Unit 5

Theater students at Normal Community High School are eager to perform in person after so much time lost to the pandemic. The spring production (cross your…

Sexual battery and rape charges have been filed in Nashville against a former Unit 5 teacher.Jonathon Hovey, 49, of Forsyth, has waived extradition from…

UPDATED 12:50 p.m. | Hundreds of Unit 5 students were quarantined in the past week as McLean County faces a third wave in coronavirus cases, this time…

Three newcomers were elected to the Unit 5 school board on Tuesday.Kentrica Coleman, Jeremy DeHaai and Stan Gozur were the top vote-getters as results…

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…

Issues of diversity and equity are top of mind after a year of renewed calls for civil rights and social justice reform. Some of those conversations…

Officials in the District 87 and Unit 5 school districts say they plan to hire additional student support staff and make health-related building…

Nearly half of the Unit 5 school board will turn over after the April 6 election. Three seats are up for grabs, with no incumbents running.The race is…

Unit 5 plans to expand in-person instruction to four days a week for students in grades 6-12 starting April 5.Sixth grade students will shift from the…

Flat funding for Illinois schools is effectively a cut. That's Unit 5 Superintendent Kristen Weikle's thought on Gov. JB Pritzker's budget proposal.Weikle…