Letter to MS-CUSD#3

Mahomet-Seymour Community Unit School District 3

Dear Dr. Lindsey Hall, School Board Members, and Administrators,

We are Mahomet Seymour School District alumni spanning many graduating classes. We write to you today to call attention to the District’s lack of response to the current social injustices affecting our society, both presently and historically. As I am sure you are aware, our nation is experiencing a collective racial reckoning following the tragic death of George Floyd in Minneapolis. Protests in support of the Black Lives Matter movement have been held in cities across the state of Illinois, all 50 states, and across the globe. Social Media has exploded across a multitude of platforms to support the Black Lives Matter movement, to hold law enforcement and government officials accountable, as well as to share resources to learn, engage in personal reflection, and listen to the experiences of others.

We alumni cannot help but notice that while universities, corporations, and other institutions have released statements related to the George Floyd murder and addressing racism, Mahomet Seymour Schools have been silent on these issues. Having reviewed the district website, each school’s website, and various district social media platforms including Superintendent Dr. Lindsey Hall’s Twitter account, it is evident that Mahomet Seymour has not acknowledged the recent tragedy and civil unrest of the nation. It is disappointing that a school district which expects its graduates to “become productive and creative citizens,” “communicate effectively through the written and spoken word,” and “...recognize the need for diversity” has so far chosen not to put those essential skills into practice itself regarding such an urgent matter.

Additionally, while we value the public education we received and lessons we learned, we cannot ignore the curriculum gaps and harmful pedagogical practices which also accompanied our education at Mahomet Seymour. Our K-12 education did not prepare us to recognize, acknowledge, or engage with the current and historical social injustices in our society, nor were we prepared to enter a diverse, global workforce. Additionally, various lesson plans, assignments, and the framing of historical events and timelines of our nation have further contributed, likely unintentionally but with a negative impact nonetheless, to the social injustices of our society. While it is true that Mahomet and the surrounding communities have historically been, and continue to be, predominately white, there is no excuse for the District to not engage students in meaningful, developmentally appropriate education about power, race, and privilege.

We must admit that we are genuinely concerned that the students currently enrolled in Mahomet Seymour Schools will continue to graduate without the knowledge, empathy, and critical thinking skills which are crucial for understanding their position in the world, communicating effectively with others, and navigating a global workforce and society. We would like to see Mahomet Seymour Schools choose to prepare their students for the world ahead of them through an education which prioritizes social justice and inclusion.

We would like to see school officials take not only symbolic steps but also tangible, concrete actions to address the concerns discussed above, starting with the following:

I) Respond appropriately to the killing of George Floyd and the greater Black Lives Matter movement

While this would largely be a symbolic gesture, silence sends a message. To paraphrase Angela Davis, it is not sufficient to not be racist; one must be anti-racist. The silence from MS-CUSD#3 is indicative of passive acceptance and signifies complicity with the current climate. In the year 2020, it should not be viewed as radical or political to agree with the sentiment that “Black Lives Matter.”

II) Create a comprehensive curricular plan for addressing issues such as inclusion, race, power, privilege, and more at the Elementary, Middle, and High School levels

Children develop awareness of race at an incredibly young age, and develop racial biases around 3-5 years old. Therefore, it is vital that conversations related to race and justice begin at a young age, in a developmentally appropriate manner, and continue throughout elementary and secondary schooling.

Updating and developing a high-quality social justice-oriented curriculum is a long process, but we would like to see the following practices included:

Reading and literacy materials should represent people from a wide variety of backgrounds and which hold a wide variety of identities (racial, religious, socio-economic, ability, and so on)
Reading and literacy materials should be sourced from authors which hold a wide variety of identities. While white men have contributed important works which deserve the attention of our students, it is also crucial that students are exposed to the work of non-white, non-male authors.
Social studies and history units and courses should be historically accurate narratives which do not center exclusively the experiences of white, affluent people and colonizers.

III) Provide professional development and continuing education for teachers which focuses on cultural competency, implicit bias, and developing culturally responsive lesson plans

New information related to social justice and inclusion practices is constantly being published, and there is never a stopping-point when learning about these topics. Even for recent college graduates, the coursework in teacher preparation programs does not always adequately prepare them to engage in difficult conversations about race and social inequalities. We would like to see teachers, staff, and administrators receive ongoing training on how to diversify their syllabi and decolonize their classrooms.

With so many resources available online, as well as opportunities for coursework and training from nearby University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and Illinois State University, there is no reason not to make progress in this area.

IV) Share the developed curricular and professional development plans with the greater Mahomet Seymour community to allow for accountability by the community

We recognize that this is challenging work; mistakes will be made, and these changes are not all practices that can be implemented overnight. Knowing this, we believe that the District should respond publicly and release a plan of action to the community so that it can be held accountable. Any plan to address these issues can only be made stronger by inviting as diverse a group as possible to comment on it, now and into the future.

We recognize that full implementation of the above actions will require investments of time, energy, and resources at a time when so much is already happening in our world. We acknowledge that we are not the experts in the area of social justice and culturally competent teacher preparation. We consider the four requests we have outlined in this letter to be an initial response plan, but that with the support of colleagues in the field of education this will be an ongoing effort on behalf of Mahomet Seymour Schools. With COVID-19 already further exacerbating the inequality gap between students, we believe the time is now to take clear steps to incorporate social justice elements into Mahomet Seymour schools at all grade levels.

As graduates, we can speak firsthand to how valuable a Mahomet Seymour education is. However, without significant reflection and subsequent action by administrators, the school board, and teachers, Mahomet Seymour will continue to do its students a grave disservice.

Respectfully,

Alumni of Mahomet Seymour Schools (Click to sign here)

Addendum

The following statement was added after widespread circulation of the letter above. It should be noted by the letter recipients that the signatures listed at the end of this document are in regard to the original letter. Several alumni and community members have also called for and supported this addendum, but a signature of support process for the addendum was not offered. We do not aim to misrepresent the support of our signers.

