BY DANI TIETZdani@mahometnews.com Delegates of the Illinois Association of School Boards, a lobbying group that advocates for education policy in the Illinois state legislature, voted against a measure on Saturday that would call for the group to support the development of legislation that would allow school staff to be trained […]
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 The Illinois State Board of Education’s (ISBE) 5 Essentials Survey is now available for parents to take in order to provide feedback on school climate and learning conditions. The questions from the Parent Survey went live on Oct. 24 and will remain available until Feb. 14, 2020. […]
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 […]
The Mahomet-Seymour Board of Education will meet on Tuesday, Oct. 15 at 7 p.m. to discuss the proposed TIF extension along the east corridor of IL-150.
BY DANI TIETZ dani@mahometnews.com Since the Mahomet-Seymour School District implemented a one-to-one initiative for grades 6-12, student device rights and policies have been a topic of conversation. Meghan Hennesy, who was elected to the school board in April of 2019, is asking her fellow board members and district administration to […]
By FRED KRONER fred@mahometnews.com Brothers Isaac and Caleb Trotter spent much of their childhood in Mahomet. They had many of the same goals and aspirations as others in their peer group. “We went to the homecoming parades,” Isaac Trotter said. When they watched the local high school games, they imagined […]
BY DANI TIETZ dani@mahometnews.com A policy proposal to change Mahomet-Seymour School Board Policy 7:40, the measure to allow non-public school children to participate in Mahomet-Seymour extracurricular activities, was introduced to the board policy committee on Sept. 30. Board member Colleen Schultz presented a revised policy, taking the policy from not […]
