Mychal Bowman was highlighted on Apr. 27 for his involvement in various sports, including soccer, track, and basketball. He has received two free throw awards in basketball and earned medals in soccer. Bowman’s hobbies include playing sports, video games, cooking, watching television, and building with Legos. His favorite things are the color blue, tacos, his room, his friend’s house, and the soccer field.
Bowman said he is looking forward to seeing friends in high school and plans to participate in basketball, agriculture classes (Ag), soccer, and possibly track. He also said he intends to attend trade school after graduation with hopes of playing professional soccer.
Cornell Community Consolidated School District 426 represents Livingston County and includes Cornell Elementary School according to the Illinois Report Card. The district enrolled 103 students during the 2019-2020 school year as an elementary district serving grades pre-kindergarten through twelfth grade; it is located in Cornell within Livingston County according to state data.
Demographic information shows that Cornell Community Consolidated School District 426 is composed of approximately 92 percent White students, one percent Black students, and nearly six percent Hispanic students according to the Illinois State Board of Education. The district employs ten teachers with an average salary of $45,192 before pension contributions; nearly all teachers are women at over ninety-eight percent according to state education data.
Financial records indicate that spending per student reached $20,869 in 2020 for a total expenditure of $2,149,459 as reported by the Illinois Report Card. Attendance statistics show there were no chronically truant students enrolled during the same period—resulting in a zero percent chronic truancy rate compared with a statewide average of almost ten percent according to ISBE data.
