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Spending per pupil at East Moline School District 37 is up 8.4 percent from five years ago, according to a Rock Island Today analysis of district finances.

Spending per pupil at Sherrard Community Unit School District 200 is up 6.2 percent from five years ago, according to a Rock Island Today analysis of district finances.

About 12 percent of George O. Barr School students passed annual English language arts assessments in 2018 and 88 percent of students failed.

Administrators in Silvis School District 34 earn an average of $112,322 per year, ranking 198th out of 864 districts in the state.

Of the 237 students attending Hampton Elementary School in 2018, 57.5 percent scored proficient in English Language Arts and 40.1 percent were proficient in math, according to a report recently released by the Illinois State Board of Education (ISBE).

East Moline Public Library Board met 4 p.m. Wednesday, January 23.

City of East Moline City Council met 6:30 p.m. Monday, February 4.

East Moline School District 37 Board of Education met 6:30 p.m. Monday, January 28.

Village of Andalusia Village Board met at 5 p.m. Monday, February 4.

South Moline Township Board of Trustee met 6 p.m. Wednesday, November 7.

Rock Island Milan School District #41 Board of Education met 6 p.m. Tuesday, January 22.

Spending per pupil at Geneseo Community Unit School District 228 is up 10.3 percent from five years ago, according to a Rock Island Today analysis of district finances.

Friends of Glen Evans, a candidate committee, reported receiving $218.32 from Oct. 1 through Dec. 31, according to its fourth quarter report to the Illinois State Board of Elections.

More than 85.3 percent of teachers stay at Sherrard Jr High School year to year, according to the 2018 three-year average in the latest Illinois schools report card.

More than 83.7 percent of teachers stay at Alwood Elementary School year to year, according to the 2018 three-year average in the latest Illinois schools report card.

South Moline Township Board of Trustee met 6 p.m. Tuesday, November 20.

Median prices rose in Silvis over last year, and are up 11.7 percent over 10 years, adjusted for inflation, according to third quarter sales data collected by BlockShopper.com

A home buyer who paid $328,000 to purchase a home on Nov. 5 paid the top home sale price for Hampton in the second six months of 2018, according to BlockShopper.com, which reported all home sales by city for July through December.