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Unit 5 is asking voters for more taxing authority while promising the total tax rate would fall. The Unit 5 school board has decided to ask voters for $20.5 million more property tax dollars for its education fund. Superintendent Kristen Weikle and district business manager Marty Hickman said Unit 5 would not apply the 88-cent rate increase all at once.
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Ratings agency Moody’s Investors Service has downgraded Unit 5’s credit rating as part of a new grading system that is affecting hundreds of school…
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The Unit 5 school district is on track to end this fiscal year with a $12.8 million deficit. That's part of the tentative $192 million total budget for…
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Unit 5 schools are still in a deep financial hole, even with some increased state budget stability.“It will help our budget going into next year, but the…
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School districts increasingly use e-learning days to allow students to complete their schoolwork from home when the weather’s bad.But Unit 5…
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Unit 5 has approved higher pay rates for its substitute teachers.The unanimous vote from the district’s school board Wednesday night marks the first time…
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Like so many in Bloomington-Normal, Unit 5’s school board is looking to save money its Internet service.Unit 5’s school board voted Wednesday to switch to…