Quincy School Board
QUINCY — A group consisting of more than 30 people met three times in April to consider changes to the boundaries for the Quincy School District’s five K-5 buildings. But Superintendent Todd Pettit said boundaries will not be changed for the 2025-26 school year. “The task force has determined that more information is needed to make…
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QUINCY — New classes are coming to Quincy High School and the Early Childhood and Family Center and the amended school schedule was passed. At Wednesday’s Quincy School Board meeting, the board agreed unanimously to adopt new courses for both Quincy High School and Quincy Area Vocational Technical Center. At QHS, there will be an…
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QUINCY — Jerry Douglas was given the Legend Award at Wednesday’s meeting of the Quincy School Board in recognition of a career in education that began in 1974. After more than 50 years of making an impact on the lives of students, Douglas took a moment to recognize the people who made an impact on…
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QUINCY — Notable achievements by students and important decisions for the district were approved during the Quincy School Board meeting on Wednesday night. Twelve Quincy High School student-athletes were recognized for qualifying for the state competition in various fall sports, including boys’ golf, girls’ and boys’ cross country and girls’ tennis. Annika Reddy was awarded…
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QUINCY — After a three-hour executive session, the Quincy School Board voted to fire Quincy High School softball coach Darrell Henze for his actions after writing a social media post after learning his team would not have lights on its field for the 2025 season, which starts Monday. A packed house of softball players and…
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QUINCY — The Quincy School Board approved a series of measures aimed at improving education, safety and resources for the district during its Wednesday night meeting. Among the approved items were new business initiatives related to student success, funding and the ongoing effort to enhance school safety. QHS was the spotlight of the meeting, with…
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QUINCY — The Quincy School Board received some bad news regarding the HVAC system at Lincoln-Douglas Elementary School. The new HVAC piping replacement at Lincoln-Douglas Elementary School was approved, but the building’s aluminum piping must be switched to copper. Board members expressed concern the school would not be able to stay open if the…
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QUINCY- Long time Quincy Public School board member Richard McNay officially resigned from the School Board at Wednesday’s school board meeting. McNay served on the board for 11 and a half years. He will continue to serve on the Buildings and Grounds committee but is retiring as chairman. “I’m honored that the public gave me…
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QUINCY — Quincy School Board member Richard McNay wants the school district to consider its options on how to proceed with a faulty HVAC system at Lincoln-Douglas Elementary. At Wednesday night’s School Board meeting, McNay showed slides of the leaking freon and clogged filters and coils from a system that is supposed to be self-cleaning.…
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The incoming executive director of the Quincy Family YMCA talks about the Y’s importance to the community and building a culture. Curtis Sethaler takes roles that have an impact on children as he looks to build community.
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QUINCY — The Quincy School Board has reviewed the school district’s $103.5 million budget and the public will have 30 days to review it before a vote. On Wednesday, board members closed the 30 day public hearing period and then approved the 2024-25 budgets for some of the entities within the QSD 172 umbrella including…
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QUINCY — Quincy School Board President Shelley Arns recognizes and appreciates Rev. Carl Terry’s mission to help improve reading scores. “Whenever we have community members, organizations that want to step up and help what they see as needs in our community, absolutely we support that,” Arns said. Arns met Terry three years ago during a…
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QUINCY — Rev. Carl Terry of Bethel AME Church continued “making his rounds” on Wednesday. After addressing the Quincy Park Board at last Wednesday’s meeting and Quincy City Council on Monday, Terry used the public comments portion of Wednesday’s Quincy School Board meeting to question why Quincy students are struggling to read at a proficient…
Read Full Article QUINCY — The Quincy School Board met Wednesday night and did some budgetary house cleaning to wrap up the fiscal year that ends June 30. The board approved an amended 2023-24 budget to finish with $98.8 million in revenues and $93.5 million in expenses. The $5.3 million fiscal year end surplus means the district now…
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QUINCY – After 11 years and a stint as the board’s president, Sayeed Ali announced he was stepping down from the Quincy School Board at Wednesday night’s meeting. Ali, who was elected to the board in 2013, said he hadn’t planned to run for a third term in 2021, but coming out of the COVID…
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QUINCY — Long-time Quincy educator Dick Thompson, who died in February at 89, was honored by the Quincy School Board Wednesday night. Thompson received the Legend Award, which Quincy Public Schools began in 2022 to honor individuals who have given a lifetime of service to the public schools. Thompson was the embodiment of service to…
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QUINCY — Quincy School Board member Richard McNay said the school district needs to resolve the HVAC issues that have affected nearly all of its school buildings. McNay, who heads the Building and Grounds Committee, gave a report to the School Board at Wednesday’s meeting which discussed problems with the elementary buildings over the last…
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QUINCY — While the Quincy School Board is expected approve a decrease in the 2023 tax rate, an increase in property values is expected to put the school district over a five percent increase in the tax levy. A Truth in Taxation hearing is scheduled at the beginning of tonight’s School Board meeting at 6…
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…
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…
Read Full Article QUINCY — Quincy Junior High will get a new freezer/cooler and work will be done at Baldwin Elementary School as part of the Quincy School District’s summer maintenance program. The Quincy School Board Wednesday night approved health/life safety spending on those two projects. Emrick Brothers had the low bid for the the freezer/cooler at $71,414…
Read Full Article My name is Richard McNay. I have been president of McNay Truck for 46 years. Over the last 35 years, I’ve served on several boards in Quincy. I realize the type of individuals a board needs to make it effective. After watching the candidate forum and reviewing posts on social media, I’ve come to the conclusion…
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Frankie, Bobby and Ashley return to their Crown Peach roots and talk politics while Bobby doesn’t let the Cardinals lack of pitching on Opening Day distract him.
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Democracy is not easy. When an elected school board is seated, its members pledge to work together for the greater purpose of educating within a school district. As individuals, overreaching intellect, self-interest, overly cautious inaction, ego, the need to be popular or to promote their own values or time restraints take second place, as they…
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