School Board
Okawville School Board Approves Budget For 2017-2018 School Year
By Alex Johannes The West Washington County Community Unit District #10 Board of Education met for an amended budget hearing and regular monthly meeting on the evening of Thursday, June 22. Amended Budget Hearing The board approved the amended budget for the 2017-2018 school year. The biggest concern was the loss in…
Read MoreOkawville School Board Sets Goals For Upcoming School Year
By Alex Johannes The West Washington County Community Unit District #10 Board of Education met for their regular monthly meeting on the evening of Wednesday, May 25. The board approved a variety of ways to improve their school district beginning in the 2017-2018 school year. The trickle down effects of the Illinois State Budget…
Read MoreStephen Kozuszek Gets Hornets Football Head Coaching Gig
Stephen Kozuszek, Hornets Football Offensive Coordinator under former head coach Tim Kuhn, has been tapped to lead the gridiron squad beginning next season. By Brent Huelsmann Just a few weeks removed from Tim Kuhn resigning as coach of the Nashville Hornets football team, Nashville has a new coach. The Hornets stayed in-house with the…
Read MoreHarre To Coach Boys Basketball
Wayne Harre, longtime Hornets Girls Basketball Coach and former Hornets athletic director, has been tapped to lead the NCHS Boys Basketball team. By Brent Huelsmann A few weeks after a loss in the Sectional Final to Alton Marquette, the Nashville Hornets basketball program was looking for a new coach. Brad Weathers, retired from coaching…
Read MoreManic May Monday For NCHS Board
Members of the NCHS Hornets Varsity Football Team came to the NCHS Board meeting held on Monday, May 22, in order to offer a statement of support for coach Stephen Kozuszek, who had not yet been hired at that point as the head football coach. Kozuszek’s hiring was announced by the board at a special…
Read MoreNashville Education Association Releases Statement Of “No Confidence” In NCHS Superintendent Fowler
By Alex Haglund On Monday, May 24, the Nashville Education Association, which represents NCHS faculty, released a statement that at their May 9 meeting, their members took a vote and voiced an opinion of no confidence in District 99 Superintendent Ernie Fowler. The letter, which is reprinted on Page A6 of the May 24…
Read MoreNashville Community High School Board Makes Statement Of Support For Superintendent Ernie Fowler
On Monday, May 24, the Nashville Education Association, which represents NCHS faculty, released a statement that at their May 9 meeting, their members took a vote and voiced an opinion of no confidence in District 99 Superintendent Ernie Fowler. Following this release, the NCHS Board released their own statement, wherein they express their support for…
Read MoreNashville Education Association Statement Of No Confidence In Fowler
On May 9, 2017, members of Nashville Education Association took a vote to confirm that a majority of our membership has no confidence in Superintendent Ernie Fowler. We are aware of the gravity of such a vote, and we do not take it lightly. However, under Mr. Fowler, Nashville Community High School has seen a…
Read MoreMillion Dollar Students – NCHS Seniors Bring Home Big Scholarship Money
Nashville Community High School reported that its seniors were awarded approximately $996,000 in academic scholarships to the various colleges they are headed to in the fall. By Alex Haglund If education is an investment, that investment is showing returns for a group of 26 seniors at Nashville Community High School. Those seniors have, collectively,…
Read MoreAlicia Heggemeier Named Hornets Athletic Director
Alicia Heggemeier. By Alex Haglund and Brent Huelsmann The Nashville Community High School Board held their reorganizational meeting on the evening of Monday, May 1, and in addition to the regular business of an initial meeting of a new board the board also went into closed session for personnel issues, and upon returning…
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