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SD U-46 presents proposed attendance-boundary map to rebalance enrollment, close aging buildings
Summary
School District U-46 staff presented a proposed redraw of school attendance boundaries intended to balance enrollment across 55 schools, follow bond-funded construction and renovations, and reassign students from closing buildings including one elementary and two middle schools; exact implementation dates were not specified.
School District U-46 staff presented a proposed districtwide attendance-boundary map that would reassign students across elementary, middle and high schools to address aging school buildings, uneven enrollment and the results of a 2023 bond referendum that funded renovations and new construction. The proposal affects all 55 district buildings and the district’s nearly 35,000 students, staff said.
District staff described the background driving the plan: some school buildings are more than 100 years old and maintenance costs have grown, while other schools face over-enrollment. Staff said the bond referendum passed in 2023 provides funding to renovate older schools and build new facilities; the boundary changes are intended to direct students into renovated or new buildings and to better align capacity with enrollment trends.
The presentation included a color-coded map and scenario modeling that staff said used birth-rate data from the Illinois Department of Public Health,…
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