in the state surged. Public health officials announced 1,105 new cases, including 18 deaths on Sunday. Overall, Illinois has