Communications

In June 2023, the Board of Education voted to move forward with the planning process necessary to build an addition at Churchill School that will provide space to offer full-day kindergarten to District 41 students. The addition will include 12 classrooms and will serve all full-day kindergarten students across the district. Families will still have the option to choose half day kindergarten. This work has been ongoing for the past 16 years through conversations, committees, and studies on this topic. The timing of this project is significant as the Governor signed a bill that will require school districts to offer full-day kindergarten by the 2027-28 school year. The district will continue to provide information about the planning process with regular reports to the Board of Education and the community in the coming months.   

To watch all Kindergarten Center video updates CLICK HERE

Kindergarten Update Smore | click here
December 5, 2024 Message from the Superintendent

Kindergarten Preregistration Smore| click here
November 2024 | for the 2025/2026 School Year

Kindergarten Kick-off Forum | watch the replay
At the October 7, 2024 Committee of the Whole meeting

Kindergarten Update | watch
At the September 16, 2024 Regular Board meeting

October 2024 Full-day Kindergarten Feedback forums | click for details
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Kindergarten Center construction Instagram post - Sept 4, 2024

Full-Day K Community Forums announcement - August 28, 2024

Groundbreaking Ceremony | Daily Herald article - August 2024

Board Meeting FDK Update from Dr. McHugh - August 2024

Approve Full Day Kindergarten Center Project Bid Packet #2C, June 20, 2024 | watch
At the June 20, 2024 Board of Education meeting Approve Full Day Kindergarten Center Project Bid Packet #2C

D41 Administrative Update, April 15, 2024 | watch
At the April 15, 2024 Board of Education meeting Dr. Kaczkowski and Assistant Superintendent for Finance, Facilities and Operations Eric DePorter shared a full-day kindergarten center project update. 

Design Presentation - March/April 2024

Community Postcard - March, 2024

District Digest -  January 12, 2024

Wight & Co. Presentation, January 8, 2024 | watch | slides
Representatives from Wight & Co. presented an update about the Full-Day Kindergarten Center addition project at Churchill Elementary School at the Board of Education meeting on January 8, 2024. The outdoor site plan was presented including the building addition, parking lot, bus lane and car drop off lane, entrance from Bloomingdale Road, reading garden, and new playgrounds. The team also presented the indoor plan design for the two story addition with 12 classrooms, multipurpose room for indoor play, dining area, flex space, and office area. They also shared milestone dates and the projected opening of the center in August 2025. The team is currently in the permitting and zoning phase of the process.

Board Meeting Summary -  January 8, 2024

Board Meeting Summary -  October 16, 2023

District Digest -  October 13, 2023

Wight & Co. Presentation, August 14, 2023 | watch | slides
At a Board of Education meeting Brad Paulson and Craig Siepka from Wight & Co. presented an overview of the process up to now and next steps related to building space to provide full-day kindergarten. They shared the three approaches to achieving space for full-day kindergarten that have been presented at previous Board meetings. The Board decision was to move forward with Approach 1. Approach 1 includes an addition on Churchill School to provide full-day kindergarten for students across the district. Board members asked questions and engaged in conversation about program features and building specifics.

Board Meeting Summary -  August 14, 2023

Board Meeting Summary - July 31, 2023

Board Meeting Summary - June 5, 2023

Connect 41_Summer 2023 - Summer 2023

Board Meeting Summary - June 20, 2023

District Digest - May 19, 2023

Wight presentation - May 15, 2023

Board Meeting Summary - May 15, 2023

Board Meeting Summary - Feb 21, 2023

A Message from the Board President - Jan. 2023

Board Meeting Summary - Jan. 17, 2023

Board Meeting Summary - Nov. 21, 2022

A Message from the Board President -  Nov. 10, 2022

Special Board Meeting - 0ct 5, 2022

Board Meeting Summary - Aug. 15, 2022

Board Meeting Summary - July 6, 2022