Fellow Mahomet Seymour alums and community members felt additional components were necessary to supplement the letter above. These additional points were brought to the author’s attention; therefore, we would like to include an addendum in our call to action:

Addendum written by Mahomet Seymour alumni Ashley Tucker and Megan Tucker

The primary goal of donning an anti-racist perspective by actively endorsing the Black Lives Matter movement is to establish a safe environment for Black students and students of color as well as create a non-violent environment to welcome Black faculty and support existing faculty of color.

The goal of the pedagogical shift being requested is to generate an education at MS K-12 that can equip its graduates to not only be aware of systemic and institutionalized racism, but also have the critical tools to assist in its dismantling.
Currently, the faculty at Mahomet-Seymour HS does not accurately represent the student body which it serves.

The importance of a faculty mirroring their students is evidenced in the piece “The Promise of Black Teachers’ Success with Black Students” wherein it is stated, "In essence, there were culturally informed relationships that existed in the classrooms between Black teachers and Black students that enabled success for all involved”. (Milner IV, 2006).
According to Illinois Report Card’s 2018-2019 report the faculty is 0% Black, 0% Native American, 1.1% Hispanic, 1.1% Asian, and 97.2% white. By comparison, according to the same report of MS students grade 9 - 12, the HS student body is 1.1% Black, 0.1% Native American, 4.7% Hispanic, 2.2% Asian, 4.7% Mixed Race, and 87.2% white (Illinois State Board of Education, 2019).

To rectify this disparity, we propose both short- and long-term goals:

In the short-term, we call to include Black speakers and speakers of color onto the campus to lend their voice in the education process. These instructors should lend voice to a myriad of subjects (including, but not limited to, historical events, current events, sciences, and the performing arts) whether expertise is acquired through academic study, generational knowledge or by firsthand experience. By simply having Black role models and role models of color we enable our Black students and students of color to reconcile their identity at a crucial stage of identity development. Additionally, this contributes to creating a safe space for Black students and students of color and enhances the learning of the student body as a whole.
In the long-term, we seek a safe space within the district for Black families and families of color so that Black teachers and teachers of color can feel safe to continue or establish employment in the MS district.

Mahomet Township and the surrounding areas currently are, and historically have been, almost exclusively white due to the legally ordained segregation in the form of Sundown laws of recent decades past (Loewen, 2015).
Some members of MS faculty have a history of racist behavior toward Black individuals and people of color that needs to be explicitly addressed (Cheney, Loewen, & Huckelberry).

The goal of supporting the Black Lives Matter movement is to declare allyship with Black students, students of color, Black faculty, and faculty of color present in the Mahomet school district. To demonstrate that support, Mahomet school district must take immediate action to ensure Black students and students of color are supported in an evidence based manner both educationally and non-violently. Evidence demonstrates that the success of Black students and students of color significantly increases when they are taught by representative faculty. It is a tragedy that the education we receive can be considered some of the best education and make little to no mention of the pervasive power structure of racism in our society.

References

Loewen, J. W. (2015, November 1). Guest Commentary: Sundown towns remain problem. Retrieved June 6, 2020, from https://www.news-gazette.com/opinion/guest-commentary/guest-commentary-sundown-towns-remain-problem/article_664e4f50-05bd-51f1-8b1b-4cdb94393467.html

Loewen, J. W. (n.d.). Showing Mahomet IL. Retrieved June 6, 2020, from http://sundown.tougaloo.edu/sundowntownsshow.php?id=1636

Mahomet-Seymour High School: Demographics. (2019). Retrieved June 6, 2020, from https://www.illinoisreportcard.com/school.aspx?source=teachers&source2=teacherdemographics&Schoolid=090100030260001

Milner IV, H. R. (2006). The Promise of Black Teachers’ Success with Black Students. Educational Foundations, 20(3), 89–104.

Supporting Statements

Personal supporting statements will be added here before the letter is formally submitted

