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Students at Coal City High School are participating in a new Zoology course led by Mr. Looper. The class has been studying various animal groups and conducting specimen dissections. Currently, the focus is on the regenerative abilities of flatworms. As part of their research, students are cutting planaria in different locations to observe which segments can regenerate into complete organisms.
Coal City Community Unit School District 1, which serves Grundy and Will counties, includes Coal City Early Childhood Center, Coal City Elementary School, Coal City High School, Coal City Intermediate School, and Coal City Middle School. More information about the district is available at https://www.illinoisreportcard.com/.
According to the Illinois State Board of Education, the district employs 153 teachers with an average salary of $69,297 before pension contributions. Of these teachers, 77.9 percent are women and 22.1 percent are men; none have more than 10 absences in a school year. The district’s student population is composed of 86.9 percent White students, 0.6 percent Black students, 9.6 percent Hispanic students, and 0.6 percent Asian students (https://www.illinoisreportcard.com/).
In 2020, Coal City Community Unit School District 1 spent $21,619 per student for a total expenditure of $47 million (https://www.illinoisreportcard.com/).
