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Thursday, November 29, 2012  Five candidates were unveiled to the Quincy school board during a closed session.

Thursday, May 24, 2012  The Quincy school superintendent talks about leaving his current position and moving to another district in a Chicago suburb.

Wednesday, May 09, 2012  Even though the proposed three school merger of Bushnell Avon and Abingdon schools districts failed at the polls this month, another school consolidation is on the table.

Monday, March 19, 2012  The proposed three-school consolidation of Bushnell, Abingdon and Avon will be on tomorrow's primary ballot. You can see voters' opinions just by reading signs in front yards.

Friday, March 02, 2012  The vote to consolidate school districts Bushnell/Prairie City, Abingdon, and Avon is less than a month away.

Monday, February 13, 2012  A proposed three-school consolidation plan is nearing decision time. The final vote to merge school districts Bushnell-Prairie City, Abingdon and Avon will be on March 20th during the Illinois primaries.

Monday, November 14, 2011  The Quincy School Board voted four to three to issue $6.2 million dollars in working cash bonds Monday night.

Thursday, November 10, 2011  The Quincy School Board held a special meeting Thursday night to look at ways to reduce a $2.1 million deficit for fiscal year 2012.

Monday, December 27, 2010  Published reports from across Central Illinois are indicating some school districts are receiving state aid payments that have been delayed for several months.