District Information
Superintendent: Curt Nettles
Email:cnettles@lexington.k12.il.us
High School Principal: Sean Berry
Email:sberry@lexington.k12.il.us
Grade School Principal: Paul Deters Email:pdeters@lexington.k12.il.us
About Our School:
The Lexington School District is located in and around a small rural community situated along Route #55 north of the twin cities of Bloomington and Normal. The city of Lexington has a population of approximately 1800 people. The school district is a unit district that encompasses 80 square miles around and including the city of Lexington. Most of the land use is agricultural with only a small portion used for public or commercial business.
Approximately 600 students in grades PreK-12 are housed at one campus located in Lexington. While the school population has remained stable of the last several years, additional programs and services have caused a strain on building usage. The main campus is landlocked with residential buildings on all four sides. Community support for the schools and high expectations for services provide interesting challenges.
The district employs 45 full time teachers, and 3 administrators with a total school budget of over $6 million. The operating expense per pupil for the 2005-2006 school year was $9137. District program initiatives include an outstanding Pre-school “At-Risk” program and excellent integration of technology into the curriculum beginning in Kindergarten. High school students are able to supplement their course work with Heartland Community College courses offered during the school day on our campus. Students whose special educational needs cannot be met in-district are bussed to neighboring districts. District Low-Income population is 12% of student enrollment. Student attendance rate is over 95% in the district. At the current time there are no Limited English Proficient students enrolled in the district.
Information on School Closing (weather related or other emergencies)
There are different reasons why school could be closed on any given day. Most of the time it is due to bad weather during the winter months. It is also possible that emergency situations could arise unexpectedly that would force a closing as well.
No matter the reason, information on closing will be posted on the school district website, if possible, and on the following radio and television stations: WJBC (1230 AM)/WBNQ (101.5 FM)/WBWN (104.1 FM)/WTRX (93.7 FM) WHOI channel 19/WEEK channel 25 and WMBD channel 31.
The radio stations will also list closings on their website (www.wjbc.com).
If you anticipate school being closed due to weather, please check the radio or TV if it is not posted on the school district website. If school has to be closed for the day, every effort will be made to have this information communicated to the stations no earlier than 5:00 a.m. and by 6:30 a.m. at the latest
Contact:
Lexington Community Unit School District #7
100 East
Wall Street
Lexington, Illinois USA 61753
(309) 365-4141 Unit Office
(309) 365-7381 Unit Fax
(309) 365-2711 High School Office
(309) 365-5032 High School Fax
(309) 365-2741 Grade School Office
Directions:
Lexington Schools are located in Lexington, Illinois just off Interstate 55 about 15 miles northeast of Bloomington-Normal.
Take I-55 exit 178 and turn east onto PJ Keller Highway.
Turn South onto County Road 8 at the T intersection and follow it around
the curve to intersection with Route 66.
Continue east onto Main Street to Pine Street (look for Community
Center).
Turn north onto Pine Street and travel 3 blocks to Wall.
Turn east onto Wall Street and follow to front of the high school.
District Office is located on Cherry Street.
School Information:
District Budget District Calendar District Contracts
Lexington School District Report Card
Disclosure of Federal Participation (Stevens Amendment)
Projects or programs funded in whole or in part with Federal grant money must
credit
the Federal government for the Federal government's portion of the financial
support.
This web page citation informs the public that the use of Federal dollars in
Lexington
CUSD 7 meets the Stevens Amendment requirement. Staff development opportunities,
resource purchases, and personnel have been funded in whole or in part with
Federal
entitlement dollars.