Lake County Gazette

Students at Coal City High School are participating in photography projects that do not use traditional cameras. Art teacher Mrs. Brus has introduced her students to photograms and cyanotypes.

Cyanotypes involve creating blue-toned images by placing objects on sensitized paper, exposing it to UV light, and then rinsing the paper. Photograms are made by arranging objects on light-sensitive paper and exposing them to light, resulting in images without the use of a camera.

Coal City High School is part of the Coal City Community Unit School District 1, which includes schools from Grundy and Will counties such as Coal City Early Childhood Center, Coal City Elementary School, Coal City Intermediate School, and Coal City Middle School. More information about the district can be found 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. The teaching staff is composed of 77.9 percent women and 22.1 percent men, with no teachers having more than 10 absences in a school year. Additional details are available at https://www.illinoisreportcard.com/.

The student population in Coal City Community Unit School District 1 is 86.9 percent White, 0.6 percent Black, 9.6 percent Hispanic, and 0.6 percent Asian (https://www.illinoisreportcard.com/). In 2020, the district spent $21,619 per student for a total expenditure of $47,021,825 (https://www.illinoisreportcard.com/).