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Last weekend, the Marching Coalers traveled to Pontiac for their first contest of the season. The band participated in Class B at the Pontiac Showdown Marching Band Contest, performing movements one and two from their 2025 field show titled "Rearrange." The performance included music written by Jeff Chambers, as well as "The Sound of Silence" by Disturbed and "Hide and Seek" by Imogen Heap.
Despite high temperatures, the Marching Band won Best Percussion and Best Colorguard in their class and placed fourth overall. They also received second place in subcategories such as Music Performance and Visual Performance Individual.
On Saturday, September 20, the band is scheduled to compete at Northern Illinois University in the Red and Black Fall Classic.
Coal City Community Unit School District 1 serves Grundy and Will counties, with schools 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, there are 153 teachers in the district earning an average salary of $69,297 before pension contributions; nearly 78 percent are women. The district reported no teachers with more than ten absences in a school year (https://www.illinoisreportcard.com/). The student population is predominantly White at almost 87 percent; Hispanic students make up about 10 percent (https://www.illinoisreportcard.com/). In 2020, per-student spending was $21,619 for a total expenditure of over $47 million (https://www.illinoisreportcard.com/).
