Christopher T. Spencer Superintendent | Coal City Community Unit School District 1
Christopher T. Spencer Superintendent | Coal City Community Unit School District 1
The Coalers Volleyball Program held its 10th Annual Childhood Cancer Awareness/Megan Bugg Night on Monday, September 15. The event, organized during Childhood Cancer Awareness Month, is dedicated to honoring Megan Bugg’s efforts to end childhood cancer through advocacy and research. Megan was a supporter of Coaler Volleyball, and the team has supported her mission.
Fundraising activities for the cause include the annual Megan Bugg Night and a 5K Run/Walk that took place last weekend in Coal City. These events have helped the Megan’s Mission Foundation raise more than $2 million to support ongoing research into cures for childhood cancers. Dr. Kent Bugg, Megan’s father, attended this year’s event.
Coal City Community Unit School District 1 serves Grundy and Will counties and includes several schools: 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 data from the Illinois State Board of Education, the district employs 153 teachers with an average salary of $69,297; most are women (77.9 percent), while men make up 22.1 percent of staff. No teacher in the district had more than ten absences in a school year (https://www.illinoisreportcard.com/).
Demographically, the district is predominantly White at 86.9 percent; Hispanic students represent 9.6 percent; Black and Asian students each account for 0.6 percent (https://www.illinoisreportcard.com/). In terms of finances, the district spent $21,619 per student in 2020 for a total expenditure of $47 million (https://www.illinoisreportcard.com/).
"Megan was a big fan of Coaler Volleyball and the Coalers big fans of Megan and her mission."
"Through fundraising events including the annual Megan Bugg Night and the annual 5K Run/Walk held last weekend in Coal City, the Megan’s Mission Foundation has raised well over $2 million to support the ongoing work to find cures for childhood cancers."
"Megan’s dad, Dr. Kent Bugg joined the Coalers for this year’s event."
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