Sharon Kherat

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’ superintendent is stepping down after the upcoming school year.

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

Peoria Public Schools Superintendent Dr. Sharon Desmoulin-Kherat has been selected as one of four finalists for the American Association of School Administrators’ 2025 National Superintendent of the Year.

The Peoria Public Schools board is tabling a controversial $80,000 purchase of DNA genealogy testing kits for high school biology students.

Thanks to a $1 million federal grant secured by U.S. Rep. Cheri Bustos, demolition of the 121-year-old former Harrison School is expected to be completed by the end of the year.

The annual state school report cards are out. Here's what the data reveals about Peoria Public Schools in the 2015-2106 school year. 16 percent of…

The Peoria Public School Board approved a $179 million operating budget for this academic year. The District 150 spending plan factors in a $4.4 million…