BY DANI TIETZdani@mahometnews.com Superintendent Lindsey Hall provided a COVID-19 Reopening Task Force Update to the Mahomet-Seymour School Board on June 8. Hall likened planning for the 2020-21 school year to “building a plane while flying it.” The district, like all other districts in Illinois, are awaiting guidance from the Illinois […]
BY DANI TIETZdani@mahometnews.com The Mahomet-Seymour School Board voted 6-1 to increase Mahomet-Seymour High School Summer School fees prior to registration opening in February. Ken Keefe was the only board member to vote no. The fee increase was implemented to offset additional expenses related to providing two bus routes and an […]
BY DANI TIETZdani@mahometnews.com As the Mahomet-Seymour School Board prepared to open new business, IL Senator Chapin Rose came to the meeting to let them know that $400,000 of tax money from the State of Illinois will be given to the school district to renovate the Mahomet-Seymour Fieldhouse if the district […]
BY DANI TIETZdani@mahometnews.com The Mahomet-Seymour Education Association has shown concern with a movie policy that was brought to the Mahomet-Seymour Policy Committee on Aug. 12, 2019 by Director of Instruction Nicole Rummel. Rummel’s proposed change to Policy 6:210 read: “Teachers are encouraged to use age-appropriate supplemental material only when it […]
The Mahomet-Seymour School Board approved the 2019 tax levy, which includes an increase to be collected in 2020, with a vote of 6-1 on Monday. Ken Keefe was the sole board member to vote no to the levy. Keefe, along with board members Jeremy Henrichs and Lori Larson, missed the […]
BY DANI TIETZdani@mahometnews.com The Mahomet-Seymour School Board adopted two new high school courses, AP Computer Science Principles, and Lifelong Wellness with Fitness and Food, Monday night. The vote was 5-0 with Merle Giles and Jeremy Henrichs absent. The AP Computer Science Principles will be a year-long introduction to a computer […]
BY DANI TIETZdani@mahometnews.com Fulfilling contracts per the terms of the contract was the topic of discussion at the Mahomet-Seymour School Board’s Special Board meeting Monday night. All seven board members were present to discuss the need to establish 2019-20 goals for Superintendent Lindsey Hall, who was not in attendance. The […]
BY DANI TIETZdani@mahometnews.com The Mahomet-Seymour School Board is continuing the conversation about what it looks like for the district to allow nonpublic school students to participate in extra-curricular activities. The topic was first brought to the M-S policy committee on Sept. 30 by Board Member Colleen Schultz. With instructions to […]
BY DANI TIETZdani@mahometnews.com Should Illinois give the power to local school districts to decide if they will allow administrators, faculty or staff in their building to be armed? The topic, which is once again being brought up by Mercer County School District 404 in rural western Illinois, will be voted […]
BY DANI TIETZdani@mahometnews.com The development of land within the Village of Mahomet has been on the minds of residents lately. Some see the benefit of the continued expansion of Mahomet, both commercially and residentially. Some residents long for the small-town feel that was evident just a few years ago while […]
