McLean County Times

McLean County is seeking applicants to fill a vacancy on its Board following the resignation of Krystle Able, who will leave her position effective at the end of Friday, November 14, 2025.

According to Section 20-10(H) of the McLean County Code, an appointment to fill the open seat is scheduled for Thursday, December 11, 2025. Interested individuals must submit a signed application and resume to the County Administrator’s Office by 4:00 p.m. on Monday, December 1, 2025. All eligible candidates will be interviewed by the Executive Committee during its regular meeting at 4:00 p.m. on Monday, December 8, 2025.

To qualify for consideration, applicants must belong to the same political party as Member Able (Democrat), reside in District 4, and meet all other eligibility requirements.

In related context about McLean County’s educational landscape, data from the Illinois State Board of Education shows that in the 2022-23 school year there was an average student-to-teacher ratio of fourteen-to-one with over twenty-two thousand students enrolled across fifty-three schools and more than sixteen hundred full-time faculty members. The county also reported a teacher absenteeism rate lower than the state average—29.7% compared to Illinois’ overall rate of 35.6%. For student demographics during that period: Normal Community High School had the highest enrollment of white students (1,235); Bloomington High School recorded both the highest numbers for multiracial students (146), Hispanic students (251), and Black students (325). More details are available through the Illinois State Board of Education.