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News from 2018

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Taft Primary School reports 13% truancy rate

By Local Labs News Service | Oct 14, 2018

The truancy rate at Taft Primary School fell to 13 percent during the 2016-17 school year, according to a Kankakee Times analysis of the latest Illinois schools report card.

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Essex home prices rise in the third quarter of 2018

By Local Labs News Service | Oct 14, 2018

The median sale price of a home sold in the third quarter of 2018 in Essex rose by $65,000 while total sales remained unchanged with five homes sold.

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Kankakee home prices rise in the third quarter of 2018

By Local Labs News Service | Oct 14, 2018

The median sale price of a home sold in the third quarter of 2018 in Kankakee rose by $39,487 while total sales increased by 2.5%.

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Bradley home prices rise in the third quarter of 2018

By Local Labs News Service | Oct 14, 2018

The median sale price of a home sold in the third quarter of 2018 in Bradley rose by $17,750 while total sales decreased by 13.6%.

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Grant Park home prices rise in the third quarter of 2018

By Local Labs News Service | Oct 14, 2018

The median sale price of a home sold in the third quarter of 2018 in Grant Park rose by $24,950 while total sales decreased by 42.9%.

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Bonfield home prices fall in the third quarter of 2018

By Local Labs News Service | Oct 14, 2018

The median sale price of a home sold in the third quarter of 2018 in Bonfield fell by $5,000 while total sales decreased by 25%.

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Kankakee SD 111 placed on financial "warning" list by state board of education

By Local Labs News Service | Oct 14, 2018

The Illinois State Board of Education (ISBE) has placed Kankakee School District 111 on its financial "early warning" list.

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Manteno home prices rise in the third quarter of 2018

By Local Labs News Service | Oct 14, 2018

The median sale price of a home sold in the third quarter of 2018 in Manteno rose by $31,000 while total sales decreased by 34%.

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Herscher home prices fall in the third quarter of 2018

By Local Labs News Service | Oct 14, 2018

The median sale price of a home sold in the third quarter of 2018 in Herscher fell by $30,550 while total sales increased by 100%.

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Momence home prices fall in the third quarter of 2018

By Local Labs News Service | Oct 14, 2018

The median sale price of a home sold in the third quarter of 2018 in Momence fell by $2,500 while total sales remained unchanged with 21 homes sold.

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Herscher Intermediate School reports 0.0% truancy rate

By Local Labs News Service | Oct 14, 2018

The truancy rate at Herscher Intermediate School stayed flat at 0.0 percent during the 2016-17 school year, according to a Kankakee Times analysis of the latest Illinois schools report card.

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Bourbonnais home prices fall in the third quarter of 2018

By Local Labs News Service | Oct 14, 2018

The median sale price of a home sold in the third quarter of 2018 in Bourbonnais fell by $11,400 while total sales decreased by 4.5%.

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Limestone home prices rise in the third quarter of 2018

By Local Labs News Service | Oct 14, 2018

The median sale price of a home sold in the third quarter of 2018 in Limestone rose by $11,000 while total sales remained unchanged with eight homes sold.

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Iroquois West CUSD 10 placed on financial "recognition" list by state board of education

By Local Labs News Service | Oct 13, 2018

The Illinois State Board of Education (ISBE) has placed Iroquois West Community Unit School District 10 on its financial "recognition" list.

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Statewide test results: white students score 17.0 points higher at Je-Neir Elementary School

By Local Labs News Service | Oct 13, 2018

At Je-Neir Elementary School, a 17.0-point achievement gap persisted between white and hispanic students in 2017.

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Statewide test results: white students score 2.2 points lower at Chebanse Elementary School

By Local Labs News Service | Oct 13, 2018

At Chebanse Elementary School, a 2.2-point achievement gap persisted between white and hispanic students in 2017.

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Momence Junior High School reports 0.0% truancy rate

By Local Labs News Service | Oct 13, 2018

The truancy rate at Momence Junior High School fell to 0.0 percent during the 2016-17 school year, according to a Kankakee Times analysis of the latest Illinois schools report card.

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84.8 percent of Chebanse teachers stay put; average earns $47,079 per year

By Local Labs News Service | Oct 13, 2018

More than 84.8 percent of teachers stay at Chebanse Elementary School year to year, according to the 2017 three-year average in the latest Illinois schools report card.

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Mark Twain Primary School reports 8% truancy rate

By Local Labs News Service | Oct 13, 2018

The truancy rate at Mark Twain Primary School rose to 8 percent during the 2016-17 school year, according to a Kankakee Times analysis of the latest Illinois schools report card.

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At Grant Park, 97 percent of students graduate high school; 65 percent go to college

By Local Labs News Service | Oct 13, 2018

About 86 percent of ninth graders in 2017 were on track to graduate at a school where the four-year graduation rate was 97 percent that year, according to the latest Illinois schools report card by the Illinois State Board of Education.