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PEORIA — Though the state of Illinois pledged $5 million to renovations of historic Peoria Stadium last summer, Peoria Public Schools has yet to see the money.  “Because of COVID, the grant aspects of it really got delayed,” said Mick Willis, chief financial officer for the Peoria Public Schools District. “The capital grant process, that’s actually the follow-up piece, that just got back-shelved until we got enough past COVID granting that they could put it on the front burner.”  The money will eventually show up, said Willis, though he could not say when.  “I wish I did ha...

With the return to full-time in-person classes March 1 looming, the discussion centered around nuts and bolts issues - improving the menu was high on the agenda.

Jeffrey Smudde / WGLT The Peoria Federation of Teachers is going public with its concerns about the March 1 return to school after Peoria Public Schools administration declined to bargain over several issues deemed outside the union's purview. Jeff Adkins-Dutro is the teachers' union president. He said many teachers won't be able to socially distance their students to the CDC-recommended minimum of 3 feet in the classroom, due to lack of space. "We have manifold instances where students will not be able to be distanced by 3 feet, let alone 6 feet," he said. Superintendent Sharon Desmoul...