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Superintendent: District enrollment steady at 1,714; interpreters aided family outreach

Board of Education, School District 68, Cook County, Illinois · August 15, 2024
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Summary

Superintendent Scott Grens told the board that online registration is open and current enrollment is 'consistent with last year (1714)'; district outreach used LARC-trained interpreters to contact roughly 110 families in late July.

Superintendent Scott Grens opened the district's substantive updates by reporting that online registration and re-registration remain available and that "current enrollment numbers are consistent with last year (1714)," with additional enrollment details to be provided at the Sept. 19 board meeting. He said registration outreach emphasized family and community engagement as the district prepared for the first day of school.

Grens credited family-services staff and interpreters with strengthening outreach before the start of term. The minutes note that nine interpreters trained through LARC assisted the district this summer by making phone calls and supporting families in multiple languages; about 110 families were contacted in the last week of July, and the feedback was described as "overwhelmingly positive."