Lawrence County CUSD 20

Community Unit School District #20 will be destroying temporary records including Special Education documents on all students who were born 01/01/1999 to 09/01/1999. Anyone interested in wanting a copy of their temporary record should contact Sara Caughran at Parkview Jr. High School Special Education office at (618) 943-8376 prior to September 23, 2024. Records will be destroyed 09/24/2024. Thank you!

Please read this information concerning Parkview kitchen issues.

SCHOOL BOARD VACANCY NOTICE Lawrence County CUSD #20 June 26, 2024 SCHOOL BOARD VACANCY NOTICE: Lawrence County Community Unit School District #20 Board of Education CUSD #20 is seeking candidates for a Board of Education appointment to fill a vacancy created by the resignation of Dana Goodwin. The individual selected to fill the Board vacancy will serve as a board member until the next regular school board election in April 2025. To be eligible, the Board member must be, on the date of appointment, a United States citizen, at least 18 years of age, a resident of Illinois, a registered voter and reside in Region 6 of the CUSD #20 school district. The Board has 60 days to fill the Board vacancy. The Board’s policies regarding school board service, elections, and filling vacancies are available on the District’s board page under BOE Press Policy 2:70. Qualified candidates may submit a letter of interest in person to the Unit Office, 1802 Cedar Street, Lawrenceville, through mail at the above mentioned address, or via email to Superintendent Doug Daugherty at ddaugherty@cusd20.net. Applications must be received no later than 4:00 p.m. on Friday, July 12, 2024. After screening the applications, the Board may invite prospective candidates for interviews during a closed session at a special board meeting. The appointee will be seated by the board at a board meeting on or before the August regular school board meeting. Please contact Mr. Daugherty via phone (618) 943-2326 or through email with any questions.

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Unit 20 will hold a meeting from 8am-8:30am on May 17th, 2024 at the Special Services Office located in Parkview Jr High School. The purpose of the meeting will be to discuss the district’s plans for providing special education services to students with disabilities who attend private school and home schools within the district for the 2024-2025 school year. If you are the parent of a home-schooled student who has been or may be identified with a disability and you reside within the boundaries of Unit #20, you are urged to attend. If you have further questions pertaining to this meeting, please contact the Unit #20 Special Services office at 618-943-8376 and ask to speak to Mrs. Rhinehart, Special Services Coordinator.

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Reminder that all Unit 20 schools will be running a 2-hour early dismissal schedule Friday, April 19th. Friday afternoon will be spent on school improvement activities for all staff.

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Good evening, Unit 20 families! This is just a friendly reminder - all schools will be in session and running a normal schedule Tuesday, April 9th. We look forward to seeing you in the morning!

Attention parents/guardians of students who have an IEP. Please read this letter regarding a survey that needs to be filled out. https://5il.co/2gsnk

Reminder: All Unit 20 schools will be running a two-hour early dismissal schedule tomorrow, Friday, March 1, due to school improvement activities.

Attention all Unit 20 Parents/Guardians: TONIGHT at the LHS Indians basketball game, Unit 20 will have chromebooks set up in the gymnasium lobby to give parents/guardians the opportunity to complete the The 5Essentials Supplemental Parent Survey The survey can be found at: https://survey.5-essentials.org/illinois. Each of our buildings are falling below state requirements with parental involvement. We respect your opinions and value your feedback. We want to hear from each of you about how you feel your student's education is going. Please take some time if you will be at the game this evening OR by clicking the link above and complete your portion for Unit 20. We thank you in advance!

Thursday, February 15 is a one- hour early dismissal due to district-wide parent/teacher conferences. Friday, February 16 there will be no school due to parent/teacher conferences. On Monday, February 19, there will be no school due to the observance of Presidents’ Day. Thursday's parent/teacher conferences run from 4:00-7:00 that evening. Friday's conferences run from 8:00-11:00 that morning. For more information, contact your child's school directly.

Due to the ice and freezing rain forecasted throughout the morning and into the early afternoon, school will not be in session on Monday, January 22, 2024. Friday and today will be made up at the end of the year.

Due to inclement weather, there will be no school today, Friday, January 19th.

Bus #17 will not be running this morning due to unforeseen circumstances. We apologize for the inconvenience. Bus #17 will be running its after school route.

Reminder: All schools will be closed Monday, January 15 in observance of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Day.

This is a friendly reminder that all students return back to school Thursday, January 4th for the beginning of second semester.

Reminder that all schools are running a two-hour early dismissal schedule today, Tuesday, November 21. There will be no school November 22-24 due to Thanksgiving break. School will resume on Monday, November 27. Have a great week, Unit 20. Happy Thanksgiving!

The boiler room cleanup at Parkview Junior High School has been completed, an all-clear has been given regarding asbestos removal, and school will be in session for Parkview Monday, November 20, 2023. The boiler technician will be starting the boiler up tomorrow afternoon and heat will return to the building at that time. Again, all students and staff will be in session Monday, November 20, 2023. Regular school hours will be followed throughout the district Monday and Tuesday, November 21 each building will follow a two-hour early release schedule due to Thanksgiving Break. School will resume on Monday, November 27, 2023.