COLCHESTER — The West Prairie School Board on Thursday was given information and updated on the progress on the Midland CEO program by Honey Zimmerman. Zimmerman, who teaches Supply Chain Management at the Business College at Western Illinois University, represented herself as a member of the steering committee of the Midland CEO program for McDonough County.
Efforts are underway to expand the CEO program, an innovative business education class based at the Whiteside Area Career Center in Sterling. We support this effort.
The Richland County School Board of Education held their monthly meeting in the RCHS Silva Auditorium last Thursday evening. This is the first of three on-site meetings held at each of the schools comprising our district.
GALESBURG — Creating Entrepreneurial Opportunities is one of the newest programs Galesburg School District is using to connect high school graduates to stay and create professional networks. The program allows high school juniors and seniors to form their own business idea and push it toward reality. The course asks the students to go out into the city and make business connections with other members of the economic market.
MT. VERNON — The Jefferson County CEO board met at Rare Chop House Wednesday afternoon to discuss changes in the CEO program.