Peoria Public Schools

The Peoria Public Schools Board of Education will wait at least two weeks before hiring a search firm to lead the way in selecting a replacement for outgoing Superintendent Sharon Kherat.

Boosting graduation rates, reducing chronic absenteeism, filling an overabundance of teacher vacancies. Those are among the accomplishments Sharon Kherat lists when asked what makes her proudest of her tenure as Peoria Public Schools superintendent.

Peoria Public Schools’ superintendent is stepping down after the upcoming school year.

A proposal for Peoria Public Schools to purchase a new walk-through metal detector system for the district’s three traditional high schools failed to gain board of education approval on Tuesday.

Peoria Public Schools will implement a clear bookbag policy for its high school and middle school students later this year.

Seven juveniles were arrested by the Peoria Police Department after a fight broke out Saturday during a Peoria Public Schools graduation ceremony at the Civic Center.

Peoria Public Schools District 150 is supporting students’ mental health with long-term care from an outside service.

A 15-year-old boy is in custody at the Peoria County Juvenile Detention Center, charged with having a loaded handgun in his backpack at Manual High School.

The Peoria Public Schools board has approved buying 13 used diesel school buses for $1.2 million.

Her letter to the district community dated Jan. 23 comes as President Donald Trump's promised crackdown on illegal immigration was launched via a flurry of executive orders and agency directives.