Signatures in Support

	First Name	Last Name	Graduating Year (i.e. Class of 2014) If you are a parent, current student, community member, MS staff, or other invested party please state that here	Date
1	Hannah	Kyle Austin	2014	6/6/2020
2	Hope	Webb	2013	6/6/2020
3	Ashley	Przytulski	Class of 2013	6/6/2020
4	Kenneth	Buchanan	2016	6/6/2020
5	Laura	Eades	Class of 2013	6/6/2020
6	Kara	Friederich	Class of 2016	6/6/2020
7	Jenny	Webb	2021 (current student)	6/6/2020
8	Naomi	Nielsen	2012	6/6/2020
9	Sarah	Webb	2019	6/6/2020
10	Alivia	Hay	Class of 2016	6/6/2020
11	Rachel	Langley	2012	6/6/2020
12	Shania	Wright	2013	6/6/2020
13	Tanvi	Vekaria	Class of 2014	6/6/2020
14	Hailee	Peck	Class of 2011	6/6/2020
15	Laura	Bane	2018	6/6/2020
16	Allison	Herman	2015	6/6/2020
17	Landon	Klingaman	2013	6/6/2020
18	Megan	Musselman (neè Kerney)	Class of 2014	6/6/2020
19	Rebecca	Strom	2016	6/6/2020
20	Samira	Kassem	Class of 2017	6/6/2020
21	Katherine	Carper	Class of 2017	6/6/2020
22	Andrea Nicole	McGrath	2014	6/6/2020
23	Emilie	Henderson	2014	6/6/2020
24	Rebekah	Gonzalez	Class of 2019	6/6/2020
25	Maris	Watson-Hall	2014	6/6/2020
26	Sydney	Rinehart	2015	6/6/2020
27	Lily	Newton	Class of 2015	6/6/2020
28	Madison	Kelsey	Class of 2016	6/6/2020
29	Megan	Perrero	class of 2015	6/6/2020
30	Grace	Pauley	Class of 2018	6/6/2020
31	Milea	Verock	Class of 2019	6/6/2020
32	Ari	Newton	2008	6/6/2020
33	Barghav	Sivaguru	2015	6/6/2020
34	Abigail	Kyle	2019	6/6/2020
35	Allison	Gwinup	2010	6/6/2020
36	Tyler	Tabaka	Class of 2013	6/6/2020
37	Sarah	Wagner	Class of 2014	6/6/2020
38	Kendall	Eisenhauer	Class of 2017	6/6/2020
39	Margaret	Dahl	2012	6/6/2020
40	Jordan	Hackmann	2017	6/6/2020
41	Zachary	Sanders	2016	6/6/2020
42	Danielle	Schuh	Class of 2014	6/6/2020
43	Madeline	Gates	Class of 2017	6/6/2020
44	Trevor	Woodcock	Former student - class of 2016	6/6/2020
45	Myles	Jones	2017	6/6/2020
46	Theresa	Edmonds	1991 with kids in 2011,2012 and 2018	6/6/2020
47	William “Will”	Steinlicht	2016	6/6/2020
48	Mitchell	Musselman	2013	6/6/2020
49	Amy	Schuh	2019	6/6/2020
50	Claire	Lundberg	Class of 2016	6/6/2020
51	Tyler	Hackmann	Class of 2011	6/6/2020
52	Morgan	DeHaan	Class of 2014	6/6/2020
53	Nathaniel	Carsten	Class of 2014	6/6/2020
54	Morgan	Rogers	Former MS student from 2001-2011	6/6/2020
55	David	Bielby	2016	6/6/2020
56	Laura	Rebollo (Cantu)	class of 2014	6/6/2020
57	Annie	Taber	Class of 2019	6/6/2020
58	Savannah	Smith	Current Student (Class of 2022)	6/6/2020
59	Makayla	Muzinic	2018	6/6/2020
60	Mindy	Spencer	Class of 1993 and current parent	6/6/2020
61	Dan	Lewis	Class of 2012	6/6/2020
62	Katy	East	2016	6/6/2020
63	Kiel	Ledin	Class of 2019	6/6/2020
64	Mackenzie	Peck	Class of 2013	6/6/2020
65	Chris	Edmonds	Parent: Class of '11/'12/'18	6/6/2020
66	Sara	Mason	2016	6/6/2020
67	Marlena	Johnson	Class of 2017	6/6/2020
68	Antonio	Cosimini	2018	6/6/2020
69	Jill	Beckett	2014	6/6/2020
70	Shannon	Levine	2016	6/6/2020
71	Valerie	Green	Class of 2016	6/6/2020
72	Nikki	Warner (previously Tobeck)	Class of 2011	6/6/2020
73	Allison	Love	Class of 2018	6/6/2020
74	Kenny	Johnson	2015	6/6/2020
75	Katie	Badger	2015	6/6/2020
76	Sara	Kilar	2019	6/6/2020
77	Jess	Schlipf (Miller)	Class of 2012	6/6/2020
78	Michael	Cuthbertson	Class of 2013	6/6/2020
79	Alexandra	Misenheimer	2015	6/6/2020
80	Audrey	Roney	Class of 2015	6/6/2020
81	Leslie	Semeraro	2012	6/6/2020
82	Alexandra	Bidner	2011	6/6/2020
83	Angela	Garcia	2019	6/6/2020
84	Hannah	Swim	2015	6/6/2020
85	Ronnette	Chopp	Parent (Of Alex, Malea, Chase& Cole Misenheimer)	6/6/2020
86	Karsyn	Spese	2019	6/6/2020
87	Kyle	Schum	2017	6/6/2020
88	Jada	Swendsen	2012- my mixed cousin attends right now. I am very invested in this cause.	6/6/2020
89	Jacob	Singleton	2019	6/6/2020
90	Kaytlin	Workman	2012	6/6/2020
91	Kelly	Trevillian	Class of 2018	6/6/2020
92	Neenah	Williams	Class of 2020	6/6/2020
93	Matthew	Campbell	Class of 2015	6/6/2020
94	Erin	Dapper	2016	6/6/2020
95	Nadine	Trapp	2019	6/6/2020
96	Grant	Wingo	Class of 2013	6/6/2020
97	James	Henslick	2010	6/6/2020
98	Layne	Acree	Class of 2019	6/6/2020
99	Dana	Wonderlin	Class of 2016	6/6/2020
100	Gail	Johnson	Parent	6/6/2020
101	Lauren	Henderson	Class of 2019	6/6/2020
102	Ann	Kazmi	Class of 2011	6/6/2020
103	Alyssa	Spoerer	2014	6/6/2020
104	Boyd	Roberts	Class of 2015	6/6/2020
105	Kimberly	Underwood	2017	6/6/2020
106	Ainsley	Jessup	Class of 2019	6/6/2020
107	Tammy	Hackmann	Parent to two Mahomet Seymour Graduates	6/6/2020
108	Troy	Jackson	2012	6/6/2020
109	Sanket	Patel	2018	6/6/2020
