Quincy Public Schools

Time to dust off those running shoes and sign up for the Dream Big Color Run.

I am really excited about the five new elementary schools being built in Quincy, but one of the latest mock-ups needs a serious revision.

In a newsletter sent at to all Quincy Public School parents, the community is introduced to the new principals of the five new elementary schools.

In response to this morning’s announcement that the Quincy Public School teachers are going on strike beginning next Tuesday, the Salvation Army Kroc Center has announced a “School’s Out Day Camp” as a much-needed alternative to finding a last minute (and perhaps long-term) babysitter.

Quincy Federation officials say a January 17 strike date is set.

If you have a child attending QPS, I am sure that you are paying close attention to the appending teachers strike; I know I am. All attention has been focused on the meetings of QPS officials and union reps, but no one has said anything about what happens to the students.

There is another meeting tonight to avert a potential teacher strike in the Quincy Public School System. The Teachers Union wants a 1.45 percent salary increase for teachers, faculty and staff.  The School District is offering a 1.3 percent salary increase for all union employees.

Arts Quincy is asking community support to grow their Instant Arts Classroom Funds. Since 1996, Arts Quincy has granted over $200,000 to teachers in Adams County, and last year alone, these funds allowed around 7,500 students to take part in one of 110 arts experiences. These grants helped teachers to bring an art or music teacher into their classroom, take their class to see a theatrical performa

Quincy Public School District officials announce the future site for another new elementary school building.

Every single day thousands of school children enter and exit a school bus as part of their regular day's activity. With each school bus stop comes the possibility of an accident to happen. In talking with Dan Bartelt, a Certified School Bus Driver Instructor, he revealed on the Y101 Radio Morning Show that every single day 1 or 2 drivers report people who fail to stop for a stopped school bus with