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    The RedZone Podcast: April 24, 2025 RedZone

District 87

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Election 2025

Tax increase for McLean County schools to appear on April 1st ballot

  Image courtesy of Bloomington Public Schools District 87 website  NORMAL, Ill. - A proposed 1% sales tax by Bloomington Public Schools District 87 will appear on the ballot in the April 1 election. The revenue from this tax would support building maintenance, facilities, and mental health resources for both Unit School District 5 and District 87. School board President Elizabeth Fox Anvick offered some details on how exactly the […]

todayFebruary 26, 2025

Local News

Normal radio station receives grant to increase local education coverage

Image Courtesy of Illinois State University NORMAL, Ill. - Bloomington-Normal's NPR affiliate station WGLT received a $20,000 grant to increase news coverage of local schools. Awarded by the Google News Initiative, WGLT plans to boost coverage of Unit 5, District 87, ISU Lab schools and other public and private schools in the McLean County area. WGLT News Director Eric Stock explained why they chose to focus on education and how […]

todayJanuary 18, 2025

COVID-19

First Day COVID-19 Jitters at Unit 5

Photo courtesy to Unit 5 Facebook page NORMAL, Ill.- Unit 5 staff members were so excited to greet students and see students' smiling faces. Today, Aug. 24, 2020 was the first remote-learning day for Unit 5 schools. One Illinois State University student-teacher and senior is experiencing her first time in a student-teaching environment. ISU has a unique program where student-teachers stay with students for not one semester but two. ISU […]

todayAugust 25, 2020

COVID-19

Local parents struggle with the New Reality of COVID-19

Photo courtesy to District 87 website BLOOMINGTON, Ill.- Local parents try to adjust to the new way of life that has affected their home. "We struggle in our household," said Dan Seaway, an employee at State Farm and parent of Devon.  Devon is a student at Oakland Elementary School. Seaway is working from home during the day. Devon's mother, Lisa Fay has been working day-in and day-out as a medical-surgical nurse […]

todayMarch 30, 2020