Peoria School District 150 today approved a policy that essentially takes then out of the loop when parents protest the grades given their little darlings.
I may be the only person in Peoria who thinks this is a bad idea.
Hear me out.
This comes two weeks after the board voted 5-2 to change a Richwoods High...
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