The Coalers Boys Golf team secured a win in the Illinois Central Eight conference, defeating Lisle with a score of 190-198 on Thursday, September 11. Team members contributing to the victory included Frankie Ponio, who shot a 44; Jaxon Duke, 48; Reed Sulzberger and McKale Perino, each with a 49; and Kory Lovell and Trevor Walker, both finishing with a 51.
The team will next compete against Peotone on September 17 at Cinder Ridge Golf Course. The match is scheduled for 4:30 p.m.
Coal City Community Unit School District 1 oversees several schools in Grundy and Will counties, including Coal City Early Childhood Center, Coal City Elementary School, Coal City High School, Coal City Intermediate School, and Coal City Middle School (https://www.illinoisreportcard.com/). According to data from the Illinois State Board of Education, the district employs 153 teachers with an average salary of $69,297 before pension contributions. The teaching staff is comprised of approximately 77.9 percent women and 22.1 percent men, with no teachers exceeding ten absences in a school year (https://www.illinoisreportcard.com/).
Demographic information shows that the district's student body is predominantly White at 86.9 percent, with Hispanic students making up about 9.6 percent, Black students at 0.6 percent, and Asian students also at 0.6 percent (https://www.illinoisreportcard.com/). In the year 2020, the district spent $21,619 per student for a total expenditure of $47 million (https://www.illinoisreportcard.com/).