PEORIA A role once primarily held by men, high school principal, is now a job being done solely by women at Peoria Public Schools.
For the first time in the history of the district, all three high schools now have women leaders. Carly Emken took the lead role at Richwoods High School last fall, Devon Hawks became principal at Manual High School in 2020, and Annette Coleman has been principal at Peoria High School since 2016.
Women have always held roles at schools, but having so many in charge is something that s evolved over the past 20 years. The trend is not unique to PPS women are also serving as principals at both Peoria Notre Dame and Peoria Christian high schools in Peoria.
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Melodi Green is a Peoria native who worked hard to make her dreams of becoming an attorney come true. She s now the first Black woman to head the Juvenile Division of the Peoria County State s Attorney s Office.
Green recently spoke to WCBU s Tim Shelley about her personal journey, how she approaches her job, and advice for those who might follow in her footsteps.
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Tim Shelley: Tell me a little bit about yourself. Are you a Peoria native?
Melodi Green: Yes, sir, I am. I m born and raised in Peoria, I went to Peoria Public Schools, my entire life, Peoria District 150. And this is my home, I don t know what else to say about that. My family is here, the vast majority of my family s here, and so Peoria is near and dear to my heart. It always has been and it will be. So those are some of the reasons that I want to work here, and live here, and help to better my community.
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PEORIA, Ill. Over 9,500 Peoria Public Schools students returned last week to in-person learning, and a good number of them were given COVID-19 tests during their first week back.
The numbers were shared Monday night during the District 150 Board of Education meeting by Superintendent Dr. Sharon Desmoulin-Kherat.
Of the 777 tests administered during the week ending Jan. 22, 26 rendered positive results. 16 of those positive tests were of staff members, while the other 10 were students.
95% of the tests given were to students.
“That’s gone very, very well. Exceeded my expectations, for sure,” said Kherat.