Superintendent Kristen Weikle also announced Tuesday that McLean County's largest school district will launch a major strategic planning initiative next year.
The Unit 5 school board on Wednesday renewed its formal E-Learning Day program, a state-approved plan for how the district approaches remote learning on days when schools can’t meet in person.
Starting next fall, there’ll be no more sports or clubs for Unit 5 junior high students no sports teams for freshmen, and no band/orchestra for fifth-graders.
The Unit 5 school board spent more than three hours Wednesday digging into which stark cuts to potentially make given the district’s $11 million deficit.
Unit 5 Finance Director Marty Hickman noted the district set the levy, assuming an 8% growth in equalized assessed valuation. But leaders expect an actual 6% EAV increase.
Monday was the first day to file to run for school board in Illinois. Seven candidates filed in the Normal-based Unit 5 school district. Four seats will be on the ballot next spring.