🌱 How Metamora’s school leaders compare to statewide pay and workload.

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In today's newsletter:

• How Metamora’s school leaders compare to statewide pay and workload.

Also on today's calendar: Knit & Stitch Group and 9 more events.

Today's riddle: What do an island and the letter "t" have in common? 🤔 (Answer below!)

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Weather forecast:

• Sunday: A shower and thunderstorm, with a high of 74 and low of 60 degrees.
• Monday: Variably cloudy with a shower, temps: high: 64, low: 54.
• Tuesday: Clouds and sun with a shower, with a high of 65 and low of 52 degrees.

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📰 News we're reading

• Metamora Community Consolidated School District 1 administrators rank 248th lowest in state for average salary in 2025 (peoriastandard.com) — Metamora Community Consolidated School District 1 administrators now earn an average of $102,535, about 17% below the Illinois administrator salary average, while overseeing a much higher 277-to-1 student ratio. Salaries have risen more than 9% since 2023, even as the state reports hundreds of vacant administrator roles and thousands of unfilled teaching positions.
   

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📸 Around Metamora

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🗓 Upcoming Events in Metamora

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★ Featured events ★

Tuesday September 22

• LEGO Free Play →
  Illinois Prairie District Public Library, 208 E Partridge St, Metamora
  3:30 pm

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Other local events

Monday September 21

• Scholastic Book Fair
  Germantown Hills SD 69 Metamora, IL 61548

Tuesday September 22

• Cross-Country @ Dunlap Valley Spartan Invite
  Germantown Hills SD 69 Metamora, IL 61548
  4:00 pm
• Girls Swimming at Washington
  Five Points Washington, 360 N Wilmor Rd, Washington
  4:30 pm
• Volleyball at Washington
  Washington Community High School, 115 Bondurant St, Washington
  5:00 pm
• Boys Soccer vs Pekin
  Metamora Township High School, 101 W Madison St, Metamora
  5:00 pm
• Create with Cricut: Stickers →
  Metamora IL
  5:30 pm

Wednesday September 23

• Baseball Regional Championship
  Germantown Hills SD 69 Metamora, IL 61548
• Dinner on the Bricks – The Long Road Home and Scrolls Rolled Ice Cream →
  Metamora IL
• Knit & Stitch Group →
  Illinois Prairie District Public Library - Germantown Hills Branch, 509 Woodland Knolls Rd, Germantown Hills
  10:00 am

Thursday September 24

• Senior Social Hour →
  Illinois Prairie District Public Library, 208 E Partridge St, Metamora
  9:00 am

Friday September 25

• KARES 5K: For the Long Run →
  Metamora IL

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

• We are open!
  Come on out and grab some goodies for your weekend! Please note, we had a series of shipment issues and did not receive our labels or much of our… (Nextdoor Lourdes)

• McDonald's posted a job opening for Crew Team Member! in Metamora. Apply here.
• Pearl Companies posted a job opening for Senior Installation Technician - Audiovisual in Peoria Heights. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Metamora here.

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🗞 Nearby News

Washington

• Washington volleyball defeats Dunlap in three sets (pjstar.com)
• Illinois congressman pays tribute to Archbishop Fulton Sheen ahead of beatification (thecatholicherald.com)
• Trump has a deal to build US military presence in Greenland while leaving island in Denmark's hands (wcia.com)

Eureka

• Two Peoria Carle Health hospitals to become one this fall (wsiu.org)
• How many lawyers had active licenses in cities within Woodford County as of August? (peoriastandard.com)

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-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: They are both in the middle of water. (Thank you Curt K. for sending it in!)
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