Meet the new DeKalb School District 428 superintendent, city officials at free ice cream social July 7

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DeKALB – Residents are invited to meet the new DeKalb School District 428 superintendent at a free ice cream social set for Wednesday, July 7.

Hosted by DeKalb School District 428, the city of DeKalb and Facebook, the event will allow community members, students and their families to meet the new DeKalb superintendent, DeKalb Mayor Cohen Barnes, DeKalb Police Chief David Byrd, representatives from Facebook and other school and city officials.

The event is free and open to the community to attend. An ice cream truck will travel throughout DeKalb for the meet-and-greet event.

Times and locations include 1:30 to 2:15 p.m. at El Paraiso Minimarket at 418 N. 10th St., 2:30 to 3:15 p.m. at the DeKalb Public Library, 309 Oak St., 3:30 to 4:15 p.m. at New Hope Missionary Baptist Church, 1201 Twombly Road, and 4:30 to 5:30 p.m. at University Village, 722 N. Annie Glidden Road.

Editor’s note: This story has been edited as of 6 p.m. Thursday, July 1, with a location change per an update provided by District 428 on Thursday, July 1.

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