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Chester School Board meets tonight
CHESTER, Ill. – A regular meeting of the Chester School District Board of Education will be held this evening at 7:30 p.m. in the High School Cafeteria located at 1901 Swanwick Street, Chester, Ill. AGENDA. Call to Order and Roll Call – 5:00 p.m. Executive Session. 2.1 For...
Dispute over RBES expansion settled
Red Bud Elementary School has had quite a lot of growing pains over the past few years, but hopefully the pains have all been resolved. Back in fall 2021, Ryan McClellan, who was the principal of the elementary school at the time, had made a request to the school board for an expansion. He stressed that they were out of room and needed additional space. He asked for a new gymnasium with a stage, as well as classrooms to house the STEM, art, band and chorus classes.
W.O. Smith Field comes alive as YellowJackets and Terriers scrimmage
CHESTER – Chester High School’s W.O. Smith football field came alive Monday July 15 for a two-hour friendly football scrimmage between the Chester YellowJackets and the Carbondale Terriers. The event featured a 1-hour period of 7-on-7 football scrimmages from 7 p.m. until 8 p.m. followed by a second...
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