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“You’re trying to intimidate,” former-board member Michael Connor said to Stange after he swung at him outside of the meeting. Now, the lawsuit alleges that the school board tried to intimidate Moore’s family to get them not to sue.

What's the most important year in your education? Many say freshmen year is the one that makes or breaks your shot to graduate. Now, schools are aiming programs at struggling freshmen.

Rockford Public Schools perennially have some of the highest student mobility rates in the state. Mobility Rate is the percent of students who experience at least one transfer in or out of their school during the school year. Experts say that disruption can be really harmful.

A member of the Rockford School Board resigned this week. It’s after a video showed him punching the camera of a Rockford teacher recording outside of the school board meeting.

Since 2020, school districts across the country have been using millions of federal COVID dollars to improve air flow and quality in their classrooms. WNIJ’s Peter Medlin ended up on a middle school roof finding out how districts are bringing air conditioning to students who have never had it…

“I was so angry, I just want something done with this officer. He could have killed my grandson. And it's not even a matter of just him -- any other child. He has no business being in the schools using force like that. I just want something done. To me, he shouldn't even be in the police force.”

“That scares me to think that being the second largest employer of this city, that a percentage of their employees are living in poverty.”

Both Jefferson High School and Rockford University are seeing online threats of potential violence. Rockford parents are angry about the district's response.

Rockford Public Schools and Alignment Rockford are partnering to expand summer programming for students after COVID derailed the school year.The new…

After talking to school nurses and staff, Mel Gilfillan thought the Winnebago County Health Department’s statement that there were cases but no spread of…