
February 18, 2022
At the regular February Board of Education meeting, the board took action on several items. First involving personnel, the Board accepted the resignation of Ashley Delks, who had...

January 24, 2022
At the regular January Board of Education meeting, the board took action on several items. The district hired two new teachers who will begin next school year. Mrs. Kamla Hails ...

January 20, 2022
At the Board of Education meeting held January 19, Katelyn Lewis was selected to fill the vacancy on the Board. The term will run until April 2023. The Board previously establi...

August 11, 2021
During its special meeting held on Tuesday, August 10, 2021, the Bluford USD #318 Board of Education approved the return to school plan for the 2021-2022 school year. We will co...

May 3, 2021
The district is excited to announce that we will be offering summer learning opportunities. A portion of the federal stimulus dollars being received by the district are required ...

December 11, 2020
Today marks day 77 of student attendance. We are thankful that we have been able to continue in person attendance. This week, we became aware of four students/staff who tested p...

November 13, 2020
Bluford schools have now been in session for thirteen full weeks, with 61 days of student attendance. This message is to again share some insight and information on how we contin...

November 13, 2020
COVID-19 has had a substantial impact on our community, state, and nation over the past eight months. We have been forced to conduct school business and live our lives in diffe...

October 30, 2020
This article is to share the current position of every school district in Illinois and to explain what the district is currently facing. The big news this week in Illinois revol...

October 28, 2020
I wanted to take an opportunity to share some information and dispel some rumors that we are hearing. This week has been our most difficult yet as we have learned of a couple of ...

September 18, 2020
Bluford schools have now been in session for five weeks, with 24 days of student attendance. This message is to share some insight and information on how we are managing the curr...

September 4, 2020
We have now completed three full weeks of in person attendance! Over those three weeks, we have begun to realize a new norm full of challenges that we have never had to navigate....

July 23, 2020
This summer all of our kindergarten through third grades teachers (general ed., special ed., interventionist) participated in an extensive 30-hour training for the Orton-Gillingha...

June 23, 2020
I hope this message finds you and your families safe and well. Today, the Illinois State Board of Education released guidance for schools on the 2020-2021 school year.
This 6...

April 27, 2020
As we are all aware, with Governor Pritzker extending the shelter in place order, school attendance is over for the remainder of the school year. The school year will end as foll...

April 17, 2020
Dear Parents and Community Members:
I hope this message finds you and your families safe and well. Today, Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker
announced that remote learning in Illino...

April 8, 2020
I hope everyone is holding up okay in our current state of affairs. We are scheduled to have "spring break" on Thursday, Friday, and Monday coming up. As far as school work is c...

March 31, 2020
Dear Parents and Community Members:
I hope this message finds you and your families safe and well. Today, Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker announced that remote learning in Illinois w...

March 31, 2020
Bluford Unit School District #318
Remote Learning Student Expectations
Bluford Grade School:
We are fully aware that we can in no way replace a school day a...

March 10, 2020
The district experienced an internet cyber attack on Thursday, March 4. Around 2:30 a.m. district systems were infected with a ransomware virus which affected aspects of the file...