Quincy Public Schools
QUINCY — The Quincy School Board approved an intergovernmental agreement with HOPE Trust (Health Options for Public Entities) out of Havana, Ill. to be the new insurance provider for school district empoyees. Employees have been meeting with with HOPE and school district representatives all week to hear about the changes in coverage. QPS will be…
Read Full Article QUINCY — With a fleet of aging pickups, The Quincy School Board approved five-year leases for three trucks with plows and an SUV. At Wednesday night’s board meeting, Chief of Business Operations Ryan Whicker said the district would continue to use Enterprise Fleet Management to add new vehicles while selling the older ones. Whicker said…
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Club Muddy CLUB MUD POD: Kathi Dooley Play Episode Pause Episode Mute/Unmute Episode Rewind 10 Seconds 1x Fast Forward 30 seconds 00:00 / 00:54:05 Subscribe Share RSS Feed Share Link Embed Download file | Play in new window | Duration: 00:54:05 | Recorded on October 3, 2023The matriarch emeritus of the Quincy Public Schools Music…
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The matriarch emeritus of the Quincy Public Schools Music Department talks about how she came to Quincy and education and kids over the years.
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The superintendent of Quincy Public Schools talks about the beginning of his second year at the helm of the District. Muddy River News This Week is furnished by Harvey’s.
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Quincy Public and Parochial Schools will be dismissing early due to extreme heat indexes. While school buildings are air conditioned, the majority of the main route buses are not. Lunch will be served. Outdoor activities will be canceled or moved indoors. “I do not take these decisions lightly but must ensure that all our students…
Read Full Article QUINCY — The Quincy School Board received the district’s tentative 2023-24 budget at Wednesday night’s school board meeting. The $111.3 million spending plan includes a 4 percent average salary increase for district employees and a 20 percent increase in health insurance costs. The 2022-23 amended budget ended up at $97.6 million. The rising cost of health…
Read Full Article QUINCY — Quincy School District Superintendent Todd Pettit didn’t break any news at Wednesday night’s School Board meeting, but he did issue a reminder that means it’s almost time to get out of the pool. Kids (and teachers): You have less than a month of vacation remaining. Teachers report on Aug. 14 and students arrive…
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QUINCY — A speaker at Wednesday night’s Quincy School Board meeting addressed the Board regarding “hundreds of struggling readers who seek care for physical and mental health comorbidities related to school failure from not being able to read.” Dr. Todd Porter, a pediatrician at Quincy Medical Group, called what is happening in the district “a…
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Club Muddy CLUB MUDDY PODCAST: The high cost of housing people...and buses Play Episode Pause Episode Mute/Unmute Episode Rewind 10 Seconds 1x Fast Forward 30 seconds 00:00 / 00:40:11 Subscribe Share RSS Feed Share Link Embed Download file | Play in new window | Duration: 00:40:11 | Recorded on March 24, 2023Frankie, Bobby and Brittany…
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Pre-pandemic 2019 Quincy Public Schools Illinois Report Card Data compiled by Wirepoints shows only 25.9 percent of third grade students met or exceeded grade level reading standards, while reading proficiency in Black students fell to only 3.1 percent. Updated Report Card data for 2021 shows further declines statewide. Unfortunately, this literacy tragedy is not unique to QPS but…
Read Full Article QUINCY — Quincy Public Schools officials will begin this week educating students in the city’s five elementary schools about what future bookbag searches and screenings will look like. This decision, announced Monday by Superintendent Todd Pettit, was made in reaction to Friday’s incident involving a Baldwin Elementary School student who had an unloaded airsoft gun…
Read Full Article QUINCY — A Baldwin Elementary School student who had an unloaded airsoft gun on a school bus Friday afternoon faces disciplinary action, and Superintendent Todd Pettit said he will be working with the Quincy Public Schools’ security department to implement additional security measures in all public schools beginning Monday. In a press release, Pettit said…
Read Full Article QUINCY — The Quincy School Board approved its tentative 2022 $42.873 tax levy Tuesday. The Board will have a public hearing on the levy at its December 14 board meeting and will consider at tax rate of $3.93, down from the previous year’s rate of $3.99. Adams County estimates the taxes for 2022-23 will have…
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Bob Gough talks with the new director of music for the Quincy Public Schools, who is no stranger to the district. Debbie Johnson has been with QPS for 25 years and now she takes over for Todd Pettit, who was promoted to superintendent. Muddy River News This Week is furnished by Harvey’s.
