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LaMoille provides high school deactivation update · Illinois Valley - Shaw Local

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  Lemoyle provides high School deactivation update. Written by Matthias Werner This
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  Everlet. Lamoille Community Unit School District 303 announced in a
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  community district released the most recent updates regarding its ongoing high school
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  deactivation exploration. In addition to the update, the release invited all Community
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  members to attend a public forum to learn more, ask questions, and
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  hear directly from district leaders concerning the exploration. We will share the
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  most current information available, the district statement read. Community members will have
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  the opportunity to ask questions for The Lemoille CUSD, 303 Board of
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  Education and its representatives to respond to. The public forum will take
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  place at 6 p.m. On Wednesday, September 16th, at the
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  Lamole Junior. Slash Senior High School Gym. The forum follows the update
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  sent to community members detailing the results of a family survey and
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  the available options for families through partnership agreements with neighboring districts. Following
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  the last community update, the district distributed a survey to families to
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  gather initial thoughts and preferences about potentially partnering with neighbor High School
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  District According to the release, the survey results indicated the most interest
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  in Mendota High School District 280, followed by Amboy, Community Unit School
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  District 272, Princeton High School District 500, Hall High School District
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  502, and LaSalle Peru High School District 120, respectively. Tentative
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  agreements to serve as receiving districts for grades 9-12 students were reached
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  with Mendota, Hall and Amboy according to the release. Under this model,
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  Lemoille would continue to serve students from kindergarten through 8th grade. The
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  final terms of these agreements depend on the outcome of a referendum
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  this November according To the release. Some specific details cannot be settled
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  or fully known until the vote is complete. The Lamo Community Unit
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  School District 303 Board of Education passed a resolution to place a
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  binding ballot question on the Tuesday, November 3, election ballot, according to
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  the release. To move forward with deactivation, the proposal must be submitted
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  to and approved
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  by a majority of voters in the community. This referendum will allow
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  all residents living within the boundaries of the Lemoyle district, to cast
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  A vote on the question of deactivating the district serving grades 912
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  students, according to the release. If approved by a majority of voters,
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  the transition of high school students to partner receiving districts could begin
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  as soon as August 2027. If deactivation is approved by the community,
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  the Board of Education, Administration, and School Attorney will proceed to coordinate
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  and finalize individual intergovernmental agreements with each potential partner district according to
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  the release. A successful community vote must occur before these formal agreements
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  can be legally finalized.