East St. Louis School District 189

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Some East St. Louis Parents Demand Schools Provide Remote Learning Due To COVID Cases

DeAsia Paige

“We do not feel safe,” a parent said during a protest.

Half of the freshman class at Belleville Township High School East arrive on campus on Sept. 17, 2020 for their orientation day. District 201, which includes Belleville East and West high schools, and East St. Louis School District 189 are the first school districts in St. Clair County to schedule COVID-19 vaccination clinics for students.

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Two St. Clair County School Districts Are Hosting COVID Vaccine Clinics For Students

Megan Valley

Some students could be fully inoculated by the end of June.

Left to right, Barbara Taylor, Diamond Williams, Tiffany Gholson, and Catrice Johnson outside of the Wraparound Wellness Center in East St. Louis on Dec. 10. The center expands East St. Louis School District 189’s trauma counseling services to include more direct engagement with student’s families and the greater community.

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New Center Will Help East St. Louis Families Heal From The Emotional Trauma Of Violence

DeAsia Paige

The school district is expanding its trauma counseling services to evenings and weekends by creating the Wraparound Wellness Center.

East St. Louis instructional coach Tracee Wells taught AVID to Chaya Cary, 16. Cary is studying at Southwestern Illinois College in the fall of 2017. "We don't hear enough about these kinds of stories coming out of East St. Louis," Wells said.

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Belleville, East St. Louis add more black and low-income students to advanced classes

Belleville’s two public high schools have doubled the number of low-income students and students of color in advanced placement courses in the coming…

Head Start teaching assistant Shavonda Willis helps Jemez Jackson Harris IV close a bracelet he made to practice patterns June 23, 2017.

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East St. Louis summer preschool gives incoming kindergartners a crash course in school

Ordinarily Head Start teaching assistant Shavonda Willis would be on vacation during the summer. But this year she is spending six weeks at an East St.…

East St. Louis students spend about a month without school last fall due to a teacher strike. In this Oct. 1, 2015 file photo students spend their free day outside the school district office.

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East St. Louis School District to develop curriculum based on skills, not class time

Ryan Delaney

The East St. Louis School District is one of 10 Illinois schools that will help design a learning plan based not on how much time students spend listening…

William Campbell brought his granddaughter Serenity McKenney, left, and son Xavier Miller to church Oct. 18, 2015. Both children are out of school while their teachers are on strike in East St. Louis.

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Parents, students ready for end to East St. Louis teacher strike

School is canceled for a 12th day in East St. Louis Monday, as a teacher strike that began on Oct. 1 appears no closer to a resolution.This leaves more…

A crowd of teachers and supporters picket outside East St. Louis School District 189's administrative offices Thurs. Oct. 1, 2015.

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Talks fail to lead to agreement in East St. Louis teachers strike

Tim Lloyd

Updated Oct. 15, 3:04 p.m. -- Another negotiating session that lasted just one hour Thursday failed to reach an agreement to end the teachers strike in…

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East St. Louis teachers on strike

Updated Thursday, Oct. 1, 2015School is canceled Thursday for 6,000 students in East St. Louis as teachers walk the picket line. About 400 union teachers…

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East St. Louis Schools Will Look To Recent Past To Make Most Of Federal Dollars

Tim Lloyd

As summer break winds down, East St. Louis School District 189 is gearing up to begin spending $10.5 million in federal money to kick start academic…