“We are in a war for our country and childrens' futures,” Newsome said. “Our kids are suffering because parents weren’t aware of what’s going on in their children’s school. Or, they didn’t have the courage to speak up for their kids. If you don’t have the courage to stand up for your children, you won’t take a stance for anything.”
A troubling trend of fights at Downers Grove South is being featured on an Instagram page.
In a letter to employees, students and parents Friday night, Timothy Christian Schools Superintendent Matt Davidson celebrated a Sangamon County judge's ruling declaring Gov. J.B. Pritzker's statewide schools' mask mandate null and void, declaring his schools "mask-optional-- effective immediately."
The truancy rate at Community HS District 99 - South High School rose to 13 percent during the 2018-19 school year, according to a DuPage Policy Journal analysis of the latest Illinois schools report card.
The truancy rate at Community HS District 99 - South High School rose to 16 percent during the 2019-20 school year, according to a DuPage Policy Journal analysis of the latest Illinois schools report card.
Five DuPage County schools reached the IHSA football quarterfinals.
The Illinois Schools Report Card finds that 95.4 percent of teachers stay at Community High School District 99 - South High School year to year, according to their 2020 three-year average.
Of the 2,765 students attending Community HS District 99 - South High School in 2019, 42.3 percent scored proficient in English Language Arts and 48.3 percent were proficient in math, according to a report recently released by the Illinois State Board of Education (ISBE).
About 97 percent of ninth graders in 2020 were "on track" to graduate at Community HS District 99 - South High School, where the four-year graduation rate was 93 percent that year, according to the latest Illinois schools report card by the Illinois State Board of Education.
In the two years after 93 percent of Comm H. S. Dist 99 - South High School's class of 2018 graduated on time, 34 percent of those who attended Illinois community colleges had to enroll in remedial courses.
About 93 percent of ninth graders in 2019 were “on track” to graduate at a school where the four-year graduation rate was 93 percent that year, according to the latest Illinois schools report card by the Illinois State Board of Education.
About 87 percent of ninth graders in 2019 were “on track” to graduate at a school where the four-year graduation rate was 87 percent that year, according to the latest Illinois schools report card by the Illinois State Board of Education.
In the two years after 90% of Downers Grove South High School's class of 2017 graduated on time, 29 percent of those who attended Illinois community colleges had to enroll in remedial courses.
In the two years after 89% of Willowbrook High School's class of 2017 graduated on time, 35 percent of those who attended Illinois community colleges had to enroll in remedial courses.
In a year when 89 percent of Willowbrook High School seniors graduated on time, 39 percent of those who attended Illinois community colleges had to enroll in remedial courses.