The truancy rate at Rolling Acres Middle School fell to 9 percent during the 2016-17 school year, according to a Peoria Standard analysis of the latest Illinois schools report card.
The revenue Bradford Community Unified School District 1 received through local taxes increased 40.7 percent from fiscal year 2008 to 2017, adjusted for inflation, according to a Peoria Standard analysis of public schools data.
About 92 percent of ninth graders in 2017 were on track to graduate at a school where the four-year graduation rate was 84 percent that year, according to the latest Illinois schools report card by the Illinois State Board of Education.
The truancy rate at Jefferson Park School stayed flat at 0.0 percent during the 2016-17 school year, according to a Peoria Standard analysis of the latest Illinois schools report card.
Now that the NC Department of Transportation (NCDOT) has finalized paving on Main and West Center, the City has started work in Uptown Lexington to install 18 decorative crosswalks on these streets to further accent the central business district.
As part of a citywide volunteer day students from East Peoria Central Junior High School cleaned the fire engine bay floor at the Central Fire Station during the CJHS Help-A-Thon this morning.
The Canton Area Chamber of Commerce Government Affairs Committee and the Fulton County Farm Bureau Legislative Committee are co-sponsoring a “Meet the Candidates” event on Thursday evening, October 25, at the Donaldson Center in Wallace Park beginning at 6:30 p.m.
Canton Main Street's Munchkin Masquerade offers Families and children safe trick-or-treating fun throughout the downtown area , a tradition that has spooky decorations, hay rack rides, hay bale maze, games, a dance performance, and "Monster Mash" music throughout Jones Park.
Retired Peoria SD 150 employee Suzanne Shafer-Wilson saved $91,031 toward her pension over 35 years working for public schools, Illinois Teachers' Retirement Fund (TRS) records show.
The revenue Delavan Community Unit School District 703 received through local taxes increased 19.6 percent from fiscal year 2008 to 2017, adjusted for inflation, according to a Peoria Standard analysis of public schools data.