PEORIA
– Shatiya Alexander knew her calling when she and her mother were planning a party a few years ago.
The party was to have a balloon tower, and she thought she could do it herself. A bit of trial and error, and the tower rose not just for the party but as an idea of a new business that Alexander, 23, thought she could develop into a moneymaker. I practiced a lot and got really good at it, and I saw this as a way to put my love of decorating along with the fun of balloons, said the 2016 Peoria High School graduate.
Originally published on January 22, 2021 6:01 pm
With most of central Illinois now in Tier 1 of the Restore Illinois COVID-19 mitigation plan, the Illinois High School Association is getting back to competition. Practices resumed this week and two Peoria-area athletic directors say players and coaches are excited and eager to return to action.
“It s the first glimmer of hope that we ve had in quite a while,” said Peoria High’s Brien Dunphy. “I think there was a lot of skepticism and worry that that this whole year was going to be a wash. So kids are glad to be back with their coaches.”
The Peoria Unified School District board held a special meeting Jan. 13 to discuss the use of COVID-19 metrics being used to determine in-person and virtual learning.
The board meeting was informational, with no votes by the board members, but the community weighed in through online comments.
At its Dec. 10 meeting, PUSD governing board voted unanimously to keep classrooms open after winter break âregardless of the benchmark data.â
PUSD closed 13 schools for one day Jan. 11 after a teacher âsick out.â
Peoria Unified School District was one of the few public school districts to keep classrooms open after winter break. In the first week since, COVID-19 cases in the PUSD surrounding community increased by more than 50%, nearing 1,000 per 100,000 population over seven days. (Anything over 100 cases per 100,000 is considered âsubstantial spread.â)
Peoria Unified School District discusses COVID-19 mitigation efforts
Meeting comes days after staged sickout over in-person learning.
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PEORIA, AZ â The Peoria Unified School District discussed ways to improve COVID-19 mitigation efforts during a special meeting on Wednesday. The hope is for students and teachers to feel safer. What can we do? That is what we continue to focus on, says Superintendent Jason Reynolds, Peoria Unified School District.
The governing board addressed several issues, including reducing class size. Currently, there are many classes with more than 35 students. Whether it s class size, whether it s the air purifier, whether it s the steps that we re taking with our custodial partnerships. anything that we can continue to do that makes the learning experience not only actually better but feel better, says Reynolds.