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Itasca-based firm to design C-M middle school wing
by Dennis Sullivan editor@ewcnews.com Feb. 25, 2015 School District 201U Board of Education members Tuesday selected an award-winning architectural firm to design Crete-Monee Middle School’s sixth-grade wing. Board members Maurice Brown, Nakia Hall, Tom Hysell and Kim Sanders, in a special meeting, voted to hire Itasca-based DLA Architects to design and oversee the University Park […]
Crete-Monee school board exempting yearbooks from ban on student, staff death commemorations
by Dennis Sullivan editor@ewcnews.com Jan. 23, 2015 Crete-Monee school yearbooks can continue including memorial pages for students and staff who have died during the publication year — if affected family members approve — under dual memorial policies unanimously approved this week. The School District 201U board of education unanimously approved the amended policies, which exclude […]
SD201-U: New teacher contract, no new supt yet
by Dennis Sullivan editor@ewcnews.com June 18, 2014 Teachers in the Crete-Monee 201-U School District have a contract through August 2015, but the search for a superintendent continues. School board members Monday unanimously approved contracts with the Crete-Monee Education Association for the 2013-14 and 2014-15 school years. “It took awhile,” Board Vice President Maurice Brown said […]
Breaking news: New 201U supt hire imminent
by Dennis Sullivan editor@ewcnews.com April 16, 2014 Crete-Monee School District officials appear to have concluded their search for a new superintendent. School District 201U Board Vice President Maurice Brown said Tuesday that, “Sometime real soon, we’ll be sharing our (new) superintendent with the district.” Brown, responding to a question from Crete resident Doris Harmon-Warren during […]
Crete-Monee board disagrees about open letter
by Dennis Sullivan editor @ewcnews.com March 24, 2014 A proponent of a “fair” contract for Crete-Monee teachers has triggered a bit of controversy among school board members by asking if they all support the open letter about contract negotiations posted on the School District 201U Website. Speaking at Tuesday’s regular School District 201U board […]
C-M president: full investigation into HS fights
by Dennis Sullivan editor@ewcnews.com Feb. 19, 2014 Crete-Monee School Board President Nakia Hall on Monday promised “a full investigation is taking place regarding all occurrences and issues” related to the series of social media-related fights that disrupted Crete-Monee High School on Feb. 3. Acknowledging an absence of clear communications during and immediately after the incidents, […]
Crete resident honored for local volunteerism
By Patricia Polzin, CPRPSpec’l to Eastern Will County News Jan. 24, 2014 Crete Park District Commissioner Linda Johnson was honored today by the Illinois Association of Park Districts for community service spanning civic, nonprofit, religious and educational activities. Johnson, a seventh-grade art teacher at Crete-Monee Middle School for six years, accepted the 13th Annual Mike […]
Crete’s top cop downplays Crete-Monee rumors
by Dennis Sullivan editor@ewcnews.com Jan. 21, 2014 No one used the public comment portion of Tuesday’s Crete-Monee School District 201U board of education meeting to ask about weapons-related rumors. Maybe that’s because district officials and Crete Police Chief Jim Paoletti had sufficiently reassured parents that a report of ammunition found in a student locker at […]
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