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posted by Isabel Miller
Thursday, Aug 15, 24 @ 7:46 am
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Rain!
Comment by Henry Thursday, Aug 15, 24 @ 7:54 am
Getting some needed rain.
Comment by Huh? Thursday, Aug 15, 24 @ 8:18 am
Champaign’s Unit 4 being sued in federal court over one of the alleged retaliations by the Superintendent in the wake of the BTW elementary school shooting and criticism: https://www.news-gazette.com/news/local/courts-police-fire/ramey-files-suit-against-unit-4-in-federal-court/article_49ac4cfa-5a90-11ef-9713-97fd0e962b3a.html
This is in addition to other controversies with school board factions pro or critical of the district administration. In just this term, that has meant multiple resignations, quorum blocking, and endless and ongoing fights during (and after) school board meetings.
The drama this week has included board members feeling threatened by each other, an alleged near miss in a parking lot, and accusations of racism, white supremacy, and even accusations of critics being race traitors on the local social media.
Comment by Glock21 Thursday, Aug 15, 24 @ 9:03 am
Oh no, Republican fearmongering about Democrats and communism is coming true (it just took many decades). Pritzker has released his five year economic plan. Command economy. /s
Comment by Grandson of Man Thursday, Aug 15, 24 @ 9:29 am
People here are still lamenting the layoffs at WIU, although I have yet to hear Macomb officials discuss publicly how they will manage the effects. In reality, lots of Universities are in fact laying off faculty and making serious fiscal cuts. The solution to temporal declining enrollment (yes, population trends are temporal in the long-run) and hence declining tuition revenues. is increased state appropriations, not layoffs and program elimination.
In the long run, if high school students can afford to attend, they will. This is why the Pell Grants and Stafford Loans of the 1960s were so successful. I was able to attend Virginia Tech for $1,800 annually in the late 1970s - tuition, fees, room and board. Education became affordable, and people responded. Illinois can make education desirable, but must make it affordable at the consumer level of analysis.
Comment by H-W Thursday, Aug 15, 24 @ 9:33 am
From the looks of the schedules for Gov’s Day and IlGOP Day at State Fair there is a lot less programming then in the past.
Comment by Annon3 Thursday, Aug 15, 24 @ 10:00 am