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Coal City Community Unit School District 1 has announced an early dismissal for all schools on Thursday, October 23. The Early Childhood Center will dismiss students at 11:30 a.m., the Elementary and Intermediate Schools at 11:45 a.m., the Middle School at noon, and the High School at 11:55 a.m. There will be no student attendance on Friday, October 24.
Parent-teacher conferences are scheduled for all grade levels on Thursday from 4 to 8 p.m. and Friday between 8 a.m. and 1 p.m., with the first hour on Friday available by appointment only.
Superintendent Chris Spencer said, “I encourage all parents/guardians to participate in the conferences as they provide a better understanding of a student’s academic progress, strengths and weaknesses and ways to collaborate with teachers to ensure academic success.”
Coal City Community Unit School District 1 serves Grundy and Will counties and includes 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 the Illinois State Board of Education, the district employs 153 teachers with an average salary of $69,297; about 78 percent are women while just over 22 percent are men. No teacher in the district had more than ten absences in a school year (https://www.illinoisreportcard.com/).
The district’s student population is nearly 87 percent White, with Hispanic students making up about ten percent; Black and Asian students each account for less than one percent (https://www.illinoisreportcard.com/). In fiscal year 2020, per-student spending was $21,619 for a total expenditure of $47 million (https://www.illinoisreportcard.com/).
