School District 203: October 2007 Archives

Here's a chance to talk about academics for a change, instead of school facilities. With the Illinois State Board of Education releasing 2007 School Report Card data, we learn that three of Naperville's four high schools are not meeting goals of the No Child Left Behind Act. What does it mean?

Naperville School District 203 says a majority of the 400 respondents to its scientific, random telephone survey favor renovating Naperville Central High School, not replacing it. How will this affect the school board's thinking as the deadline nears to place a referendum on the Feburary ballot?

Two Naperville North football players were diagnosed with a drug-resistant strain of staph bacteria. How concerned should we be?

If you've got something to say about the proposals to reshape the Martin Mitchell property in the heart of Naperville, now's the time to do it. Because one certainty has emerged from all the possible scenarios: Nothing's going to happen unless voters in Naperville School District 203 approve a referendum.

"Make no little plans; they have no magic to stir mens' blood." -- Daniel Burnham

Whether you agree with it or not, you've got to admire the scale of the latest plan to rehape 200 acres in the heart of Naperville known as the Martin-Mitchell property.

Karen Kingsbury, a best-selling author of Christian romance novels, tried to give Naperville Central High School's library two copies of one of her books, but the school declined. Kingsbury claims censorship. Central's librarian says Kingsbury's a hack.

Around Naperville Central High School these days, the latest fashion fad is a T-shirt that reads, "Naperville Central: 'It's a dump ... but it's OUR dump.'" Is this a show of pride, or disrespect?

School officials say Naperville Central High School is functionally obsolete, and that Mill Street Elementary is too small. What should be done, and who's gonna pay for it?