School District 203: November 2007 Archives

Naperville School District 203's administration is recommending the school board ask voters for a tax hike to fund improvements, including an $87 million renovation of Naperville Central High School. Now the question becomes, will the typical Naperville homeowner agree to pay another $82 a year for 20 years?

The Naperville School District 203 board and administration is considering redistricting--or redrawing attendance boundaries for some elementary schools--as a way of avoiding a costly expansion that would be needed to relieve overcrowding at Mill Street Elementary School. Many parents are upset about the plan because their children would have to switch schools. Is redistricting a better solution than expanding Mill Street?

Cut away all the other stuff about sneaking in a recreation center, booting out shooters and gardeners and Scouts, and all the other possibilities that complicate the potential reuses of the Martin-Mitchell property debate and it all boils down to this: Should Naperville School District 203 remodel or rebuild Naperville Central High School?