A Knight in Dragonland

Prairie Celt is an anonymous commenter in the Peoria-area blogosphere who frequently posts on issues related to District 150. I have no idea who PC might be, but the insightful commentary this individual has made on Distrcit 150 related events indicates that the Celt is or was employed by District 150.
I’ve seen the Celt’s [...]

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Over at Peoria.com, Diane Vespa tells relates her horrifying story about District 150 losing her child for 90 minutes. As a parent and a pediatrician, I am absolutely appalled. Either District 150 Transportation does not have a policy in place regarding misplaced children, or officials with District 150 Transportation are unaware of any [...]

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Really?  That’s the rumor according to WMBD 1470.  The Peoria blogs are on fire with the rumor: Peoria Pundit, Peoria Chronicle, Peoria Illinoisan, & Emtronics have all picked this up.
Geographically, if a Peoria high school HAD to be closed for budgetary reasons, it would make more sense to close Central.  That way the north, east [...]

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There’s a great discussion about public education going on over at Emtronics’ blog involving Em, Eyebrows, Karrie Alms and myself.  Check it out!

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There’s a lively debate going on in the regional blogosphere regarding educational reforms, namely school district mergers.  I think C. J. Summers initially floated the idea of a District 150 / 323 merger … and boy did that explode!  Lots of people have lots of very strong opinions.  Of course the Peoria Pundit had to [...]

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