110	Nikki	Lewis	2012	6/6/2020
111	Paige	Roberts	Class of 2016	6/6/2020
112	Jillian	Jordan	Class of 2020	6/6/2020
113	Trevor	Hanlon	Class of 2015	6/6/2020
114	Sean	Buchanan	2008	6/6/2020
115	Mike	Ingram	2000	6/6/2020
116	Madison	Slade	2018	6/6/2020
117	Sara	Kilar	2019	6/6/2020
118	Liliana	Zamora	2012	6/6/2020
119	Adrienne	Schaumann	Class of 2016	6/6/2020
120	Brett	Garrett	2013	6/6/2020
121	Rebecca	Ringo	Class of 2015	6/6/2020
122	Henry	Livingston	2020	6/6/2020
123	Carly	Pogue	Class of 2019	6/6/2020
124	Shelby	Buchanan	Class of 2018	6/6/2020
125	Bri	Haney	Class of 2015	6/6/2020
126	Trey	Faullin	2015	6/6/2020
127	Alex	Hafner	2018	6/6/2020
128	Justin	Reed	2015	6/6/2020
129	Jaden	Klaus	Class of 2018	6/6/2020
130	Christopher	Bletzinger	Class of 2014	6/6/2020
131	Joseph	Reiter	2017	6/6/2020
132	Molly	Cockerham	2011	6/6/2020
133	Anika	Vogen	2015	6/6/2020
134	Suzanne	Rinehart	Parent of Sydney (2015) and Matthew Rinehart (2017)	6/6/2020
135	Hannah	Hall	Class of 2017	6/6/2020
136	Hannah	(Brocksmith) Morris	Class of 2012	6/6/2020
137	Zach	Schnepper	Class of 2018	6/6/2020
138	Layne	Acree	Class of 2019	6/6/2020
139	Anna	Lundquist	2016	6/6/2020
140	Sarah	Caputo	2012	6/6/2020
141	Emma	Robbins	2016	6/6/2020
142	Zoe	Hovde	2020	6/6/2020
143	Allison	Nofziger	Class of 2019	6/6/2020
144	Zachary	Kietzmann	2018	6/6/2020
145	Mazie	Beavers	2016	6/6/2020
146	Isa	Schmidt	2020	6/6/2020
147	Taylor	Huls	Class of 2019	6/6/2020
148	Molly	Fleming	Class of 2012	6/6/2020
149	Anna Christina	Nielsen	Class of 2019	6/6/2020
150	Erin	Wilding-Martin	Current parent	6/6/2020
151	Lukpla	Tumthian	Class of 2016	6/6/2020
152	Hayley	Kalmer	Class of 2017	6/6/2020
153	Michael	Bohlen	2015	6/6/2020
154	Linda	Meachum	Retired teacher 2011	6/6/2020
155	Sarah	Love	Class of 2016	6/6/2020
156	Mary	Fortune	Parent of two MSHS Graduates	6/6/2020
157	Jennifer	Stewart	1988	6/6/2020
158	Madison	Wallace	2014	6/6/2020
159	Iain	Carpenter	2017	6/6/2020
160	Laura	Hettinger	Class of 1996	6/6/2020
161	Sydney	Longfellow	Class of 2017	6/6/2020
162	Elizabeth	Eichstedt	Class of 2016	6/6/2020
163	Jacob	Strom	Class of 2018	6/6/2020
164	Shelley	Campbell	1986	6/6/2020
165	Natalie	Bidner	2014	6/6/2020
166	Jenny	Carpenter (Forshey)	Class of 1988	6/6/2020
167	Spencer	Cadman	Class of 2016	6/6/2020
168	Justin	Pike	Class of 2006	6/6/2020
169	Bailey	(Keeney) Orander	Class of 2011	6/6/2020
170	Cody	Brennan	2011	6/6/2020
171	Melinda	Wyatt	1991	6/6/2020
172	Aubree	Whited	2015	6/6/2020
173	Natalie	Douglas	Class of 2017	6/6/2020
174	Grant	Odle	2019	6/6/2020
175	Maddie	Schacht	Class of 2015	6/6/2020
176	Amber	Smith	2015	6/6/2020
177	Riley	Bode	Class of 2016	6/6/2020
178	Madeline	Odle	2015 - Community Member	6/6/2020
179	Jonah	Cagley	1989	6/6/2020
180	Ann Marie	Morrissette	1989 graduate and current MSHS parent	6/6/2020
181	Shannon	Vance	2011	6/6/2020
182	Jessica	Hammack	Class of 2014	6/6/2020
183	Caroline	Tee	2017	6/6/2020
184	Jessica	Heckenmueller	2008	6/6/2020
185	Lauren	Gilonske	Class of 2018	6/6/2020
186	Aubree	Henderson	Class of 2009	6/6/2020
187	Kaleigh	Tompkins	2014	6/6/2020
188	Kara	DiFilippo	Class of 2019	6/6/2020
189	Benjamin	Williams	2016	6/6/2020
190	Kevin	Sellers	2008	6/6/2020
191	Tiana	Dyson	2017	6/6/2020
192	Marisa	Fender	2015	6/6/2020
193	Hannah	Turk	Class of 2014	6/6/2020
194	Kat	Coburn	2015	6/6/2020
195	Katherine	Meyer	2015	6/6/2020
196	Ian	Marcusiu	2015	6/6/2020
197	Kianna	Hastings	Class of 2015	6/6/2020
198	Abby	Freymuth	2018	6/6/2020
199	Johanna	Thais	2015	6/6/2020
200	José Luis	Melgarejo Jr.	1990	6/6/2020
201	Natalie	Cebulski	Class of 2017	6/6/2020
202	Abbie	Lewis	Class of 2015	6/6/2020
203	Laura	Ledin	Class of 2016	6/6/2020
204	Claire	Penrose	Class of 2017	6/6/2020
205	Kianna	Hastings	Class of 2015	6/6/2020
206	Kye	Ewing	Class of 2007	6/6/2020
207	Arlena	Hay	Alumni Grad of 2010	6/6/2020
208	Seth	Hafer	Alumni Grad of 2010	6/6/2020
209	Catherine	McHale	2014	6/6/2020
210	Jessica	Norton	Class of 2017	6/6/2020
211	Molly	Smith	Class of 2014	6/6/2020
212	Lucile	Stahl	2015	6/6/2020
213	Grace	Mies	Class of 2019	6/6/2020
214	Brisa	McGrath	Class of 2019	6/6/2020
215	Dhairav	Vakil	2014	6/6/2020
216	Breanna	Bone	2018	6/6/2020
217	Lindsey	Ogle	2013	6/6/2020
218	Anthony	Stevens	Class of 2015	6/6/2020
219	Moriah	Asbill	2013	6/6/2020
220	Emma	Vallee	Class of 2016	6/6/2020
221	Kale	Ewing	Class of 2009	6/6/2020
222	Alexandria	Quinlan (Maiden name: Harris)	Class of 2013, Alumni	6/6/2020
223	Claire	Schwarzentraub	2019	6/6/2020
224	Alison	Hall	Class of 2015	6/6/2020
