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Parents, teachers press board for new early-learning center; board outlines referendum options and timetable
Summary
Teachers, families and a retired administrator urged the board to build a dedicated Early Learning and Development Center (ELDC) after describing inadequate facilities; board members discussed referendum and nonreferendum options and said they plan to decide within the year.
Several teachers, a retired administrator and a middle-school principal used public comment time to press the DeKalb CUSD 428 Board of Education to move quickly on a new Early Learning and Development Center (ELDC) and to address middle-school overcrowding.
Katie Davis, a teacher at the ELDC, asked the board to “demonstrate that they understand the importance of early childhood education” and to support advocacy for a new center. Adrienne Fell, another ELDC teacher, told the board the building lacks a gym, a library and “only 4 toilets for 140 students,” and said those facility gaps send the wrong message to families about the…
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