Latest reporting from the Education desk.
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A Naperville tutoring company is offering juniors a free, proctored PSAT/NMSQT practice test on Sept. 26, weeks before official exam dates at District 203 and District 204 high schools.
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Nine Neuqua Valley High School students won the UAS4STEM national championship in the beginner drone engineering division at AirVenture in Oshkosh, Wisconsin, and were recognized at the Indian Prairie School District 204 board meeting on Monday, Sept. 14.
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District 203 is set to vote Sept. 22 on a four-tier video board sponsorship program at Naperville North and Central that would generate $165,000 annually for booster clubs while giving students hands-on marketing and digital media experience.
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Naperville District 203 eliminated 76 bus stops and 33 routes this school year to match its fleet to available drivers, adding about four minutes to the average ride, but parents say low wages are the real problem the district isn't addressing.
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Illinois will require annual mental health screenings for students in grades 3 through 12 starting in the 2027-28 school year, and a DuPage ROE workshop on Oct. 21 aims to help District 203 and District 204 administrators prepare using a three-tiered MTSS framework.
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Sonia Jassal, a multilingual learners paraeducator at Naperville North High School, retired Sept. 2 after more than 13 years of supporting English language learners, leaving with armfuls of gifts and handwritten notes from students and colleagues.
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Indian Prairie District 204 plans to close a $5.8 million budget deficit through $2 million in annual savings from returning Neuqua Valley freshmen to the main campus, a consultant review of 200 district initiatives, reduced substitute teacher pay and 15 new special education hires, with a board vote set for Sept. 28.
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Indian Prairie District 204's board reviewed its wireless device policy and heard the first FY27 tentative budget presentation at its Aug. 24 meeting, with a $5.6 million deficit framing the fiscal discussion.
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District 203 Board President Charles Cush cited a Robbins Schwartz legal memo finding no conflict of interest for board members Amanda McMillen and Marc Willensky related to their Alive Center ties, but dissenting member Melissa Kelley Black argues the 2025 memo doesn't address her 2026 concerns about recusal from votes involving the nonprofit.
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Naperville Central orchestra teacher Jeff Sturgeon told the District 203 board he was placed on leave and forced into a psychological evaluation for advocating for Palestinian students, while the board launched a year-long "Forward Together" listening campaign that drew immediate criticism from board member Kelley Black.
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All five high schools in District 203 and Indian Prairie School District 204 ranked in the top 50 in Illinois out of 675 schools in U.S. News & World Report's 2026-2027 Best High Schools rankings, with Neuqua Valley earning the top 2% nationally and every school posting graduation rates at or above 94%.
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Indian Prairie School District 204 activated an automated parent notification system on its first day of school Monday, Aug. 17, alerting families when a student misses five and nine days as part of a broader attendance overhaul that also eliminated vacation as an excused absence code.
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