225	Lindsay	Chestnut	2005	6/6/2020
226	Christina	Graves	1986	6/6/2020
227	Olivia	Hendershot	2016	6/6/2020
228	Kyle	Gifford	Class of 2017	6/6/2020
229	Savannah	Burkhalter	Class of 2017	6/6/2020
230	Makayla	Flaishans	Class of 2016	6/6/2020
231	Alysha	Gil (Gruner)	2008	6/6/2020
232	Madisen	Nelson	Class of 2015	6/6/2020
233	Alyssa	Standifer	Class of 2016	6/6/2020
234	Alyssa	Garcia	2015	6/6/2020
235	Clayton	Quinlan	Class of 2010, Alumni	6/6/2020
236	Ryan	McDavitt	Class of 2016	6/6/2020
237	Salli	Loy	1969	6/6/2020
238	Hannah	Tomashek	Class of 2018	6/6/2020
239	Jillian	Jones	Class of 2015	6/6/2020
240	Kevin	Kauffman	2015	6/6/2020
241	Nichole	DelValley	2006	6/6/2020
242	Karsyn	Routh	2017	6/6/2020
243	Elizabeth	Rhodes	2016	6/6/2020
244	Audrey	Lowry	2014	6/6/2020
245	Paige	Pintar	2017	6/6/2020
246	Malea	Misenheimer	2017	6/6/2020
247	Kayla	Schwenk	2013	6/6/2020
248	Samantha	Rochnowski	Class of 2015	6/6/2020
249	Kaitlyn	Giacomo	2008	6/6/2020
250	Amber	Simmons	2010	6/7/2020
251	Leah	Peck	Class of 2009	6/7/2020
252	Heidi	Routh	Parent of class of 2013 and 2017	6/7/2020
253	Daniel	Roberson	2014	6/7/2020
254	Kayla	Kilar	2016	6/7/2020
255	Marissa	Vogelsang	Class of 2016	6/7/2020
256	Austin	Woller	Graduate of 2015	6/7/2020
257	Bradley	Gleason	2014	6/7/2020
258	Hannah	Greenberger	2017	6/7/2020
259	Melissa	Coffel	Class of 2011	6/7/2020
260	Ally	Sheehy	Class of 2016	6/7/2020
261	Dann-e	Simmons	2017	6/7/2020
262	Jacob	Phillips	2012	6/7/2020
263	Patrick	Lindsey	2016	6/7/2020
264	Saloni	Patel	Class of 2019	6/7/2020
265	Emma	Routh	2013	6/7/2020
266	Hannah	Gough	Class of 2016	6/7/2020
267	Sara	Jahn	2008	6/7/2020
268	Hallie	Twombly	2018	6/7/2020
269	Katelyn	Robinson	Class of 2019	6/7/2020
270	Markie	Zimmerman	2017	6/7/2020
271	Hallie	Twombly	2018	6/7/2020
272	Allan	Hay	Class of 2012	6/7/2020
273	Cassidy	Smelcer	Class of 2013	6/7/2020
274	Rachel	Kyle	2019	6/7/2020
275	Rachel	Williams	2008	6/7/2020
276	Shelby	Hildreth	Current student, 2022	6/7/2020
277	Mayah	Bickers	Class of 2017 but moved away in 2015	6/7/2020
278	Sarah	Meilike	Class of 2003	6/7/2020
279	Morgan	Reese	2010	6/7/2020
280	Emily	Carey (Divan)	Class of 2006	6/7/2020
281	Ashlie	Marcy (Morfey)	2004	6/7/2020
282	Kayla	Brady	2018	6/7/2020
283	Nicole	Wonderlin	2011	6/7/2020
284	Molly	Ford	2007	6/7/2020
285	Jeffrey	Graham	Class of 2005	6/7/2020
286	Elaine	Richardson	Class of 2004	6/7/2020
287	Jessica	Bates	2005	6/7/2020
288	Nicholas	McHale	Class of 2016	6/7/2020
289	Elizabeth	Nicholaides	1990 graduate	6/7/2020
290	David	Barickman	2010	6/7/2020
291	Barbara	Buchanan	Parent of 2016, 2018, and 2020 graduates and community member.	6/7/2020
292	Jenna	(Caschett) Hans	2004	6/7/2020
293	Tyler	Gegg	Class of 2008	6/7/2020
294	Alex	Keeble	Class of 2016	6/7/2020
295	Germaine	Light	MSHS biology teacher 1986-2013	6/7/2020
296	Nigel	McGuire	2003	6/7/2020
297	Joel	Shoemaker	2002	6/7/2020
298	Sam	Riestenberg (Frisby)	Class of 2008	6/7/2020
299	Blayne	Moxley	2015	6/7/2020
300	Anna	Price (Barickman)	2006	6/7/2020
301	Kelly	Schmucker (Oyer)	2002	6/7/2020
302	Maria	Ross	2017	6/7/2020
303	Mikaela	Antonacci	Class of 2017	6/7/2020
304	Matt	Rufener	2008	6/7/2020
305	Dawn	(Garrison) Keller	Class of 1988 and parent of Class of 2009	6/7/2020
306	Kendyl	Vite (Cummins)	Class of 2012	6/7/2020
307	Austin	Hedge	Class of 2008	6/7/2020
308	Rhonda	Young	2002	6/7/2020
309	Pamela	Harris	Parent, children from class of 2006, 2011, and 2013	6/7/2020
310	Jamie	Tennant	2001	6/7/2020
311	Ryan	Pavesic	2012	6/7/2020
312	Will	McDermith	2015	6/7/2020
313	Michael	Campion	Class of 2008	6/7/2020
314	Jason	Heinold	1989	6/7/2020
315	Elizabeth	Madeira (Carley)	2003	6/7/2020
316	Catherine	(Brown) Petersen	2001	6/7/2020
317	Matthew	Funkhouser	2006	6/7/2020
318	Kenneth	Buchanan	Parent community member	6/7/2020
319	Allison	Dominguez	2010	6/7/2020
320	Brittany	Clapper	2008	6/7/2020
321	Kelci	Hedrick	Class of 2003	6/7/2020
322	Kim	Irwin	Parent	6/7/2020
323	Kate Irwin	Hamiltom	2006	6/7/2020
324	Tara	Moen (Jamison)	Class of 2001	6/7/2020
325	Emily	Ward (Beherns)	2008	6/7/2020
326	Hannah	Watson	Class of 2007	6/7/2020
327	Marcus	Robinson	Class of 2008 (uncle to many current students)	6/7/2020
328	Keara	Joiner	Class of 2011	6/7/2020
329	Keith	Coller	Class of 2003	6/7/2020
330	Emily	Carey (Divan)	2006	6/7/2020
331	Connor	Gough	2010	6/7/2020
332	Whitney	Tatman	Class of 2006	6/7/2020
333	Brett	Eisenhauer	Class of 2014	6/7/2020
334	Dustin	Clark	Class of 2006	6/7/2020
335	Lauren	Brewer (Burke)	2006	6/7/2020
