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Thursday, May 23, 2013  Update: Quincy Public School District responds to mother's concerns over QHS incident.

Wednesday, May 01, 2013  Committees range from finance, student discipline, curriculum and policy.

Wednesday, April 10, 2013  The votes are in and Illini West High School will not be getting a new building.

Wednesday, January 23, 2013  Quincy school board interviews candidates this past weekend and Tuesday night for permanent and interim superintendent positions.

Wednesday, November 14, 2012  The school is at a loss with what to do after the Hancock County community voted down a tax increase that would have helped build a new school just down the road.

Thursday, October 18, 2012  Auditor says district is off of state watch list.

Wednesday, September 26, 2012  Board members say they're looking at what the state calls a balanced budget.

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.

Saturday, March 26, 2011  Sharing the cost of crossing guards for the Quincy School District remains a hot topic for the school board. It held a special meeting Saturday top discuss the issue. Recently, the city of Quincy notified the board it would no longer be able to foot the entire bill for all of its crossing guards. This came as a surprise to the board who hasn't set aside any of its budget for this.

Wednesday, March 23, 2011  Following Rajah Maple's tweets from the Quincy School Board Meeting.

Thursday, January 20, 2011  Wednesday night was the first night of heightened security ordered by the Quincy school administration in response to recent shootings in the U.S.

Thursday, January 13, 2011  Superintendent Lonny Lemon says talks of increased security began after the shooting at a Florida school board meeting in December.

Tuesday, December 14, 2010  Updated with new story. A gunman was shot to death by a security guard at a school board meeting Tuesday after he walked up to a podium, spray painted a red "V'' with a circle around it and began firing, a school official said.

Tuesday, December 14, 2010  Updated with new story. A gunman was shot to death by a security guard at a school board meeting Tuesday after he walked up to a podium, spray painted a red "V'' with a circle around it and began firing, a school official said.