Lake County Gazette

Last Friday, the administration and board of education of Collinsville Community Unit School District 10 hosted their annual Staff Appreciation Tailgate at Kahok Stadium. The event took place before the Collinsville Kahok Football home opener.

District employees and their families attended the gathering, where Bagley Farms Meat Market provided hotdogs, brats, and hamburgers. Central office administrators and board members served the food. After the meal, families received free admission to watch the football game in which the Kahoks secured their first win of the season against Carbondale.

A district staff member was recognized for helping capture moments from the event. "A special thanks to an awesome member of the Kahok Family, Garland Edmonds, a student support specialist in our district, for taking photos at the start of the tailgate."

Collinsville Community Unit School District 10 includes schools across Madison and St. Clair counties such as Caseyville Elementary School, Collinsville High School, Collinsville Middle School, Dorris Intermediate School, Jefferson Elementary School, John A. Renfro Elementary School, Kreitner Elementary School, Maryville Elementary School, Summit Elementary School, Twin Echo Elementary School, and Webster Elementary School (https://www.illinoisreportcard.com/).

The district employs 418 teachers with an average salary of $60,392 before pension contributions; 81 percent are women and 19 percent are men. No teacher in this district has more than ten absences in a school year (https://www.illinoisreportcard.com/). Student demographics show that 56 percent are White, 14.1 percent Black, 24.1 percent Hispanic, and 0.5 percent Asian (https://www.illinoisreportcard.com/). In 2020, spending per student was $16,872 for a total expenditure of $104 million (https://www.illinoisreportcard.com/).