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The chess teams at Evans Junior High School in Bloomington have done something that has never been done before in state history. Its sixth, seventh, and eighth graders have all won state championships in the same year.
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Hundreds of people gathered at Normal Community High School to welcome back the boys basketball team from the state championships over the weekend. The team received a fond and enthusiastic welcome from fans and family after taking second place in Class 4A against Homewood Flossmoor.
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Normal Community’s run to the state championship came up short Saturday night, as the Ironmen fell, 60-48, to Homewood-Flossmoor in the Class 4A title game.
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District 87 school board president Elizabeth Fox Anvick wears many hats: She’s a tech professional, a wife, a mother – and one of Bloomington-Normal’s most visible LGBTQ+ advocates.
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Eva Jones was the first woman and person of color to make the District 87 school board. That was in 1971. Six years later, she became president and three years after that she was on the Bloomington City Council.
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Startup grants are reaching their term limit for Central Illinois Bridge Academy, but Director Trish Malott said the school is financially stable. They even want to expand for next year by getting an additional teacher.
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The District 87 school board unanimously approved the $4.5 million purchase of a building at 2309 E. Oakland Ave from State Farm. The district plans to use the new space to expand its capacity for early education.
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Bloomington-Normal’s strong economic growth last year likely will help Unit 5 use less borrowed money to balance its budget, when the fiscal year ends in June.
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District 87 is launching a new curriculum for middle and high schoolers enrolled as English language learners — part of an effort to better serve the growing demographic group.
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For 30 years YouthBuild McLean County has had a subtle influence on the area — often without recognition.