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Teachers and staff at Wheaton Warrenville Community Unit School District 200 are leading the way for others while achieving big savings with energy-efficient behavior—and now those good habits are earning the organization national recognition.

On Saturday, Sept. 25, the CHS Education Foundation will honor the 2010 Distinguished Alumni at its Autumn Flame event.

Tom Marziani, class of 1943, will be the first recipient of the CHS Distinguished Alumni Award for Entrepreneurship, and Michael C. Lach, class of 1986, will be awarded the first CHS Distinguished Alumni Award for Education.

Wednesday, 01 September 2010 13:24

District 200 Starts Extended Day At Risk Kindergarten

Written by Staff Writer

On Wednesday, Aug. 25, Assistant Superintendent for Educational Services Dr. Margo Sorrick, informed District 200 Board of Education about a new Extended Day Kindergarten Program.

New census data generated an additional $300,000 for District Title I schools. Title I funds are targeted to support “at risk” students. These additional funds were unexpected and were announced after staffing allocations were finalized for the reading support programs in the elementary schools. While this money could be used to add even more reading support staff in our buildings, the decision was made to use these funds to begin offering an extended, i.e., full day kindergarten program at each title school.

Wednesday, 23 June 2010 12:46

Pioneer Students Win International Competition

Written by Staff Writer

Eight students from Pioneer School placed first in the Junior Division in Community Problem Solving at the International Future Problem Solving Competition this past weekend.

The stone panels that decorate the new Hubble Middle School’s interior walls were salvaged from the old Hubble school. The panels celebrate the school’s history and its commitment to recycling and sustainability.

Wednesday, 14 April 2010 21:12

District 200 Teachers’ Pay Frozen for a Year

Written by Dan Schuyler
At its meeting Wednesday, the Wheaton Warrenville Unit District 200 School Board approved the two-year contract ratified last month by the 1,082-member teachers union, under the terms of which the salaries of most teachers will be frozen for a year.

While the world celebrates Earth Day on April 25, Community Unit School District 200 (District 200) faculty, staff and students are living Earth Day every day. This is because CUSD 200 stakeholders have a strong sense of satisfaction at having done their part to control energy use throughout the district.

Sunday, 04 April 2010 15:23

Union Says “Yes” to District 200

Written by Dan Schuyler

New Agreement Erases $8.6 Million Budget Deficit

On Friday, March 26, the teachers union enabled Wheaton Warrenville Unit District 200 to put the finishing touches on a revised budget that will eliminate a projected $8.6 million deficit.

Wheaton Warrenville South High School teacher Jim Stankevitz received the 2009 Illinois Section of the American Association of Physics Teachers (ISAAPT) Outstanding High School Physics Teacher Award. The award will be presented at the yearly meeting of the ISAAPT at Blackburn College in Carlinville, Illinois on March 25. His colleague, fellow science teacher and department chair, Tony Houle, nominated Mr. Stankevitz.

Wednesday, 17 March 2010 13:30

Bleak Outlook for District 200

Written by Dan Schuyler

Budget Deficits Mirror State, National Trends.

Last week the Kansas City school board approved a plan to close nearly half of the district’s schools in a desperate bid to avoid a potential bankruptcy.

The Chicago public schools face the grim possibility of class sizes of 37 kids, no non-varsity sports, and cutbacks in assistant principals and clerks in order for the system to chop $700 million from its upcoming budget. Hundreds of teaching jobs are at risk.