336	Jennifer	Trueblood	Class of 2010	6/7/2020
337	Taylor	Vogelsang	Class of 2010	6/7/2020
338	Emilee	Miller	2015	6/7/2020
339	Emma	Simon	Class of 2014	6/7/2020
340	Alisha	Funkhouser-Walker	2008	6/7/2020
341	Rafael	Coombs (Messier)	2005	6/7/2020
342	Alexia	Freeman	2017	6/7/2020
343	Tori	Young	Class of 2018	6/7/2020
344	Erica	Laseter	2008	6/7/2020
345	Emilee	Miller	2015	6/7/2020
346	Amanda	Raymond	Class of 2014	6/7/2020
347	Emily	Seiple	2009	6/7/2020
348	Dave	Downes	89, Retired Navy	6/7/2020
349	Fallon	Bartell (Kirby)	2004	6/7/2020
350	Jeremy	Phelps	2005	6/7/2020
351	Diana	Onken	Parent of MS graduating class of 2026 & 2029	6/7/2020
352	Allison	Pittman	Class of 2002 and current parent	6/7/2020
353	Kelly	Maloney	2017	6/7/2020
354	Lize-Mari	(Van Aarde) Sherman	2010	6/7/2020
355	Diane	Klock	Community member	6/7/2020
356	Ashley	Acevedo Neumann	Class of 2013	6/7/2020
357	Kelly	Crumrine (nee Mortland)	2003	6/7/2020
358	Amy	Dean	Parent to Charlotte, Anna, and Mason Lybarger	6/7/2020
359	Taylor	Denault (maiden name Brown)	Class of 2012	6/7/2020
360	Kristy	Gifford	2011	6/7/2020
361	Kelly	Keller	2010	6/7/2020
362	Kelly	Foster	2002	6/7/2020
363	Melody	Rosenbery	1994	6/7/2020
364	Austin	Abrams	2005	6/7/2020
365	Diana	Christopher	2003	6/7/2020
366	Whitney	Tock	2008	6/7/2020
367	Kathy	Ihlenfeldt	2006	6/7/2020
368	Brittany	Isaac	1995	6/7/2020
369	Lydia	Morris	2001	6/7/2020
370	Logan	Ojermark (Moore)	Class of 2011	6/7/2020
371	Alexis	Rosenbery	2016	6/7/2020
372	Jennifer	Scott	Class of 2008, child in class of 2032	6/7/2020
373	Annemarie	Windhorst	2000	6/7/2020
374	Kelly	Prather (Rushing)	2001	6/7/2020
375	Gail	Butler	2011	6/7/2020
376	Liz	Colravy	2009	6/7/2020
377	James	Mortland	Class of 1994	6/7/2020
378	Sara	Witte	Class of 2005	6/7/2020
379	Faith	Evens	2020	6/7/2020
380	Amy	Johnson	1993	6/7/2020
381	Christa	Jenkins	2006	6/7/2020
382	Alexis	Thomason (Williams)	Class of 2012 - parent, community member	6/7/2020
383	David	Williams	2011	6/7/2020
384	Brittany	Stewart	2006	6/7/2020
385	Jennifer	Setser	Class of 1999	6/7/2020
386	Kara	Peterson	Class of 1999	6/7/2020
387	Sierra	Shaw	2005	6/7/2020
388	Lauren	Grant	2012	6/7/2020
389	Hannah	Turk	Class of 2014	6/7/2020
390	Colton	Dillavou	2016	6/7/2020
391	Madison	Crawford	Class of 2017	6/7/2020
392	Catherine	Ademe	2011	6/7/2020
393	Isabelle	Farm	Class of 2020	6/7/2020
394	Codi	Braun	Class of 2007	6/7/2020
395	Abigail	Grote	Class of 2018	6/7/2020
396	Taylor	Williams	Class of 2012	6/7/2020
397	Sean	Jackson	Class of 2016	6/7/2020
398	Kerri	Nowak Green	1999	6/7/2020
399	Amanda	Buchanan	Class of 2001	6/7/2020
400	Lauren	Kilar	2017	6/7/2020
401	Crystal	Rollins	2003 also a current parent to two students	6/7/2020
402	Chaotte	Lunt	2002	6/7/2020
403	Emily	Gingerich	2010	6/7/2020
404	Paige	White	Class of 2012	6/7/2020
405	Nicole	Gibson	Class of 2002	6/7/2020
406	Nicolina	Di Girolamo	Class of 2020	6/7/2020
407	Alyssa	Matthews	Class of 2010	6/7/2020
408	Kimberly	Cunningham	2010	6/7/2020
409	Anna	Webb	Parent / community member / staff member	6/7/2020
410	Lynette	Forbis	1999	6/7/2020
411	Meagan	Morfey	2004. Also a parent of 3 students and family member of a biracial student in the district.	6/7/2020
412	Lindsay	Wilson	2002	6/7/2020
413	Christopher	Hall	2002	6/7/2020
414	Callum	Buchanan	2018	6/7/2020
415	Rachel	King	2007	6/7/2020
416	Dee	Chapman	Parent of current student	6/7/2020
417	Baylee	Stallworth	2011	6/7/2020
418	Taylor	Griffing Gutierrez	Student until 2009 (First grade - Junior year of HS)	6/7/2020
419	Carol	Koch Houser	1973	6/7/2020
420	Mary	Choules	2005	6/7/2020
421	Erica	Frick	Class of 2005; parent of 2025 and 2033	6/7/2020
422	Jessica	Burns (Formerly Melchi)	2013	6/7/2020
423	Bri	Chapman	2012	6/7/2020
424	Shannon	Griffing	2008	6/7/2020
425	Jamie	Ishcomer	Former student (through 8th grade)	6/7/2020
426	Rachel	Smith-Bolton	Parent of children in classes of 2025 and 2027	6/7/2020
427	Dylan	Huber-Heidorn	Class of 2007	6/7/2020
428	Byla	Chapman	current student 2024	6/7/2020
429	Tyler	Reed	2008	6/7/2020
430	Angel	Hitchins	Class of 2015	6/7/2020
431	Faith	Miller (Gubbins)	2011. I moved away in 2009 but had been in this district since kindergarten	6/7/2020
432	Ethan (Drew)	Richardson	Class of 2005	6/7/2020
433	Matthew	Shores	2005	6/7/2020
434	Iman	Hussain	Class of 2012	6/7/2020
435	Benjamin	Chapman	Community Member	6/7/2020
436	Megan	Mastny	2007	6/7/2020
437	Ross	Johnson	2013	6/7/2020
438	Caitlin	Richardson	2013	6/7/2020
439	Randall	Buchanan	Class of 1979	6/7/2020
