Dixon School Board

Here is a list of personnel actions taken at the Dixon School Board meeting Wednesday, March 20.

Tools for School, a program designed to provide students in need with the necessary supplies to succeed in the classroom, is reaching out to the Sauk Valley community to ask for donations in preparation for the 2024-2025 school year.

With the year 2023 just one day from its end, join us as we take a look back at some of the memorable events that happened in the Sauk Valley month by month.

Concerned that bids are coming in greater than expected, the Dixon School Board has had an in-depth discussion about expected costs to renovate the former Lutheran Social Services of Illinois Nachusa property into the Thomas J. Dempsey Therapeutic Day School.

The Dixon School Board approved personnel action items at its meeting Wednesday, Dec. 20.

The property, located on Illinois 38 and purchased by the district from Lutheran Social Services of Illinois for $300,000 in August, is undergoing changes to turn it into a therapeutic day school.

Coach Bowers became the first coach to utilize the Dixon school board’s new athletic field, a 7-acre plot purchased in 1920 along the Rock River.

The Dixon School Board on Wednesday night approved several personnel items, including new hires, resignations and coach, volunteer and stipend positions.

Dixon High School finishes its school week with a parade in recognition of its 2023 homecoming weekend.

Budgeted revenue is set at $42 million, with $41.2 million budgeted for expenses.

The Dixon School Board on Wednesday night heard an update about projects underway at the Nachusa property, located on Illinois 38 and purchased by the district from Lutheran Social Services of Illinois for $300,000 in August.

School board acts on new hires, resignations, stipends and volunteer positions.

Resume and contact information can be sent to board president or Dixon Public Schools superintendent

Dixon Public Schools adopts improvement plan that provides the board, administration and students a unified and data-driven approach to student achievement.

A few dozen parents and children rallied prior to the board meeting with “unmask our children” signs.