Unit 5

Parents said they still had many unanswered questions when a final recommendation on enrollment adjustment was made Wednesday to the Unit 5 school board.

Two options were presented Wednesday to the Unit 5 school board to move forward with the districtwide enrollment study.

Students and staff at Normal Community High School feel that a regional Teacher of the Year award is well deserved for one of their own.

Some parents of Chiddix Junior High students want school administrators to share more information about two teachers who have been removed from the classroom.

Unit 5 School Board member Stan Gozur noted four of its schools have mobile classrooms to accommodate overcrowding and two other schools are also at or near capacity.

Parents of students at Glenn Elementary School have taken their pleas to keep the school as it is to the Normal Town Council. Ideally, they would like to see the council release a statement of support for their cause.

According to documents obtained through a public records request, alleged misconduct by Brandon Knapp was the third incident in 18 months requiring Unit 5 intervention.

The UFLI reading curriculum is already used in McLean County school districts, including District 87 and Heyworth.

Minutes from a Unit 5 school board meeting in 2020 reveal the district's public rebuke of Andrew Miller's alleged behavior while he was a coach at University High School.

Unit 5 families have two draft options to submit feedback related to the districtwide enrollment survey. Families can review the two proposals and complete a survey until March 1.