Steve Ptacek

📍 Jacksonville, IL 🏟️🏀 One of the best high school arenas anywhere, and host to some classic @IHSAState Super-Sectionals!

I agree Mary, it was a great talk.

Home games are on for tonight.

Offices will open two hours late.

This is going out. If you think it isn't bad, just go drive the Love's parking lot and image many of our rural roads much worse. I stopped on a remote road and almost couldn't move even with my AWD vehicle. Good... facebook.com/district117/po…

I will be driving tonight and tomorrow morning. We never got the concerning sleet today, and it isn't in the predictions at all for tomorrow. The only thing I need to check is the amount of snow. It might be... facebook.com/district117/po…

This is a reminder. Messages asking about school are never answered and will likely lead to a block. Everyone hears at the same time.

All activities and games scheduled for today cancelled or postponed.

This is going out. I want to stress that if the storm was over, we would be in. The current conditions of the roads wouldn't stop us. Good morning, While currently the roads are passable, last night showed how... facebook.com/district117/po…

I just drove back from Springfield and the roads are slick but passable. There isn't anyway to tell how they will be in the morning at this time. I am going to try to get some sleep so I can wake up early and check the roads out.

The weather.gov site is showing between 1-2 inches of total accumulation tomorrow with another possible inch Friday. Those numbers alone should not interfere with school. Once again, it is the borderline temps... facebook.com/district117/po…

This is going out: Typed 9:30 am Wednesday, January 22 Good morning, While there are many news agencies report 3+ inches over the next couple of days, please remember those many of those reports are regional... facebook.com/district117/po…

At 3:09 pm, weather.gov just released new accumulation prediction charts and they look better for us. Those charts show a 70% chance of 1 inch for Thursday (midnight to midnight), but only a 20% chance of 2 inches.... facebook.com/district117/po…

This is going out: Good morning, This is a “heads up” about the changing predictions for a possible storm later this week. This prediction dramatically changed in the last 48 hours, and not in our favor.... facebook.com/district117/po…

Lost power in Westwinds

Temperatures will warm tonight with rain through the early morning and the temp will be 40 at 5am. Tomorrow events will take place as planned.

Hopefully we are lucky and the slightly colder temps keep this as a pellet snow. Just to our south west this was hitting as sleet.

Buses just got back in as we are getting reports of freezing rain in Murrayville. Whew

I have been asked this very good question by several: Since we attended school and had to leave early due to an incoming storm, this counts as a day. We will not have to make this up. Per the ISBE Website: c.... facebook.com/district117/po…