Peoria Public Schools District 150

The Peoria Public Schools board of education has renewed contracts for several top administrators - without considering a residency requirement as previously suggested.

A residency requirement for district administrators would “hamper” Peoria Public Schools in the future, claims superintendent Dr. Sharon Kherat.

At Monday night’s board of education meeting, board member Chase Klaus pushed for delaying the approval of contracts until a clause requiring district administrators to live within the City of Peoria is added.

At Monday night’s Board of Education meeting, Dr. Derrick Booth, the outgoing Director of Social/Emotional Learning and the Wraparound Center, led a presentation from community partners who offer services from the Wraparound Center, including OSF HealthCare and FamilyCore.

Six Peoria Public Schools students are heading to the West Coast to compete in a national speech tournament.

The Grow Your Own Teacher program at Peoria Public Schools will add four more graduates by the end of the current school year.

At Monday night’s meeting, the Peoria Public Schools board, on a 5-2 vote, approved the extension through June 2026. Board members Chase Klaus and Dr. Anni Reinking voted "no."

The new program will create space for up to 25 teachers in District 150 to participate in a two-year cohort to receive a master's degree in urban education.

Since 2018, the Peoria Public Schools board of education has renamed seven of the district's 29 school buildings. But those new monikers didn't come without a significant price tag.

Salaries will increase by a cumulative 6.5% in the 2022-23 school year, and 5.5% increases for the following two years.