The Village of Mahomet Board of Trustees moved an Intergovernmental Agreement with the Mahomet-Seymour School District to the June 23 consent agenda Tuesday night. The Mahomet-Seymour School District has not seen the agreement yet, but Village Administrator Patrick Brown said that the topic should be on the upcoming board agenda. […]
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 Illinois State Board of Education (ISBE) and Illinois Department of Public Health (IDPH) released guidance on in-person instruction for summer school Thursday. Part Two of the Transition Plan Advisory Workgroup’s recommendations for transitioning to in-person instruction provides recommendations for how schools can comply with IDPH health […]
The Mahomet-Seymour School district has announced that they will stay open after spring break ends on March 23, 2020. Superintendent Lindsey Hall joined area Superintendents on a phone call with Champaign-Urbana Public Health Department’s Julie Pryde this morning for updates on COVID-19. “The evolution of demands for public safety and […]
Photo provided by: Heather Wanniger, Sweet Lemonade Photography By FRED KRONERfred@mahometnews.com Mahomet Chamber of Commerce 2020 Award WinnersOverall Business of the Year – Area Garbage, Bud BollerSmall Business of the Year –Yellow & Company, Elizabeth VanHoutan McDermithFood Service Business of the Year – Filippo’s Pizza, Brigi and Jerry ParisHealth & […]
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 The Mahomet-Seymour School District will offer a self-contained special education Math course called “Math Readiness” beginning in the fall of 2020, eliminating a current course, “Action Ed.” Proposed by Instructor Garrett Risley, the course will be offered to students with an IEP to meet the needs of […]
BY DANI TIETZdani@mahometnews.com Mahomet-Seymour senior Tim Glumac was recently named as a National Merit Scholarship Finalist. Glumac’s junior-year PSAT score put him on the list of 16,000 semifinalists. After evaluating other measures, such as GPA, transcript and essays, Glumac stood with the top one-percent of all high school seniors to […]
BY DANI TIETZdani@mahometnews.com The Mahomet-Seymour School District received a preliminary score of 2.55 on its ISBE Financial Report, putting it in the “Financial Watch” category, the lowest category designated by the ISBE. District Chief School Business Official Trent Nuxoll, who has resigned from his position in the Mahomet-Seymour School District […]
By JERRY NOWICKIand PETER HANCOCKCapitol News Illinoisnews@capitolnewsillinois.com Two bills that would add the risks of e-cigarette use and sexting to public school curriculum will head to the full Illinois House of Representatives after unanimously passing a committee Wednesday, Feb. 19 The House education curriculum committee heard testimony about House Bills 4007 and 3928, […]
