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QPS Foundation launches 2022 Dream Big annual campaign

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The QPS Foundation’s President of the Board of Trustees, Lindsay Ertel, announced this year’s goal of raising $200,000. Various fundraisers will be held during the campaign, including the 10th annual Night to Dream Big Gala and Auction, a Food Truck Festival and Week to Dine Big. Sponsors from around the region have partnered with the Foundation to ensure a successful fund drive for Quincy Public Schools.

QPS to change insurance providers citing concerns of company’s financial stability

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QUINCY — The Quincy School Board voted Thursday to move its employee health insurance from a self-funding model. District officials told their employee of the pending move, citing concerns regarding the stability of the current insurance provider, Egyptian Schools Employee Benefit Trust. “Once we were made aware of the potential risk for our insured team […]

DAILY MUDDY: School of Rock (and Country)

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Quincy teachers head to their classrooms to get ready for students later in the week and new superintendent Dr. Todd Pettit has a message for them.
Ashley also talks to Scott Edlin about his Gem City Music Festival, which is set to rock Downtown Quincy this weekend.

Eight-person committee formed to search for Webb’s successor as superintendent

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QUINCY — An eight-person committee has been formed to search for Roy Webb’s replacement as the superintendent of the Quincy School District, and the deadline for candidates to apply is Nov. 5. Sayeed Ali, president of the Quincy School Board, returns to the committee. He was part of a seven-person committee in 2015 that eventually selected […]

No substitutes available for Quincy Public Schools bus drivers

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QUINCY — Scott Douglas has been in his new position as the assistant director of transportation for Quincy Public Schools for only a few months. So when the former athletic director and longtime basketball coach was asked to describe the shortage of bus drivers in the transportation department, he dipped into his sports past. “We […]

Inaction or overreaction? We’re heading toward an unhappy ending here

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There are times when a State’s Attorney has discretion in enforcing laws. School districts also have discretion as to who they allow into their buildings for certain reasons. Quincy and Adams County are suffering because of both of these facts. Adams County Public Health Administrator Jerrod Welch has done what he has thought is right […]

Quincy students without masks getting excused absences this week, unexcused absences next week

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QUINCY — Students who arrive at Quincy schools without a mask for classes on Wednesday, Thursday or Friday will be sent home and given an excused absence. Those absences become unexcused next week. Superintendent Roy Webb outlined the Quincy School District’s plans for dealing with students without masks in a Facebook post on Sunday. The […]

Some people at School Board meetings need to focus; others need to open up

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Quincy School Board meetings may eventually take place in Blue Devil Gym or Flinn Stadium if things keep going in the direction they have for the last few months. If they’re at Blue Devil Gym, at least a portable clock won’t be needed. QPS officials brought a clock to Wednesday’s meeting similar to one used […]

QPS to go mask optional…for the most part

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 The Quincy School Board Wednesday voted unanimously to make masks optional, for the most part, for the upcoming 2021-22 school year. On the day after QPS Superintendent Roy Webb released the district’s COVID-19 precaution plan, the School Board passed it 7-0 following more than 90 minutes of public comment before a packed house at the […]