Officials at school districts in DeKalb County are considering asking voters if they would be supportive of an up-to 1% sales tax they said could create $10M in revenue for all school districts in the county, while taxing local purchases. Here's what we know:
The transition program is dedicated to serving students with intellectual and developmental disabilities ages 18 to 22. The program has been based out of DeKalb High School but is expected to have a new location come January.
Jonathan “Cole” Regnery, who's also the Sycamore Pumpkin Festival committee president, has announced plans to run for Sycamore Community School District 427′s school board in 2025.
DeKalb School District 428 this week chose to make Fred Davis’ appointment to the board official after failing to vote on the matter last time.
Fred Davis, a former board member who served on the DeKalb School District 428 Board, recently told Shaw Local News Network previous experience on the school board gives him an edge.
2024 election referendum: Sycamore voters will be asked on their November election ballots to decide if anyone in District 427 boundaries can run for school board, regardless of the township they reside in. It's the second citywide referendum expected.
The DeKalb School District 428 board approved a plan recently to name the new home of the district’s transition program the Beyond One Barb Transition Center. The new site is expected to open in January with the start of the spring 2025 semester.
Fred Davis, a DeKalb resident who previously served on the DeKalb School District 428 Board, took the oath of office this week to fill a school board vacancy created by Andre Powell, now a city alderman.
In DeKalb schools, educators are working to ensure students’ needs are met even as staffing shortages for those with a specific skill – speech language pathologists – compound the problem.