Will County Gazette

Lockport Boys Baseball is offering a winter training camp for local youth. The camp is open to children ages 7 to 14 and will take place from January 4 to March 15 on Sundays from 3 to 4 PM at the Lockport East High School Field House, located at 1333 E. 7th St., Lockport. Registration is available online.

Additionally, there is a Little Ballers Baseball Camp for younger children ages 4 to 6. This camp runs from February 4 to March 11 on Wednesdays from 6 to 7 PM at Taft School in Lockport. Registration can also be completed online.

Fairmont School District 89 serves Will County and includes Fairmont School within its jurisdiction, according to the Illinois Report Card (https://www.illinoisreportcard.com/). The district has a diverse student population: approximately 12.7 percent White, 38.5 percent Black, and 46 percent Hispanic students, with a small percentage of Asian students (https://www.illinoisreportcard.com/).

The district employs about 30 teachers who earn an average salary of $47,800 before pension contributions; women make up more than four-fifths of the teaching staff and there are no teachers with more than ten absences in a school year (https://www.illinoisreportcard.com/). In terms of finances, Fairmont School District 89 spent $21,521 per student in the year 2020, totaling nearly $7 million in expenditures (https://www.illinoisreportcard.com/).