Read Full Article Muddy River News CLUB MUDDY PODCAST: YO ADRIAN AND OTHER ASSORTED TOPICS Play Episode Pause Episode Mute/Unmute Episode Rewind 10 Seconds 1x Fast Forward 30 seconds 00:00 / 00:38:24 Subscribe Share Stitcher RSS Feed Share Link Embed Download file | Play in new window | Duration: 00:38:24 | Recorded on September 23, 2022Subscribe: StitcherAshley, Frankie…
Read Full Article QUINCY — The Quincy School Board unanimously approved the 2022-23 fiscal year budget for the school district. The budget calls for spending $96.1 million with revenues topping the $100 million mark for the first time in district history, thanks to an increase in federal dollars. So if this year’s nearly $4 million budget surplus holds,…
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This year’s goal is $200,000 QUINCY — The Quincy Public Schools Foundation kicked off its annual fundraising campaign at Quincy Senior High Wednesday night. QPS alumni Todd & Michelle Moore ’82 are the honorary chairs for this year’s campaign. During the event, the goal of the campaign and this year’s Dream Big honorees were announced.…
Read Full Article 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…
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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. Harvey’s, Instant Replay, Quincy Warehouse Bargains, Liquor Booth,…
Read Full Article QUINCY — The Quincy School Board accepted food bids for the 2022-2023 school year that will see an increase of more than 20 percent. At Wednesday night’s meeting, the Board accepted the lowest bid of $980,897 from Kohl Wholesale for food and nonfood items, Prairie Farms’ low bid of $273,192 for milk, Kohl’s low bid…
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June 30 is Roy Webb’s final day as the superintendent of the Quincy Public School District and he sits down with MRN Editor David Adam to talk about his tenure. Muddy River News This Week is furnished by Harvey’s.
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Details will be provided following Wednesday night’s Quincy School Board meeting. QUINCY — The Quincy Federation of Teachers has approved a new multi-year labor contract with the Quincy School District. While Muddy River News has learned that the teachers will receive pay increases in each year of the deal, no official details have been released.…
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QUINCY — The Quincy School Board will consider recommendations to fill three administrative roles at the April 27 board meeting. Retiring Superintendent Roy Webb and incoming Superintendent Dr. Todd Pettit will advance the names of Jason Fink to be the next principal of Rooney Elementary School, Debbie Johnson to be the district’s director of music…
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Todd Pettit was a ground-breaking choice to be Quincy’s next school superintendent. All of Quincy’s previous superintendents have been straight (as far as we know), white males, none of whom graduated from Quincy High School. So Pettit is the first QHS grad to be chosen to lead the district. At age 51, he might end…
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The next Quincy School District 172 superintendent talks about his vision and his path to becoming the man in charge. He also frankly addresses his sexuality and how, while it is who he is, he was not hired to be a “gay superintendent”. Muddy River News This Week is furnished by Harvey’s.
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Quincy Public Schools Superintendent Roy Webb released a statement Saturday evening saying District 172 would no longer enforce masking requirements for students and staff and would cease testing of unvaccinated staff. This comes on the heels of Friday’s ruling by a Sangamon County Circuit Court Judge Raylene Grischow that “deemed null and void” Governor J.B. Pritzker’s…
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Following an inquiry by the Illinois Environmental Protection Agency (IEPA) and a story this summer on Muddy River News, the Quincy School Board is exploring moving the district’s Transportation Department to Flinn Stadium. Board member Richard McNay, who is the chairman of the board’s Building Committee, presented a proposal to the full board at Wednesday’s…
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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…
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QUINCY — Quincy Superintendent Roy Webb sent an email to faculty and staff with the Quincy School District at noon Friday indicating his plans to retire at the end of the 2021-22 school year. “My wife and I have decided it is time to retire at the end of this school year,” he wrote. “We…
Read Full Article 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…
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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…
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Below is the temporary restraining order filed by Judge Debra Wellborn Thursday night. Quincy Public Schools will abide by the order, according to Superintendent Roy Webb.
Read Full Article 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…
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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…
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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…
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On Muddy River News This Week, Furnished by Harvey’s, The Quincy School Board president talks about getting through a school year dominated by pandemic procedures and moving forward.
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