Alton Community Unit School District 11
Recent News About Alton Community Unit School District 11
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Goins secures 2021 votes in ‘21 to win the Alton mayoral race
Rev. David Goins was elected mayor for the City of Alton during the April 6 municipal election with 2021 votes in ‘21, making history as Alton’s first African American mayor. -
Suit alleges former Alton teacher engaged in sexual activity with student
EDWARDSVILLE - A student and her mother are suing a school district over allegations the defendants failed to act appropriately after being informed that a teacher allegedly engaged in sexual activities with a minor. -
Metro East school districts contribute to state's pension spiking
Over the past five years, schools in the Metro East have paid hundreds of thousands of dollars in penalties for giving teachers in the twilight of their careers pension-boosting raises. -
Ed/Glen Chamber points to impact on business with 1 percent CSFT tax increase
The Edwardsville/Glen Carbon Chamber of Commerce has weighed in on the proposed 1 percent County School Facilities Tax (CSFT). And while the organization has not taken an explicit "anti" position, its analysis leans that way. -
Alton school superintendent pitches for 1 percent sales tax increase
ALTON – Alton School District Superintendent Mark Cappel thinks the stakes are high enough in the Madison County sales tax debate to justify taking his message to basically anyone who will listen. -
Sales tax proposal repeats request for more; Opponent says rates will be among highest in country
Proponents of a 1 percent sales tax hike in Madison County are hoping that the third time in seven years is a charm. -
Area schools would get $15.5 million more with Rauner schools plan
Forty-eight area school districts would receive an extra $15.5 million this year if the Illinois House accepts Gov. Bruce Rauner's version of a school funding bill, according to an analysis by the Illinois State Board of Education. -
Madison County Treasurer to expedite school fund payments
Madison County Treasurer Chris Slusser said his office will be expediting property tax distributions in September to help some local school districts at least temporarily avoid a funding crisis, according to a press release from his office. -
Metro East schools to get total of $14.4M less per year under state school funding proposal; Rauner vows to veto bill
Metro East area schools would be net losers of state funding under a bill that passed the Illinois State Senate Wednesday. -
Woman sues East Alton school over trip, fall
EDWARDSVILLE — A woman is suing the Washington Early Childhood Center alleging she broke her hip when she tripped on a rug holder. -
Treasurer: No. 1 complaint is tax increases
To the Editor: Some Madison County homeowners are upset about higher taxes and many of them have no clue why their bill went up. -
Madison County real estate April 28-May 4
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Alton District 11 sued by work-study attendee injured on school bus ride
A woman blames her injuries on an Alton school bus driver, who she claims drove over a curb, causing her to bounce out of her seat. -
Callis sets deadlines in mother's case against teacher
Craney Madison County Circuit Judge Ann Callis set an Oct.1 trial date in a lawsuit filed by the mother of an Alton teen who allegedly had a sexual relationship with her music teacher. -
O'Fallon Township High School denies wrongdoing in suit over teacher's relationship with teen
Craney O'Fallon Township High School has responded to a plaintiff's fourth amended complaint alleging a former teacher had a sexual relationship with an Alton teen. -
Fourth amended complaint filed in mother's suit over teen's relationship with music teacher
Craney The mother of an Alton teen who allegedly had a sexual relationship with her music teacher filed a fourth amended complaint Tuesday in Madison County Chief Circuit Judge Ann Callis' courtroom. -
Ruth signs protective order in case against O'Fallon school district
Falb Madison County Circuit Judge Dennis Ruth has ordered settlement documents reached with Alton school officials be kept confidential. -
Scheduling set in mother's suit over teen's relationship with music teacher
Falb The parties in a suit brought by a woman over her teenage daughter's sexual relationship with a music teacher have set out the case's road to trial next year. -
O'Fallon school district files answer, defenses to suit over teen's sexual relationship with band teacher
O'Fallon School District 203 denies that it had any part in what came to be an illicit sexual relationship between former music teacher Matthew Lang and an Alton high school student in answers and defenses filed April 4 in a suit brought by the teen's mother.