School begins tomorrow. Seeing the challenges that lie ahead for school administrators, staff, students and parents, a group of approximately 20 people gathered at Lincoln Trail Elementary on Aug. 11 to pray over the upcoming school year. The event was originally scheduled for the night before, but a derecho passed […]
By FRED KRONER fred@mahometnews.com So, how was your Sunday? As I awoke and greeted a new day, there was no reason for me to believe it would not be like any of the other recent Sundays. The pace is a little slower on this day, but there are certain things […]
The Mahomet-Seymour School Board will hear from high school principal Chad Benedict and board member Colleen Schultz about class rank, achievement and awards at the Monday, Aug. 17 meeting at Middletown Prairie Elementary. Schultz requested the topic (Policy 6:330) be on the agenda during the Aug. 3 school board meeting. […]
Sanitize surfaces, keep social distancing, move children in one direction through the hallways, do symptom checks before each school day, reduce capacity in elevators and wash your hands. Every parent and school personnel is well-versed in the daily routines that will be required to have students inside a school building […]
“This board is faced with an important decision this evening,” Mahomet-Seymour School Board member Jeremy Henrichs said on August 3. “It’s been presented with an anti racism resolution. It seems that this would be an easy choice. I think all of us would agree that racism is evil. And that […]
Maybe LaShunda Glover, Susie Jackson and Maggie Kinnamon and John and Mindy Spencer were destined to be in Mahomet for this moment. Their stories span decades, but their message is succinct: they want their children and the children of their friends to feel like they belong in the community they […]
An anti-racism resolution put together by Mahomet-Seymour alumni, and modified, but recommended by Superintendent Lindsey Hall did not receive a motion for approval by the Mahomet-Seymour School board on Aug. 3. The resolution, along with a petition signed by approximately 650 alumni, was first presented to the board on June […]
Finally something in 2020 has gone right. Weather for this week’s Mahomet-Seymour Marching Band camp has been blessed with mid-to-upper 70’s temperatures and the blue skies have been dotted with puffy white clouds. Two weeks ago band director Michael Stevens didn’t even know if band camp or any semblance of […]
According to the Illinois Regional COVID-19 Resurgence Criteria on the Illinois Department of Public Health website, Region 6 has 4 days of positive increases of COVID-19 in the last 10 days. That number, along with 1-day hospital admission increases over a 10 day span (1), is down from last week. […]
Approximately 70 people gathered in the Mahomet Police Department parking lot to pray for first responders Monday evening. Pastor Jason Schifo of Community Evangelical Free Church Mahomet said it was time to pray for unity. Standing in the middle of a socially distanced circle, he didn’t have an agenda other […]
