Friday, April 5, 2013
Wheaton residents write in support of the Jefferson Early Childhood referendum. To send a letter to the editor, email Charlotte@Patch.com.
Wheaton Patch accepts and publishes letters to the editor emailed to Local Editor Charlotte Eriksen at Charlotte@patch.com, or sent as a message through the Wheaton Patch Facebook page. Please note in subject lines the message is a Letter to the Editor. ----------- I am writing to express my support for the Jefferson Referendum. Please vote YES for Jefferson on Tuesday, April 9th. My 4 year old daughter, Cameron or as we call her, "Cammy," has Rett Syndrome and currently attends Jefferson. It has been said by Jan Shaw, who is running for school board, that I am just a “parent of a disabled child who doesn’t want to be told No.” There is definitely some truth to that. No parent wants to be told "no" when it comes to what is best for their …
Former Wheaton City Council member Liz Corry endorses Brad Paulsen for the District 200 Board of Education. To send a letter to the editor, email Charlotte@Patch.com.
Wheaton Patch accepts and publishes letters to the editor emailed to Local Editor Charlotte Eriksen at Charlotte@patch.com, or sent as a message through the Wheaton Patch Facebook page. Please note in subject lines the message is a Letter to the Editor. --------- As a former two term member of the Wheaton City Council, I understand how critical the various governmental bodies are to the overall health and economic vitality of the City. No particular entity is more important to attracting young families, preserving property values and maintaining a positive image of the community than Wheaton Warrenville CUSD 200. It is with this in mind that I strongly endorse Brad Paulsen for election to the board of Education on April 9. Brad brings …
Monday, April 1, 2013
District 200 makes counseling center available to students after death of Wheaton Warrenville South junior Kaelan Mondragon.
In the wake of the March 28 passing of Wheaton Warrenville South junior Kaelan Mondragon, District 200 counselors will visit his former classes and monitor students and staff. The district sent the following note to Wheaton Warrenville South families: Last week, Wheaton Warrenville South junior, Kaelan Mondragon, passed away at his home. To assist our students with this tragedy, the Counseling Center has been made available to them and two counselors are visiting each of the classes in which he was enrolled. We will continue to monitor our students and staff in the wake of this event. If you have a specific student you are concerned about, your child or any other, please call our Counseling Center and ask to speak to any of the counselors…
Wednesday, March 20, 2013
District 200 candidates answer: "What is your knowledge of the common core and how will it benefit the students?" at Chamber of Commerce and League of Women Voters candidate forum.
Candidates running for the District 200 Board of Education in the April election answered audience questions regarding the district's finances, the Jefferson Early Childhood Center referendum and the common core standards at the Wheaton Chamber of Commerce and League of Women Voters candidate forum Thursday night. District 200 began implementing the curriculum to meet common core standards for math in the fall and will implement the language arts and reading components in 2014. To prepare for the more demanding standards, the district earlier this year implemented professional learning communities (PLCs) to give high school teachers time to meet to discuss and decide on best instructional practices in the classroom based on students' …
Thursday, March 14, 2013
District 200 Board of Education approves hiring of new principals for Lowell and Hawthorne elementary schools for the 2013-14 school year.
The District 200 Board of Education on Wednesday approved the hiring of two new elementary school principals. Kathleen Melton will replace Denise DeSalvo when she retires from her post as principal at Lowell Elementary School and Danielle Moran will replace John Patterson when he retires from his post as principal at Hawthorne Elementary School, District 200 announced in a news release. Both principals will begin on July 1, 2013 for the 2013-14 school year. Kathleen Melton is currently the Principal at East View Kindergarten Center in Oswego Community Unit School District 308. She has also served as an elementary and junior high assistant principal before assuming her current position, according to the release. She earned her bachelor’s …
Former Wheaton resident writes in support of Jefferson Early Childhood Center referendum. To send a letter to the editor, email Charlotte@patch.com.
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Thursday, March 14
Wheaton Patch accepts and publishes letters to the editor emailed to Local Editor Charlotte Eriksen at Charlotte@patch.com, or sent as a message through the Wheaton Patch Facebook page. Please note in subject lines the message is a Letter to the Editor. ---------- Dear Editor: I grew up in Wheaton and I’m the father of a 10-year-old who is mentally and physically disabled. It is shocking to me that there is ANY debate in Wheaton over efforts to repair the outdated and inadequate facilities at the Jefferson school for special needs kids. We didn’t sign up to be the parents of a disabled child. There’s no way to describe the financial, physical and emotional strains that families with disabled kids endure. My local school district and …
Wheaton resident writes in support of Barb Intihar for the District 200 Board of Education. To send a letter to the editor, email Charlotte@Patch.com.
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Thursday, March 14
Wheaton Patch accepts and publishes letters to the editor emailed to Local Editor Charlotte Eriksen at Charlotte@patch.com, or sent as a message through the Wheaton Patch Facebook page. Please note in subject lines the message is a Letter to the Editor. ------------ Strong schools are an essential part of great communities like Wheaton and Warrenville. Teachers, administrators, parents, students, and the school board all work together toward the same goal: a high quality education for the children of our district. Barb Intihar has served on the CUSD 200 School Board since 2001. In that time the board has had to navigate through state budget cuts, school building projects, and education initiatives. Barb listens carefully to all sides of …
Tuesday, March 12, 2013
At a public hearing Monday in Geneva, Virtual Learning Academy @ Fox River Valley will make a case for an online charter school.
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Tuesday, March 12
By Rick Nagel, Geneva Patch Illinois Virtual Charter School @ Fox River Valley will present an online alternative to a public-school education—using your tax dollars—during a public hearing Monday night at the Geneva School Board meeting. The charter school would include Community Unit School District 200 and 17 other Fox Valley districts. According to the charter school application, the 18 school boards—which serve more than 250,000 students in grades K-12—will have an option to jointly issue the charter, but "if any of the school districts denies the application, the proposal will be appealed to the State Charter School Commission." If approved, the school would open in August for the 2013-14 school year. Organizers describe the virtual …
Monday, March 11, 2013
District 200 Assistant Superintendent for Educational Services Faith Dahlquist answers questions about ISAT scoring changes and the district's preparation for implementing common core standards.
Friday, March 8, 2013
The Wheaton Chamber of Commerce and League of Women Voters will host a candidate forum for the District 200, City Council and Wheaton Park District elections on Thursday, March 14.
The Wheaton Chamber of Commerce and League of Women's Voters will host a candidate forum for candidates in the District 200, City Council and Wheaton Park District elections Thursday, March 14, at the Wheaton Park District Community Center, 1777 S. Blanchard St., Wheaton. Candidates in contested races will have two minutes each to give opening statements. The forum will begin at 7 p.m. Patch will provide live updates during the forum for readers who won't be there via CoverItLive. You can also watch a live stream of the forum here, courtesy of WebRocketVideo.com. There are five seats up for election this year, including one at-large seat. The only contested seat is in the North District, where four candidates are running for the position …
Sam Arensdorff
11:23 am on Tuesday, April 16, 2013
Cuz nobody in Naperville flashes how much money they have more ›