Beth Crider

A new program at the Peoria County Regional Office of Education aims to prevent violence by intervening to stop truancy.

Peoria County will allocate an additional $7.8 million to lock in a price for construction of the new Health and Human Services Campus.

The Peoria County Regional Office of Education is pursuing a lease agreement with the Peoria Park District to move its Regional Learning Center to the dormant Franciscan Recreation Center in West Peoria.

The Illinois State Board of Education is putting $2 million toward a program to support and retain more teachers of color, and Peoria-area administrators see it as a welcome step toward improving diversity in the schools.

As Gov. JB Pritzker's administration plans to take its bid to reimpose the school mask mandate to the state Supreme Court, Peoria Regional Superintendent Beth Crider believes the ongoing legal wrangling creates more uncertainty for school districts.

The ongoing COVID-19 pandemic is having a permanent effect on education and school districts, according to Peoria County Regional Superintendent of Schools Beth Crider.

Regional Superintendent of Schools Beth Crider said school districts are going to adhere to the latest guidelines from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reducing the number of days in isolation from 10 to five.

Gov. JB Pritzker reimposed an indoor mask mandate on Thursday, in an acknowledgment COVID-19 is making a comeback after months of seemingly turning the tide.

Some area school districts may rethink their COVID-19 policies under the latest masking recommendations from public health officials.

Some Peoria high school athletic directors say blaming the area’s recent surge in COVID-19 cases on the return of high school sports may be premature.“How…