In the 2023-24 school year, 91.6% of Chaney-Monge School District 88 students failed the math portion of the IAR test, according to the Illinois State Board of Education.
In the 2023-24 school year, 50.6% of the students in Plainfield School District 202 passed the ELA portion of the IAR, according to the Illinois State Board of Education.
Illinois Senate Republican Leader John Curran has voiced strong opposition to the latest proposal from Democrats, which seeks to introduce a $6 billion increase in taxes.
As a contentious statewide and national debate swirls around transgender participation in girls' high school sports, one key decision-maker has remained silent: Ron Lear, retiring athletic director at Plainfield North High School and a current member of the Illinois High School Association (IHSA) Board of Directors.