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Waterloo School Board meets
The Waterloo School Board met Monday night to discuss a number of smaller items such as adjustments to bleacher replacements at the junior high and next year’s school calendar, though…
Read MoreZahnow celebrates renovations
The Waterloo School District hosted a ribbon-cutting at Zahnow Elementary on Saturday morning, celebrating recently completed renovations to the building that began last February. As previously reported, these renovations include…
Read MoreBook ban talk for school board
Though Monday’s monthly meeting of the Waterloo School Board featured an uplifting presentation on the district’s kindergarten class and a short list of agenda items, the evening took a turn…
Read MoreTier Two talk in Waterloo
The Oct. 21 meeting of the Waterloo School Board was heavy on discussion at the start, with a public hearing concerning the district’s administrative budget and a call to action…
Read MoreTesting swap for high schoolers
The Illinois State Board of Education recently announced that students will be taking the ACT rather than the SAT for their standardized exams starting next spring. As a Capitol News…
Read MoreMifflin joins Waterloo School Board
Changes to the Waterloo High School student handbook and a lease proposal for district Chromebooks were big discussion topics for the Waterloo School Board on Monday night, with a temporary…
Read MoreParsing panels at Zahnow
The June 17 meeting of the Waterloo School Board was especially brief, with the most substantial topic of conversation centering around a difficulty with renovations taking place at Zahnow Elementary.…
Read MoreWaterloo School Board member resigns
The Waterloo School Board’s final meeting of the academic year saw a number of typical agenda items but was sharply punctuated when one board member announced he would be stepping…
Read MoreFire call at Gardner Elementary
The Waterloo Fire Department responded shortly before 10 p.m. Thursday to Gardner Elementary School for the report of a haze in the building and a smell of smoke. Three maintenance…
Read MoreFriday scare at Gardner
Waterloo Superintendent of Schools Brian Charron has since sought to clear the air following a Friday morning incident at one of the elementary schools that prompted immediate response from several…
Read MoreAssessments on the way?
Following some notable delays in the publication of the 2022 assessments that contributed to some holiday season tax bill due dates, this year’s round of assessments could be on the…
Read MoreTeacher shortage, budget talks in Waterloo
It was a somewhat brief meeting for the Waterloo School Board as it addressed contract and personnel items, approved an amended 2023-24 budget and heard an impassioned speech from the…
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