Lake County Gazette

Coal City Community Unit School District 1 has announced an early dismissal for students on Thursday, October 23. Dismissal times vary by school: Early Childhood Center at 11:30 a.m., Elementary and Intermediate Schools at 11:45 a.m., Middle School at noon, and High School at 11:55 a.m. There will be no classes for students on Friday, October 24.

Parent-teacher conferences are scheduled for all grade levels on Thursday from 4 to 8 p.m. and Friday from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m., with the first hour on Friday available by appointment only.

Superintendent Chris Spencer said, “I encourage all parents/guardians to participate in the conferences as they provide a better understanding of a student’s academic progress, strengths and weaknesses and ways to collaborate with teachers to ensure academic success.”

The district serves schools across Grundy and Will counties, including 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 the Illinois State Board of Education, there are 153 teachers in the district with an average salary of $69,297; most are women (77.9 percent), while men make up 22.1 percent of staff (https://www.illinoisreportcard.com/). No teacher had more than ten absences in a school year.

Demographically, the district is predominantly White (86.9 percent), with Hispanic students making up nearly ten percent; Black and Asian students each represent less than one percent (https://www.illinoisreportcard.com/). In terms of finances, spending per student was $21,619 in 2020 for a total expenditure of $47 million (https://www.illinoisreportcard.com/).