Unit 5

Unit 5 Superintendent Kristen Weikle provided updates about the Normal-based school district during an interview on WGLT's Sound Ideas.

Superintendent Kristen Weikle told the board she intends to retire at the end of the 2029-30 school year. That would take her to the end of the five-year contract the board approved in August.

District 87 changed its policy for Bloomington High School that bans cell phones throughout the school day. Unit 5 refreshed its policy to keep student phones away during class in all but a few circumstances.

Chief Financial Officer Marty Hickman presented an outline of the budget for the 2026 fiscal year during Wednesday's school board meeting.

Unit 5 families and employees are mourning the death of an eighth-grade teacher, Shawn Anderson, just as the new school year begins.

A senior at Normal Community High School learned about federal policymaking at Girls Nation this month.

The Unit 5 school board on Wednesday approved purchases that address busing and flooring needs.

The Trump administration is withholding billions of dollars in grant funding for schools across the U.S. The Unit 5 school district is waiting on almost $1 million.

WGLT talked with students and teachers from Bloomington Career Academy about competing in the SkillsUSA Championships — the largest workforce development event in the country.

Elected officials in McLean County say the lawmaker shootings in Minnesota are frightening – and that they’ve been on the receiving end of violent rhetoric themselves.