Toxic. Dysfunctional. Unhealthy. Dismissive. Combative. Those were just a few of the terms the five members of the shorthanded Champaign school board used to describe themselves — and one another
At the end of the seventh hour of a marathon meeting that went past midnight, Amy Armstrong and Betsy Holder said they wouldn’t be participating in tonight s scheduled interviews with
What was to be a meeting that ended with two new Champaign school board members sworn in lasted all of four minutes. As they said they would, Amy Armstrong and
With Urbana soon to seat the only applicant for its school board opening and Champaign about to conduct interviews with 10 community members hoping to be chosen for one of
The two officers recommended for the positions are Brandon Walton, who s been with CPD since 2022, and Kelly Walton (no relation), a department veteran of 10 years.