Fairmount
Fairmount, IL · Education
foxillinois.com
Glenwood football looking forward to challenge of 6A playoffs
Glenwood had an up-and-down regular season in the Central State Eight conference. The Titans rattled off four straight wins to improve to 4-1. However, they ran into several juggernauts in the back half of the regular season. That includes Rochester and Sacred Heart-Griffin, who beat Glenwood by a combined score of 113-21.
The State Journal-Register
WCIA
Pair of Ball-Chatham schools on half-day schedules after water main break, boil order
CHATHAM, Ill. (WCIA) — Part of Chatham is under a boil order after a water main break, and it will cause two schools to operate on a half-day schedule on Wednesday. Officials from the Ball-Chatham School District said Glenwood Intermediate and Middle Schools will only have school for half a day as a result of […]
Breeze-Courier
Parent asks district to work on discipline fairness
KINCAID — The South Fork Board of Education held a regular meeting on Wednesday, October 21, 2026 at 6:30 p.m. in the district Media Center. A parent of students in the district came to the meeting to speak to the Board about what she saw as the unfair and uneven discipline being used throughout the district. She mentioned instances where an entire grade level was punished for the actions of rowdy students, groups of kids being held accountable for actions even when they were not present, as well as students being treated differently for the same offense.
WSAV News 3
Thurgood Marshall Elementary ranked 3rd best in Illinois for second year
illinoistimes.com
Breeze-Courier
Edinburg School Board reviews athletics, cooperative programs
EDINBURG — The Edinburg Board of Education held its regular meeting Wednesday, October 21, 2026, at 6 p.m. in the district’s Media Center. Athletics took center stage during much of the meeting, with updates on fundraising, winter sports, cooperative programs, and coaching appointments. Kevin Qualters reported that the...
Macoupin County Enquirer-Democrat
capitolcitynow.com
WTTW - Chicago PBS
Pair of Chicago Elementary Schools Named Top in Illinois in New U.S. News Rankings
A pair of Chicago public schools on the city’s North Side have been named as the top elementaries in the state, according to a new ranking. U.S. News and World Report on Tuesday unveiled its individual state rankings, which listed Edison Elementary Regional Gifted Center in Albany Park and Skinner North Elementary School on the Near North Side as the top elementary schools in Illinois.