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The central argument for a Unit 5 education fund referendum is that district revenue has not kept pace with costs since the last referendum in 2008, that the district has, in effect, squeezed all the blood it can out of the existing turnip by tightening its belt and using resources efficiently and needs help. The numbers support the case.
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The McLean County school district denied four resignations, submitted by special education teachers weeks before the first day of school.
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The Unit 5 school board expects to vote next month on whether to join a collaborative effort to create standardized incentives in the local enterprise zone.
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Three additional public information meetings are planned for May, to address Unit 5’s multimillion-dollar deficit.
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For the second year in a row, Unit 5 expects to draw more than 1,000 students to its summer school programs in an effort to help close education gaps created by the pandemic.
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Despite a year filled with controversy over busing problems, Unit 5 will keep First Student next year.
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Unit 5 leaders are looking at cutting three dozen full-time teaching positions and two administrator roles for next school year, as well as eliminating two programs — fifth-grade band/orchestra and eighth-grade foreign language — to address a multi-million dollar deficit.
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The Unit 5 and District 87 school districts plan to keep mask rules in place following Friday's order. But several smaller districts around McLean County are making masks optional, effective immediately.
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The Unit 5 school district was supposed to be considering deficit reduction measures this fall, but has pushed that off until the spring. Two superintendents and at least three board presidents have avoided dealing with a structural imbalance that now stands at $13 million.
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The first female high school wrestler in Illinois history is asking Unit 5 schools to add girls coaches to the wrestling program.