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DeKalb board says yes to collaboration with Sycamore only if ELDC stays on DeKalb property
Summary
After touring Sycamore’s former NICOOR office, DeKalb CUSD 428 trustees expressed concerns about cost, safety and transportation and directed staff to offer collaboration only if DeKalb hosts the Early Learning Development Center on district property.
The DeKalb CUSD 428 Board of Education expressed conditional interest in a joint Early Learning Development Center (ELDC) with Sycamore but directed staff to pursue collaboration that would locate the program on DeKalb property.
Board members discussed the proposal after a site visit to Sycamore’s new education center on Bethany Road, a building described in the meeting as a former NICOOR office. Dr. Garcia Sanchez, speaking for the district leadership team, said the Sycamore board president had suggested a cooperative agreement to move DeKalb’s ELDC into Sycamore’s offices, build out classrooms there and transport DeKalb students to Sycamore.
The board raised three consistent concerns: construction and remodel costs, recurring transportation costs to move students out of…
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