Tonight's regularly scheduled Board of Education Meeting will take place at 7pm.
Today is an Early Dismissal for all District 86 students. CJHS will dismiss at 1:35. Afternoon ECE classes will dismiss at 2:10. K-2 buildings will dismiss at 2:25. 3-5 buildings will dismiss at 2:35. Enjoy your long weekend! Classes will resume on Tuesday, April 22nd.
Today is the 4th Quarter Midterm!
Mark your calendars! The 2025 EPD86 Music & Arts Festival will take place on Saturday, May 3rd. Please check the news article on the website for more information.
Welcome back, EPD86! Let's work hard to make the last eight (or so) weeks of the 24-25 school year the best yet!
Enjoy your Spring Break! Classes will resume on Monday, March 31st.
Tonight's regularly scheduled Board of Education Meeting will take place at 7pm.
Today is the end of the 3rd Quarter! Report cards will be sent home next week.
Mark your calendar! March 24th-28th is Spring Break!
Don't forget to spring forward this weekend! Set your clocks ahead 1 hour before you go to bed on Saturday night!
The Illinois Assessment of Readiness for grades 3-8 and the Illinois Science Assessment for grades 5 & 8 will take place between March 3rd and March 21st. The specific testing schedule will be determined by each building. It is helpful to minimize any absences during this time. Students will need a working pair of wired headphones for testing. Please reach out to your child's school with any questions.
Tonight's regularly scheduled Board of Education Meeting will take place at 7pm.
District 86 will have no school on Monday, February 17th. Classes will resume at their regularly scheduled time on Tuesday, February 18th. If you have any questions, please contact your child’s school.
Good evening. Based on the snowfall amounts being forecasted for tomorrow, and the time frame in which the snowfall is expected to be taking place, out of an abundance of caution all District 86 Schools will be cancelled for Wednesday, February 12th. Classes will resume at their regular times on Thursday. Should anything change for Thursday, we will communicate this out accordingly. We appreciate your understanding.
Friday, February 7th, is a School Improvement Day. All students will have early dismissal. CJHS will dismiss at 11:00 a.m. Lunch will not be served. K-2 buildings will dismiss at 12:30 p.m. 3-5 Buildings will dismiss at 12:40 p.m. Lunches will be served at all K-5 buildings. There will be no classes for Early Childhood. Classes will resume at their regular scheduled time on Monday, February 10th. If you have any questions, please contact your child’s school.
District 86 is looking for bus drivers and monitors. Drivers start at $24.00/hour. Monitors start at $17.00/hour. We guarantee 4 ¼ hours per day. If you are interested, please visit www.epd86.org and fill out an application. You can also call Bob Bodtke at (309)427-5186 or email him at bodtkeb@epd86.org for more information.
East Peoria Elementary District 86 is currently accepting applications for qualified
substitutes in the following areas: teachers for K-8, classroom aides & cooks. Subs for teachers are paid $130 per day or $155 per day for long-term positions. Subs for classroom aides are paid $110 per day, and subs for cooks are paid $14.50 per hour. Please call Tracy Ellis at (309)427-5100 for more information if you are interested.
As a reminder: In case of inclement weather, school closings will be listed on television channels 19, 25, and 31 or cable channels 7, 8 and 10 as early as possible. You may also check the district website to see if school is closed that day. An alert message will also be sent.
Given the negative temperatures and windchill projected for tomorrow, out of an abundance of caution, all District 86 schools will be closed tomorrow (1/21). We appreciate your understanding as the safety of our students and staff remains our top priority. At this time it is anticipated that all classes will resume at the normal time on Wednesday. We hope this notice allows families to make arrangements for tomorrow accordingly. Again we appreciate your understanding.
District 86 will have no school on Monday, January 20th. Classes will resume at their regularly scheduled time on Tuesday, January 21st. If you have any questions, please contact your child’s school.