Let’s Ketchup, a local nonprofit dedicated to eliminating school lunch debt and keeping Care Closets stocked with essentials, will again host a Family Festival this Saturday.

The Joliet Public Schools District 86 Board of School Inspectors approved a contract with the teachers union on Sept. 10.

Lockport Township High School students will now have to stow their phones in provided in-classroom cubbies during the school day in order to reduce distractions during instructional time.

The Valley View School District 365-U board and teachers union have reached a tentative contract agreement, avoiding a strike that was otherwise scheduled to begin Monday.

Last October, Oswego School Board members unanimously approved a $380,000 contract with Wight & Company to develop a master facility plan for the district to address current and future facility needs.

Joliet Public Schools District 86 Superintendent Dr. Theresa Rouse has served in the role since summer 2016, after spending most of her career in California schools. She will leave after her contract ends in 2027.

The city of Polo and the Polo School District recently announced a collaborative effort to apply for the Safe Routes to School Program Grant.

Valley View School District 365U continues its search for a new superintendent while hoping to avoid a teacher's strike.

Village trustees will now review the concept plan. Commissioners discussed the plan at their Sept. 4 meeting, where several neighboring residents also spoke against the plan.

Alumni are asked to meet at Spartan Stadium to join the Marching Spartans on the field for the national anthem and the school fight song.

Each year, the Joliet Region Chamber of Commerce & Industry and its Council for Working Women “recognizes an outstanding person in the community through the international ATHENA Award Program,” according to the Joliet Chamber website.

This marks the 38th consecutive year of participation for the district, a testament to its commitment to fiscal integrity and high-quality financial reporting, Joliet Township High School District 204 stated.

The Center for Economic Development lines up Will County employers with local high school students for summer internships.

The new subdivision is slated to bring 132 single-family homes and 128 townhomes to Lockport and school districts Homer School District 33C and Lockport Township High School District 205.

The Joliet Junior College Foundation will honor outstanding alumni and community members during its annual Night of Stars celebration

Lockport officials noted that use of the scooters by teenagers and children on streets has become more common in the city, despite it being illegal.

The teachers union at Valley View School District 365U have voted to authorize a strike and could walk out as soon as Sept. 15 if contract negotiations continue to stall.

Through hands-on projects in photography, graphic design, video editing and digital drawing, Whiteside Area Career Center students explore the tools and techniques used by professionals in the creative industry, all while building portfolios of their own.

Joliet Public Schools District 86 welcomed more than 50 new educators for the 2025-26 school year.

While their classmates head to math or English, students at the Whiteside Area Career Center are taking part in mock trials and learning how to deescalate suspects – all as part of real-world law enforcement training.

Martha Mueller will take back her seat on the Glenbard High School District 87 school board after what one official has called a “big misunderstanding.”

The Diocese of Joliet has issued a response to the deadly shooting at a Catholic School mass in Minnesota, and says it plans to review school safety policies with principals.

As Valley View District 365U teachers consider going on strike, parents rally to support them in opposition to a proposed extension of the high schools' school days.

The “memorandum of understanding” creates access and opportunity for high school students across the Diocese of Joliet to enroll at USF in Joliet, according to a release announcing the agreement.

Lockport Township High School District 205 appointed four new student members to its school board to serve for the 2025-26 school year.

Oswego East was selected in the first week of the T-Mobile Friday Night 5G Lights contest to receive the grant. Each week, 50 schools are randomly selected to receive the grant, for a total of 450 winners.

Troy Community Consolidated School District 30-C has hired three new administrators for the 2025-2026 school year, including a new principal for Troy Cronin Elementary School.

Future culinary professionals at both Joliet Township High Schools are equipped with state-of-the-art workspaces after School District 204 completed renovations this year for new cooking classrooms.

Valley View School District 365U teachers began the 2025-2026 school year without a contract agreement in place.

The Class of 2025 was the last class to march into the future in Savanna, as its city prepares to say farewell to its high school before it moves to Mount Carroll.

Lockport Township High School's Central campus ready to welcome new freshmen on Monday after a summer of work to improve the building's "structural integrity."

Thursday was the first day of the fall semester for Oswego School District 308 students in kindergarten through 12th grade.

The funding amounts received by these Will County school districts is based on factors including enrollment, poverty rate, number of special education and English-language learner students.

Representatives from PMA Securities spoke to the Morris Community High School Board on Monday to break down how the district will finance the $67 million addition as approved by voters last April.

With schools across Illinois preparing to open for the new year, the Illinois State Police are reminding motorists to obey school zone speed limits, stop for buses and avoid distracted driving.

The Joliet Park District’s annual back-to-school event serves as a crucial resource for local families to help make sure students have the basic supplies needed to start the new school year.

The City of Crest Hill is considering an agreement with Chaney-Monge School District 88 and Richland School District 88A to create a School Resource Officer program this year.

After many late dedicated hours, Yorkville 115 is putting the finishing touches on their $3.9 million temporary classroom structures outside Grande Reserve Elementary School, Bristol Bay Elementary School and Autumn Creek Elementary School.

Kankakee High School recognized a small group of graduates this week during the first summer commencement ceremony on Tuesday, July 29, 2025, at the high school auditorium.

Valley View Community Unit School District 365U will be searching for a new superintendent just one year after hiring its current leader.

Will County children are now eligible to enroll in Dolly Parton's Imagination Library, which will provide them free books each month until the age of five.

The Will County Emergency Management Agency, the Will County Regional Office of Education, and local school districts partnered for a training program on how to reunite students and parents in the event of a school emergency.

The offices of state Sen. Meg Loughran Cappel and state Rep. Natalie Manley will host a school supply give away and back-to- school fair for Joliet families on Saturday.

The Morris Police Department and Grundy 911 dispatch will now have access to the cameras inside Morris Community High School for use in emergency situations.

Plainfield School District 202 is one of only 12 districts in the state to earn the Heart Safe Schools designation.

The free back-to-school fairs drew families from across Lockport Township, which includes parts of Lockport, Crest Hill, and Romeoville, according to a news release from the township.

Joliet Public Schools District 86 has named new principals for three of its elementary schools.

Will County schools could face complications funding some of their programs in the coming months following a grant funding freeze by the Trump Administration. The State of Illinois has joined a lawsuit demanding the release of the grant money.

Bradley-Bourbonnais Community High School is now on the third phase of a six-phase process of its planned $70 million facilities overhaul.

State Rep. Patrick Sheehan of Lockport is hosting a back to school supply drive to provide in-need students with essentials for the start of the school year.