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  • Property tax bills go out, delayed funds mean M-S board will vote on Tax Anticipation Warrants

    BY DANI TIETZdani@mahometnews.com Mahomet, Ill. – Champaign County property owners can expect their property tax bills to arrive within the next few days. According to the Champaign County Clerk’s office, bills will be mailed out May 30 and May 31, and are already available to view on the Champaign County Property Tax Inquiry website. Typically,… Read more

  • M-S Board of Education discusses language in admin contracts

    In a vote that traditionally happens in June, the Mahomet-Seymour School Board voted 4-3 to approve contracts for its administrators at the May 21 board meeting. But members Meghan Hennesy, Ken Keefe and Colleen Schultz did not vote in opposition for the measure because they felt the listed administrators were unfit. Rather, the question sprung… Read more

  • Board approves Benedict, Hill and Day/Questions new admin position process

    The Mahomet-Seymour School Board on Monday unanimously approved the hires of Mahomet-Seymour High School Principal Chad Benedict, Middletown Elementary Assistant Principal Dustin Day and Marissa Hill, who will become Mahomet-Seymour’s first District Coordinator. But before approving Superintendent Lindsey Hall’s recommendations, board members Colleen Schultz, Meghan Hennesy and Ken Keefe questioned when the board was told… Read more

  • M-S Board Reorganization Meeting April 30

    The Mahomet-Seymour School Board will meet on April 30 at 9 p.m. in the Middletown Prairie Elementary board meeting room. Read more

  • Schultz: “I didn’t win, the community won.”

    Signs were already coming out of yards early on Wednesday, April 3, the day after the 2019 consolidated election. Unofficial vote totals show Jeremy Henrichs, an out-of-township candidate who has been on the Mahomet-Seymour School Board since the summer of 2018, in the lead in overall votes with 1,064 votes. “I’m very humbled that many… Read more

  • Election Results

    Unofficial Election Results: Currently, these totals represent the precincts that have been counted this evening. Mail-in ballots will still come in to the Champaign County Clerk. We will update you as we know more. Mahomet-Seymour School Board (11 of 11 precincts)Lance Raver: 941 votesMeghan Hennesy: 1,053 votesColleen Schultz: 1,029 votesJason Tompkins: 936 votes Julie Cebulski:… Read more

  • Letter to the Editor: Cosimini supports Hennesy, Schultz, Keefe and Cebulski

    School Board Election: Who I’m FOR (and Against) & WHY While this hotly contested school board election has gone on for what seems like forever, the positive thing about it is that we have eight people who are interested in serving our school district. In the 20 years our family’s lived in this community, I… Read more

  • Letter to the Editor: Character Counts

    Good morning daily readers. I would like to remind all the people of Mahomet something that we talked about greatly when I first started working out here in 1997, character counts!Character counts in the things that we do, it’s the way you treat me and the way I treat you. It’s caring, it’s kindness, it’s… Read more

  • Candidate Op Ed: Schultz tells finance story

    The following piece was submitted by Colleen Schultz a candidate for the Mahomet-Seymour School Board. The following opinions and statements are not those of the Mahomet Daily or it’s parent company Sangamon Currents, LLC. Sangamon Currents welcomes submissions from candidates as long as they are factual (cited-we do not go in and fact check) and… Read more

  • Candidate Op Ed: Does the ends justify the means?

    The following piece was submitted by Meghan Hennesy and Colleen Schultz, candidates for the Mahomet-Seymour School Board. The following opinions and statements are not those of the Mahomet Daily or it’s parent company Sangamon Currents, LLC. Sangamon Currents welcomes submissions from candidates as long as they are factual (cited-we do not go in and fact… Read more