Marion Community Unit School District 2 is a school district headquartered in Marion, Illinois. It serves sections of Williamson County and Johnson County. It serves thirteen townships, with all but one in Williamson County. Marion CUSD 2 now covers approximately 159 square miles.
Marion CUSD includes almost all of the city limits of Marion, as well as Creal Springs, Pittsburg and Spillertown. - Text list
History It was established in 1951 by a merger of about the entirety and/or portions of 45 existing school districts, including the Marion Township High School District. It originally had of area, though through annexations it grew to .
In 2017 Marion CUSD 2 opened a new high school. The new campus accommodates 21st-century learning with a science and technology (STEM) lab, a performing arts and visual center, a technical and vocational education center including learning labs in culinary arts, agricultural science, building trades, and automotive repair. The new facility includes a new health education center with an indoor track, basketball and tennis courts, a dance rehearsal area, and a fitness center. The health education center also includes a Shawnee Health Center for students, teachers, staff, and parents. The educational wing better accommodates the wide variety of honors, advanced placement, capstone vocational courses, and college dual credit opportunities with John A. Logan College that prepare students for experiences in the workplace and at universities and colleges throughout the nation.
School Board Superintendent Becky Moss Assistant Superintendent Lindsay Watts President Shannon Mohr Vice President Sheri Lawler Members Joe Bleyer Patty Bundren Jared Garrison Brice Wesley Kristen Whiteford
Schools Secondary schools Marion High School Marion Junior High School
Elementary schools Adams School (Creal Springs Elementary School) Jefferson Lincoln Longfellow Washington
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