Katy Hasson, longtime Principal of Rockridge High School and current member of the Illinois High School Association’s Board of Directors, is facing renewed scrutiny after she and all nine of her fellow IHSA board members declined to comment on the organization’s refusal to comply with a federal executive order banning biological males from participating in female sports.
In the 2023-24 school year, 98.8% of Carbon Cliff-Barstow School District 36 students failed the math portion of the IAR test, according to the Illinois State Board of Education.
In the 2023-24 school year, 34.1% of the students in Mercer County School District 404 passed the ELA portion of the IAR, according to the Illinois State Board of Education.
State Representative Dan Swanson (R-Alpha) participated in a commemorative event at the Illinois State Capitol, marking the 50th anniversary of the end of the Vietnam War.
There was one company in a city associated with Rock Island County that received an FDA inspection in 2024, according to the U.S. Food and Drug Association.
In the 2023-24 school year, 36% of the students in Alwood Community Unit School District 225 passed the ELA portion of the IAR, according to the Illinois State Board of Education.