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Board members serve four-year terms, with State Board membership limited to two consecutive terms. [1] The board sets educational policies and guidelines for public and private schools, preschool through grade 12. It analyzes the aims, needs and requirements of education and recommends legislation to the Illinois General Assembly and Governor ...
The following is a list of Illinois High School Association member conferences. Schools that belong to these conferences compete with each other on a local level in athletics and non-athletic activities. As of the 2023-24 school year, there are 70 conferences within the IHSA.
In 1925 Community High School District 100 was founded with a four-year program serving both Bensenville and Wood Dale. 1927 Bensenville Community High School was built. By 1951, the enrollment grew far beyond the building's capacity and a referendum was passed allowing the board to build a new building.
Twenty-three Illinoisans are members of the National High School Hall of Fame sponsored by the NFHS. The honorees include: H. V. Porter (1982) was an IHSA and NFHS administrator who coined the term "March Madness". [87] Dwight (Dike) Eddleman (1983) was a three-sport athlete (football, basketball, athletics) at Centralia High School. [87]
The school now continues to see a steady decline in enrollment with an IHSA classification enrollment of just 575.5 students for the two year cycle of 2023-25. [8] Enrollment is projected to further decrease due to high property taxes in the area, [ 9 ] and the district having a debt burden which is expected to increase significantly [ 10 ] and ...
The school board consists of seven members including one president, vice president, and secretary. The members are elected on odd years in the spring and serve four year terms. The president, vice president, and secretary are nominated and voted on by members of the school board during its organizational meeting. Illinois state law requires ...
Shortly after the announcement, a board member from Lincoln-Way Community High School District, a district representing two of the schools leaving to form a new conference, was forced to resign after racially insensitive statements were left on a reporter's voice mail.
Lewistown High School competes in the Prairieland Conference and is a member school of the Illinois High School Association. The LHS mascot is the Indians with colors of scarlet red and Columbia blue. [3] The school has one state championships on record in team athletics and activities, Boys Baseball in 1992–1993. [6]