DeKalb School District 428 leadership is considering whether to introduce a new AP African American Studies course at DeKalb High School, which if approved, would provide juniors and seniors a year-long interdisciplinary course examining the African American experience.
The largest single gift in Northern Illinois University’s history will close the funding gap on a proposed $87 million health care educational center, on track to be built starting in 2026, the university announced Friday.
A new principal will take the helm of Genoa Elementary School at the start of the next school year, but the person who run the school will be a familiar face to district staff.
DeKalb school officials this week were made aware of about $50,000 in sewer repairs needed for a Charter Street building that soon will be home to the district’s Beyond One Barb Transition Center for students with intellectual and developmental disabilities.
DeKalb High School held its homecoming parade Wednesday ahead of Friday's football game against Andrew.
Highlights budgeted by DeKalb schools for 2025 include $1.8 million for a new elementary school, $290,000 for an elementary school classroom and personnel costs.
A DeKalb mom told the school board this week that her four children are afraid to attend school and suffer anxiety amid trending online shooting threats circulating across the region. "I have middle schoolers who can’t even focus on work at this point," she said.
DeKalb’s newest elementary school has its mascot, and its got a royal ring to it.
Leadership at Huntley Middle School in DeKalb recently was alerted to a potential shooting threat planned for Wednesday, though authorities said Tuesday the threat was deemed not credible.