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STEM Minute | Making music through science at Chatham Elementary

STEM Minute | Making music through science at Chatham Elementary

  • Updated May 21, 2026

Second graders at Chatham Elementary are learning how to play music through instruments they built themselves — combining engineering, technol…

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Ball-Chatham voters pass $110M referendum for school upgrades

Ball-Chatham voters pass $110M referendum for school upgrades

  • Updated Mar 17, 2026
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Ball-Chatham Schools receive new sensory technology in elementary schools

Ball-Chatham Schools receive new sensory technology in elementary schools

  • Updated Mar 10, 2026

The Horace Mann Educators Foundation donated interactive panels, which use lights and sounds to help students calm down.

Former Ball-Chatham staff member charged with battery involving 3 children
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Former Ball-Chatham staff member charged with battery involving 3 children

  • WAND Digital Team
  • Updated Mar 4, 2026

A former Ball-Chatham Community Schools staff member will face battery charges after being accused of hurting three children.

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Ball-Chatham School District asking voters to approve $110 million referendum

Ball-Chatham School District asking voters to approve $110 million referendum

  • Updated Feb 9, 2026

Some voters in Sangamon County will see a referendum on their ballots in March, asking if they approve bonds totaling $110,000,000 for school …

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Chatham PD and Ball-Chatham School District partner for new program

Chatham PD and Ball-Chatham School District partner for new program

  • Updated Nov 25, 2025

The Ball-Chatham School District has partnered with the Chatham Police Department to launch a Handle with Care program.

Ball-Chatham Schools add tech and safety enhancement to buses to keep students safe
Education
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Ball-Chatham Schools add tech and safety enhancement to buses to keep students safe

  • Caryn Eisert
  • Updated Aug 5, 2025

Ball-Chatham Community Unit School District #5 has taken new steps to protect students during their daily bus rides by installing stop arm extensions on its fleet of school buses. 

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Ball-Chatham Schools add tech and safety enhancement to buses to keep students safe

Ball-Chatham Schools add tech and safety enhancement to buses to keep students safe

  • Updated Aug 5, 2025

The enhanced safety feature is designed to improve visibility for drivers and prevent vehicles from illegally passing stopped school buses.

Ball-Chatham set to announce new superintendent
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Ball-Chatham set to announce new superintendent

  • Updated Feb 23, 2022

CHATHAM, Ill. (WAND) - The Ball-Chatham school district said it will announce its new superintendent Thursday. 

Ball-Chatham superintendent set to retire in 2022
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Ball-Chatham superintendent set to retire in 2022

  • Sep 28, 2021

CHATHAM, Ill. (WAND) - The superintendent of Ball-Chatham schools will retire from his position in the summer of 2022. 

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