Peoria Public Schools Board

Renee Andrews and Jerry Bell, the final two candidates in the running to be the new Peoria Public Schools superintendent, answered questions from the public this week in separate town halls.

The Peoria Public Schools superintendent search is down to two candidates. The first of two town halls with the candidates was held Tuesday.

The Peoria Park District and Peoria Public Schools are weighing options about what to do with the decades-old Central Park Pool.

A divided Peoria Public Schools Board of Education voted Monday to move forward with a Texas-based search firm to find a replacement for outgoing Superintendent Sharon Kherat.

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

Peoria Public Schools District 150 is putting almost $250,000 into a step toward entirely cell phone-free classrooms.

Quest will not seek further appeal of the decision by the Peoria Public School Board of Education to close the charter school.

Peoria High School is getting a dedicated space for media content production to help students develop and enhance digital learning skills.