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Coal City Becoming a Gigabit Community Athletics, Activities Back On IN THIS WEEK’S EDITION COALER SPORTS $1.00 Coal Citytrustess LadyCoalers to use Vol. 120, Issue 5 1 section • 12 pages agree to 4-waystop strengths vs.ICE Not over 75% advertising www.coalcitycourant.com WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 3, 2021 | A FREE PRESS NEWSPAPER Coal City becoming a gigabit community “WE THINK IT BY ANN GILL has been providing fiber internet to lage for funding, but it is asking town Bratta said, “the communities that have EDITOR commercial, educational and health- officials for a streamlined permit done that in the United States have WILL BE GREAT FOR care customers that needed the band- process, something Bratta said can seen some very prosperous times, THE RESIDENTIAL AND Cesare Bratta is looking to partner width that comes with fiber. slow down the process of getting fiber because as soon as you’re advertising COMMERCIAL GROWTH with the village of Coal City on the cre- As Bratta explains, fiber provides a in the ground. you’re gigabit consumers—residential ation of a gigabit community. bandwidth that doesn’t come with fixed The company is also looking to or commerical—know they can get IN THE CITY AND “We believe cities that have fiber wireless, and it became apparent that partner with the village on construc- high speed fiber services and they are I THINK IT WILL ALSO service thoughout will outperform residential users needed that same tion projects that would include road actually going to move to that commu- PREPARE THE CITY FOR cities that don’t,” said Bratta. He is pro- level of wireless service it was providing work and new development, some- nity. posing that fiber optic internet be to its commercial customers. thing they have already done in town. “We think it will be great for the FUTURE EXPANSION spread throughout the community. The company currently owns over During the recently completed residential and commercial growth in AND AS THE CITY “What we are looking for are part- 425 miles of fiber and leases more than South Broadway Reconstruction proj- the city and I think it will also prepare EXPANDS, LET’SSAYTO nerships with communities that we can 1,000 miles. It serves 250-plus commer- ect, Surf Broadband installed conduit the city for future expansion and as the work together and actually create a cial customers and 65 school districts that runs north and south along city expands, let’s say to the south, for THE SOUTH, FOR community as a gigabit community, or on 400 locations. Broadway. industrial we can bring service there,” INDUSTRIAL WE CAN gigabit city as we like to call them,” said On the residential side, Bratta “We are not asking the city for any Bratta added. BRING SERVICE THERE.” Bratta. reports the company has extended money, we’re looking to fund the build “Well certainly this is the way of Bratta has been providing internet fiber service to 40 homes locally with 20 out to every location,” Bratta told the future, gigabit cities, and it’s com- services in the community since 2003. additional projects in the works. trustees. The partnership would further ing and it’s going to be here quickly. I CESARE BRATTA In 2018, Bratta merged his company, Surf Broadband is looking to fur- provide the village with no cost internet think it’s a strategic asset if you have it CO-OWNER, Cyber Broadcasting, with two others to ther build out its high speed fiber net- service. within your community,” Mayor Terry SURF BROADBAND create Surf Broadband Solutions, an work through a partnership proposal— The extension of fiber and becom- Halliday said. internet service provider in the Great franchise agreement—with the village. ing a gigabit community would allow Lakes region. The focus of the company Surf Broadband isn’t asking the vil- the village to bill itself as such, and SEE GIGABIT, PAGE 2 Unit 1 preparing Athletics, activities back on to return to BY MARNEY SIMON AND ANN GILL STAFF EDITORS full day instruction Student athletes are ready to head back to their respective sporting events, Board of Education to take vote now that the Illinois High School Association [IHSA] has cleared the way to bring on March return date sports back, even in a limited capacity. BY ANN GILL The IHSA Board of EDITOR Directors met for a special board meeting on Jan. 27, The Unit 1 School District continues to discuss changes to where the Board provided an its Return to School Plan, specifically changes to the school day. updated sports schedule and Over several weeks various planning committees have met other guidance for the to draft a plan for students and staff to return to full day in-per- remainder of the 2020-21 son instruction at each of the district’s five schools. school year. The COVID-19 Superintendent Dr. Kent Bugg