440	Caley	Moehring	Class of 2007	6/7/2020
441	Ellen	Brown	2014	6/7/2020
442	Chelsea	Gerber	2009	6/7/2020
443	Tara	Ferguson	2014	6/7/2020
444	Jessica	Campion Park	2007	6/7/2020
445	Ken	Keefe	Member of the Mahomet-Seymour Board of Education and parent of three current students	6/7/2020
446	Elizabeth	Sanders	2014	6/7/2020
447	Bella	Chapman	Community member	6/7/2020
448	Jenna	Richter	2007	6/7/2020
449	Anslie	Waldrep	Class of 2019	6/7/2020
450	Emma	Simon	Class of 2014	6/7/2020
451	Olivia	Meyer	2017	6/7/2020
452	Emma	Livingston	2016	6/7/2020
453	Deanna Janay	Willis	2009	6/7/2020
454	Melissa	Singleton	2018	6/7/2020
455	Katie	Williams	2017	6/7/2020
456	Samantha	Breytspraak	class of 2015	6/7/2020
457	Stephanie	Harper	2007	6/7/2020
458	Celeste	Twombly	Class of 2016	6/7/2020
459	Jess	Johnston	Class of 2010	6/7/2020
460	Heather	Johnson	Class of 1999	6/7/2020
461	Jessica	Porter	Class of 2014	6/7/2020
462	Amanda	Brown	Parent	6/7/2020
463	Ashley-Jo	Hart	2007	6/7/2020
464	Cory	Haberman	2019	6/7/2020
465	Madison	Marshall	2008	6/7/2020
466	Evelyn	Wheeler	Class of 2019	6/7/2020
467	Cassidy	Roderick	Class of 2014	6/7/2020
468	Judith	Johnson	Parent of biracial students class of ‘23 and ‘25	6/7/2020
469	Jessica	Forshey	2007	6/7/2020
470	Ryan	Harrison	2017	6/7/2020
471	Rachael	Diehl	2007	6/7/2020
472	Carrie	Jones	1995	6/7/2020
473	Rachel	Rubin	2003	6/7/2020
474	Alysia	Beachey	2012	6/7/2020
475	Tristan	Leever	2017	6/7/2020
476	Jesse	Debolt	2011	6/7/2020
477	Hallie	Twombly	2018	6/7/2020
478	Heather	Bushman	Class of 2001	6/7/2020
479	Samantha	Bliss	2014	6/7/2020
480	Holt	Hafer	2013	6/7/2020
481	Vignesh	Sivaguru	2015	6/7/2020
482	Jerrica	Hightower	Class of 2007	6/7/2020
483	Lauren	Holderfield	Class of 2014	6/7/2020
484	Kelley	Armstrong	2007	6/7/2020
485	Lyndsey	Hacker-McNew	Class of 2002	6/7/2020
486	Evan	Forbes	Class of 2011	6/7/2020
487	Jadin	Elliott	Class of 2017	6/7/2020
488	Sohum	Nagi	Class of 2015	6/7/2020
489	Jeff	Carsten	Class of 1984/Parent of Class of 2014 & 2017	6/7/2020
490	Jolie	Carsten	Parent of Class of 2014 & 2017	6/7/2020
491	Connor	Muzinic	Class of 2018	6/7/2020
492	Andrew	Conrad	Class of 2011	6/7/2020
493	Landon	Martin	2015	6/7/2020
494	Kristen	Huffman	Class of 2010	6/7/2020
495	Whitney	Eisfelder	Class of 2019	6/7/2020
496	Lauren	LaTour	2008	6/7/2020
497	Barbara	Lillyman	A 20-year community member.	6/7/2020
498	William	Wolf	Class of 2015	6/7/2020
499	Robert	Wolf	2015	6/7/2020
500	Cassidy	Waldrep	Class of 2019	6/7/2020
501	Sara	Canary	Parent of 2 students.	6/7/2020
502	Kendra	Barbee	Class of 2007	6/7/2020
503	Colleen	Sheehy	2014	6/7/2020
504	Justin	Calhoun	2009	6/7/2020
505	Cory	Haberman	2019	6/7/2020
506	Anthony	Medrano	Class of 2004	6/7/2020
507	Marina	Moore	2019	6/7/2020
508	Elizabeth	Homan	2003	6/7/2020
509	Emily	Polk (Jahn)	2012	6/7/2020
510	Becky	Wagner	Class of 2005	6/7/2020
511	Jordyn	Tietz	Class of 2019	6/7/2020
512	Tyler	Hackmann	Class of 2011	6/7/2020
513	Amelia	Thornton	Current student, 2021	6/7/2020
514	Ella	Tietz	2021	6/7/2020
515	Sarah	Pietrowicz	Class of 2013	6/7/2020
516	Dr. Nicole	Vaux	Class of 1999	6/7/2020
517	kelsey	jacobs	current student	6/7/2020
518	Rebecca	Darter	1994	6/7/2020
519	Tara	Martin	2004	6/7/2020
520	Nicole	Bash (Primmer)	2003	6/7/2020
521	Stephanie	Wheatley	Parent: class of 2030	6/7/2020
522	Jack	Kamp	Class of 2018	6/7/2020
523	haley	knauff	2021, current student	6/7/2020
524	Lisa	Ryherd	Class of 2013	6/7/2020
525	Lauren	Kilar	2017	6/7/2020
526	Katie	Gibble	2009	6/7/2020
527	Ron	Coffel	2013	6/7/2020
528	Jamie	Pfeifer	2017	6/7/2020
529	Ashley	Fleming	2014	6/7/2020
530	Will	Meachum	1997	6/7/2020
531	Kyle	Kinnamon	Class of 2020	6/7/2020
532	Martha	Firehock	1999	6/7/2020
533	Maggie	Kinnamon	Parent of three Mahomet Seymour students	6/7/2020
534	Adrienne	Yeoward-Luckett	Class of 2012	6/7/2020
535	Contessa	Stewart	Class of 2022 (current student)	6/7/2020
536	Margaret	Ruch	1995	6/7/2020
537	Elizabeth	Perrero	2017	6/7/2020
538	Emily	Tangen	1999	6/7/2020
539	Courtney	McClure	Class of 1999	6/7/2020
540	Madeline	Evaristo	Class of 2015	6/7/2020
541	Gabe	Llano	Class of 2017	6/7/2020
542	Munirih	Quinlan	2004	6/7/2020
543	Kerry	Yeoward	1987 Alumni and parent of 2003, 2012, and 2017 students.	6/7/2020
544	Leah	Grooms	I left MSHD a year early and graduated from a homeschooling program	6/7/2020
545	Mackenzie	Joop	Class of 2014	6/7/2020
546	Erin	Claussen (Kidd)	1999	6/7/2020
547	Payton	Ade	Class of 2020	6/7/2020
548	Sarah	Rochnowski	2014	6/7/2020

