DeKalb School District 428

A judge ruled Tuesday that ex-DeKalb District 428 superintendent and convicted felon Douglas Moeller will serve no jail time after he was found guilty of texting explicit photos of a former woman employee to the school board in 2017.

Energy was high at Northern Illinois University’s Convocation Center Friday, as dozens gathered in support of the DeKalb and Sycamore booster programs that raised $46,000 during the semiannual FNBO Challenge.

The impact of having a new code of conduct in place for the start of the 2022-23 school year may have prompted students in DeKalb schools to see fewer out-of-school suspensions but more in-school suspensions, District 428 data shows.

The proposal is an extension of one of several 2023 summer build outs planned as DeKalb District 428 leaders identify needs to create more space for students and staff in five of the district’s school buildings, district documents show.

Former DeKalb District 428 school board member Howard Solomon was knocked from the April 4 ballot this week after a ruling by the DeKalb County Electoral Board. Solomon said he plans to still run as a write-in candidate.

An electoral hearing board meeting set for Thursday will begin to review whether Howard Solomon can remain on the April 4 consolidated election ballot as a DeKalb District 428 school board candidate.

During 2022, developments have expanded in DeKalb County, buildings have been sold, community amenities have come and gone and several high-profile court stories have made more than just our headlines.

DeKalb District 428 hopes to collect an estimated $67.5 million in its 2022 property tax levy, payable next year after the school board approved the final levy for DeKalb residents at a recent meeting.

DeKalb District 428 schools are on the hook for $322,880 in additional costs related to renovations to the district’s Education Center, and school officials intend to pay for it using COVID-19 relief money.

Nearly three dozen DeKalb County residents filed by Monday’s deadline to run for a school board seat in eight different community school districts in this spring’s Consolidated Election.

The DeKalb School District 428 leadership approved a plan to give a boost to security staffing at DeKalb High School and Clinton Rosette and Huntley middle schools beginning this spring.

Seven DeKalb County residents, including some incumbents and new faces, have filed to run for school board seats in the DeKalb, Sycamore and Genoa-Kingston school districts so far for the 2023 consolidated election.

DeKalb fire and police joined forces Monday to square off against DeKalb School District 428 faculty in the sixth annual Guns and Hoses basketball game.

DeKalb District 428 leaders are considering a plan that would add more than a dozen additional security staff to DeKalb High School and the district’s two middle schools in an attempt to shore up safety concerns, officials said.

Ex-DeKalb School District 428 superintendent Douglas Moeller was found guilty by a DeKalb County Judge Monday of sending explicit photos of a woman, his subordinate, to school board members in 2018. He faces three years in prison.