said that when the commit- pandemic and subsequent tees began to meet the goal was to develop a plan for full day restrictions in the state have instruction. The district is ready to transition from its current kept school sports sidelined hybrid model back to a full day schedule. for most of the year. “Our committees are still meeting and we are still finalizing The schedule includes recommendations so we can get our plan finished so that we boys and girls basketball to can publicize it and get it out to our parents,” Bugg said. start practices as soon as pos- Bugg expects to provide the Board of Education with an sible, with the season run- update when it meets this evening—Feb. 3. ning through March 13. Boys The superintendent said the work of the committees has soccer can begin practices on been to develop a plan that best meets the needs of students, March 1 with the season run- staff and district families. ning until April 17. So when can parents expect students to return full-time? Football can start on Bugg said it’s a decision of the Board of Education based on local March 3 for practices, with public health information and with guidance from public pro- the first games set for March fessionals. 19. The season is set to con- Based on current public health data showing a steady clude on April 24 with no reduction in COVID cases, with no transmission of the virus state series. within the school stetting, it looks as if the district will transition Baseball, softball, and from half day to full day attendance next month. girls soccer can start practices Bugg is recommending the board approve a return to full on April 5, with the season set day instruction beginning Thursday, March 11. Even if approved to run until June 19. Photos by Shawn Long at tonight’s meeting, he said the date remains tentative. Wrestling practices can COAL CITY SOPHOMRE Kerigan Copes takes a shot at the basket while teammate Mia Ferrias The superintendent said Tuesday there are a lot of factors start on April 19, with the sea- that went into selecting that date. son expiring on June 12. defends during basketball drills on Monday. “Would I have liked to seen that earlier to get our kids back? “What we have said in Absolutely. But, there are a lot of variables and like I try to tell our school district from day again, and notes the tendent said. an increasing number of stu- people it’s not as easy as flipping a switch and saying we’re going one of this is, whatever the announcement has uplifted When schools were man- dents and families dealing back to the schedule we had before all of this started,” Bugg said. Illinois Department of Public the student body. dated to shut down last with social and emotional According to Bugg, the district did not hire some positions Health [IDPH] and Illinois “There is a different March, Bugg said there was a issues stemming from the at the start of the school year in August and other positions were State Board of Education bounce in our kids’ step right lot of concern about the pandemic, and they are doing changed to accommodate what was needed to support the edu- [ISBE] allows we’re going to now because the weight room impact it would have on stu- what they can to help their cation plan. do, and we’ve done that from is open, because they got to dents’ academic growth. For students. “So it’s not that simple when we do go back to full day,” he the beginning,” Unit 1 School perform in the auditorium, him the concern very quickly “A big part of the school said. Superintendent Dr. Kent and clubs and activities are came to be and remains the experience is the social Even though the district is preparing to move to full day Bugg said. meeting in person. They just social and emotional health growth, the emotional growth instruction, the state still requires the district to offer full remote He reports the district is want to be together to social- of kids. that happens in the before learning to anyone who prefers not to attend. That’s something thrilled that its athletic and ize. While school is about aca- According to Bugg, dis- and after school activities the district still has to figure out. co-curricular programs, and demics, it’s also about so trict principals and student Another topic that’s been looked at is consistency across the clubs are starting to meet much more,” the superin- service personnel are seeing SEE BACK, PAGE 2 county as to when districts will be getting back to a full day SEE RETURN, PAGE 2 Coal City contributing $125,000 to O’Reilly project BY ANN GILL retail project last summer, but square-foot retail building that “The village’s obligation is term, at a minimum being five no pay out, and in the event EDITOR in order to comply with the complies with the design pretty simple,” according to years.
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