Irving Elementary School

Board members celebrated successes and planned to address shortcomings highlighted by a yearly state report. They also discussed the yearly tax levy and the idea of implementing a sales tax.

The Mini Nurse Academy, hosted by the Black Nurses Association of Central Illinois, is a new after-school program offered to students in grades 3-6 at Irving Elementary School in Bloomington. The program's goal is to teach students all about being a nurse, from basic first aid to what classes to take.

Remote learning presents unique challenges for students from low-income families, though the principal at one such school in west Bloomington says so far…

On paper, Marcus Brown is a fifth-grader at Irving Elementary School in west Bloomington. But he has another title that’s way cooler: Leader of the Black…