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Edwardsville CUSD 7 superintendent Patrick Shelton told parents and staff that beginning Wednesday masks are "recommended" in schools, but the district cannot require they be worn without a court order or an order from the local health department.
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Edwardsville CUSD 7 stands by a statement that no student who has refused to wear a mask has been disciplined.
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EDWARDSVILLE - A series of loud honks could be heard around noon on Monday as local parents drove by Edwardsville schools for a “honkening” in support of students who chose not to wear a mask despite instructions to do so by school officials.
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Edwardsville CUSD 7 superintendent Patrick Shelton told parents that police were contacted "for assistance" on Monday after parents protested his mask requirement.
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Reaction to a judge's temporary restraining order on school mask mandates and how some school districts have interpreted the decision have been loud and severe, ranging from a spontaneous parent "honkening" protest in Edwardsville to Gov. JB Pritzker saying the ruling “cultivates chaos."
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The vast majority of Edwardsville public school students will be required to mask up tomorrow, in spite of a temporary restraining order against the mandate issued by a judge on Friday.
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Parents of Edwardsville public school students are awaiting explicit direction from District 7 in its response to Friday's suspension of a statewide school mask mandate and other COVID-related health rules. But for now, kids won't be learning virtually, and are expected in class on Monday.
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Tight vote expected Tuesday
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BENTON – A housing development business owned by former NCAA basketball referee and educator Ed Hightower is accused of lying in a discrimination lawsuit the business is pursuing against the City of Alton, Hightower's hometown.
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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.
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The educational establishment knows how much you pay and they’ve figured out you’re taxed to the eye balls. The jig is up. So, guess what you’ve got on the “spring off year” March 20 ballot?
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It's like a bad 1980s horror movie franchise. "Sales Tax." "Sales Tax Returns." "Now Son of Sales Tax." When will it end?
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Has your school board ever reduced your property tax?
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Metro East area schools would be net losers of state funding under a bill that passed the Illinois State Senate Wednesday.
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Local property tax spending by Edwardsville Community Unit School District 7 grew 35 percent between 2015 and 2005, while district enrollment grew just seven percent.
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Some school board members are saying they “promise” to use some of this new sales tax money to “reduce” property taxes. But a school board member cannot make a promise “forever.” They can change their mind at any time. The purpose of this new sales tax is not to reduce property taxes. It’s to issue bonds, which could increase your property taxes.
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Madison County voters next month must decide whether to increase sales tax by 1 cent to help schools with capital improvement projects.
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Superintendent Robert Daiber: "It isn’t that I am personally in favor of Chicago Public Schools getting more money than everybody else, but they have to make their expenses.”
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Treasurers says county revenues have long exceeded needs.
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A Missouri woman has reached a settlement with the Edwardsville school district in a lawsuit alleging she was injured when a loose light fixture fell from the ceiling at the Edwardsville High School and hit her.