NORMAL, Ill. (WMBD) -- McLean County Unit 5 School District took the unsung heroes of a modern education system out to lunch as a way to show their appreciation.

Tuesday, Sept. 16 is National IT Professional Day, where people around the country celebrate the people who work behind the scenes to make sure all of the technology works correctly.

Unit 5 made a special post honoring those workers and all they do for their schools.

"We make everything happen, everything from when you go to logging into your computer to keeping your computer and everything on the Internet safe, to being able to access data and be able to pull up information or just going about the educational curriculum. We are all part of it. Whether or not you were there or not," said Daniel Zobel, director of technology for

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