549	Suzy	Rivera (Formally Rose)	Class of 2011	6/7/2020
550	Matt	Cowsert	Class of 2015	6/7/2020
551	Matthew	Cowsert	Class of 2015	6/7/2020
552	Carrie	Freese Hopkins	Class of 2000	6/7/2020
553	Andee	Weinberg-Chestnut	Mom of Leah '01 & Lindsay '05 (I think the yrs are right.)	6/7/2020
554	Ryan	Harper	2017	6/8/2020
555	Annabeth	Cowsert	Class of 2017	6/8/2020
556	Morgan	Young	2013	6/8/2020
557	Julia	Tomaszewski	2021	6/8/2020
558	Austin	Wingate	2006	6/8/2020
559	Lisa	Cosimini	Parent of 2018 & 2020 grads	6/8/2020
560	Scott	Cummins	Class of 1986	6/8/2020
561	Melisa	Lopez	Class of 2006	6/8/2020
562	Ryan	Oostdyk	Class of 2014	6/8/2020
563	Michelle	Matthews	Class of 1998	6/8/2020
564	Cara	Booker	Class of 1994	6/8/2020
565	Ashley	Lafond	Class of 2015	6/8/2020
566	Carissa	Ulick	1999	6/8/2020
567	Mia	Epley	2017	6/8/2020
568	Kristina	Vandervelde	1999	6/8/2020
569	Andrew	Latham	2019	6/8/2020
570	Marcie	Stout	Class of 1997 and parent of a class of 2027 student	6/8/2020
571	Alexis	Dorsey	Class of 2018	6/8/2020
572	Nikki	Weiss	1998	6/8/2020
573	Jeffy	Denight	2009	6/8/2020
574	Derek	Grant	2014	6/8/2020
575	Jolene	Kuehn	Parent of Sam Kuehn, Class of 2020	6/8/2020
576	Kelcie	O’Neal	Class of 2017	6/8/2020
577	Sarah	Thorman	1998	6/8/2020
578	Brittany	Schaub (Varndell)	Class of 2006; Aunt to two students	6/8/2020
579	Brandon	Brooks	2007	6/8/2020
580	Rachel	Huls	Class of 2016	6/8/2020
581	Jeff	Niswander	Class of 2003	6/8/2020
582	Audrey	McNamara	2019	6/8/2020
583	Emily	Tangen	1999	6/8/2020
584	Joe	Curnutte	2000	6/8/2020
585	Michelle	Gadbury	2015	6/8/2020
586	Kathleen	Duis	2000	6/8/2020
587	Marisa	Ellis	2013	6/8/2020
588	Rebecca	Spreen	Class of 2009	6/8/2020
589	Erika	Penrose	2014	6/8/2020
590	Kyle	Appelquist	Class of 2014	6/8/2020
591	Timothy	Eberle	2013	6/8/2020
592	Amy	Tournoux	2007	6/8/2020
593	Jessica	Rollins	Class of 2016	6/8/2020
594	Katie	Cawley	2011	6/8/2020
595	Abby	Grinberg	2014	6/8/2020
596	Allison	Parkin	Class of 2013	6/8/2020
597	Cecilia	Vermillion	2025	6/8/2020
598	Karin	Vermillion	Parent of class of 2025 student	6/8/2020
599	Emily	Sanders	Parent of 2014 and 2016 graduates	6/8/2020
600	Caleb	Jared	2019	6/8/2020
601	Chanell	Nealon	Former MS student 2003-2006, Class 2009	6/8/2020
602	Courtney	Williams ( Graham)	2007	6/8/2020
603	Mary	Carrara-Hay	Parent or three alumni grandparent of current student	6/8/2020
604	Heather	Salm	2004	6/9/2020
605	Kristen	Powell	2007 graduate	6/9/2020
606	Lauren	Weiss	2015	6/9/2020
607	Rachel	Rubin	2003	6/9/2020
608	Jacqueline	Hoke (Rieger)	2007	6/9/2020