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Decatur School District #61 Custodians Authorize Strike
Decatur SD #61 Custodians attended the July 16 Board of Education meeting calling on board members and Superintendent Rochelle Clark to come to the bargaining table with a contract that offers a living wage. SEIU Local 73 represents 80 custodians who have been bargaining since February while the board has...
Illinois quick hits: State unemployment rate hits 5%; Decatur Public Schools adopt new phone policy for students
Illinois unemployment rate hits 5% The Illinois Department of Employment Security announced that unemployment increased to 5 percent. The May revised unemployment rate was 4.9 percent. The national unemployment rate was 4.1 percent in June, up slightly from the previous month. The number of unemployed workers in the state was 327,900, up over 3 percent from the prior month, and up nearly 19 percent over the same month one year ago. ...
Decatur Public Schools bans student phone usage
DECATUR, Ill. (WCIA) — Decatur Public Schools has a new policy with their cell phones. After discussions at multiple meetings, the Decatur Public School Board of Education has voted to ban cell phones as a part of the new Electronic Devices policy for all students during the school day. All students will have to keep […]
Lincoln Land Community College Here To Help With Fall Semester Registration
Registration is open now for the fall semester at Lincoln Land Community College in Taylorville and popular classes and time slots are beginning to fill. Enrollment Coordinator, Tisha Miller says LLCC will be with a new or returning student every step of the way to register properly with Tisha and the student success coaches for support.
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