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The Peoria Public Schools board of education has renewed contracts for several top administrators - without considering a residency requirement as previously suggested.
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A residency requirement for district administrators would “hamper” Peoria Public Schools in the future, claims superintendent Dr. Sharon Kherat.
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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.
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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.
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Six Peoria Public Schools students are heading to the West Coast to compete in a national speech tournament.
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The Grow Your Own Teacher program at Peoria Public Schools will add four more graduates by the end of the current school year.
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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."
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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.
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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.
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Salaries will increase by a cumulative 6.5% in the 2022-23 school year, and 5.5% increases for the following two years.