PAXTON — The Paxton-Buckley-Loda school board will elect its officers for the next two years during its biennial reorganizational meeting scheduled for 6 p.m. Wednesday, May 7, immediately prior to the board’s regular monthly meeting. At the reorganizational meeting, the board will elect a president, vice president and secretary — positions currently held by Dawn Bachtold, Craig Loschen and Brittney […]
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Incoming PBL High School AD looking to ‘continue creating a positive environment’
PAXTON – On Wednesday, Feb. 12, Paxton-Buckley-Loda school district approved the hiring of Bruce Wachowski as the high school’s athletic director, effective at the start of the 2025-26 school year. “I’m just really excited to get working at PBL and excited to continue everything that has done before me and hopefully add my flair onto it,” Wachowski said. “I’m excited […]
PBL eyes March bid approval for concessions/restroom building
PAXTON — It could be early March before contracts are awarded for the construction of a new restroom and concessions building at Zimmerman Field and Guyot Track at Paxton-Buckley-Loda High School. Superintendent Travis Duley told the PBL school board during its monthly meeting Wednesday, Jan. 10, that he anticipates the board will not vote on the approval of bids until […]
Ford County voters to be asked in March to establish 1% sales tax for schools
PAXTON — The March 19 primary election ballot will include a referendum on the establishment of a 1% countywide sales tax that would bring in a projected $500,000 a year to each of Ford County’s two largest public school districts and more than 100,000 annually to the third. If the ballot question is passed by voters, the funds generated by […]
PBL taking measures to help recruit, retain teachers
PAXTON — Recruiting and retaining teachers is especially challenging these days — and not just in Central Illinois but across the state, according to the Paxton-Buckley-Loda school district’s assistant superintendent, Tara Tighe-Chandler. “I’m on an advisory committee for the Education Pathways program through the ECCA (Early College and Career Academy at Parkland College),” she said during the school board’s Dec. […]