District 200 School Community,
For students in grades 1-12 and our Transition Program, and all our staff members, welcome to the 2023-24 School Year! We look forward to welcoming our youngest learners at Jefferson Early Childhood Center and our incoming kindergartners tomorrow.
I want to thank all of our parents for all you did to make sure students were ready for school today. I want to also thank all of our staff for everything you did to prepare for the start of this school year to ensure our buildings were clean, safe, and welcoming for our students. As some of you may know, we completed about $10M in facilities work across the District this summer; and that was no small feat given the short time window. We also recognize that many of our building offices and teachers put in a lot of time and effort to pack and unpack their schools and classrooms so that work could be completed. We are incredibly appreciative of our staff who made that extra effort prior to welcoming students today.
I also wanted to take this opportunity to offer a few updates and reminders for everyone.