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DeKalb board authorizes ELDC and study of grade reconfiguration after community pushes for broader input
Summary
The DeKalb CUSD 428 Board approved a resolution to build an early learning development center and moved to authorize exploration of grade-level reconfiguration (Vision 04/28) while community members and staff urged delay and more community engagement; administration said the planning phase will include committees and data-driven analysis.
The DeKalb CUSD 428 Board of Education voted to approve a resolution to build a new early learning development center (ELDC) and to authorize administration to explore grade-level reconfiguration options under the district’s Vision 04/28 plan, after an extended public comment period and debate among board members.
Community members, Founders Elementary staff and parents urged the board to slow the process and allow more public outreach before making changes that could reassign students and alter elementary-school configurations. Denise Osterlin, a fourth-grade dual-language teacher at Founders Elementary, told the board: “I respectfully ask the board to pause this…
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