• E-mail
• Print
• Comment
• Font Size
• Digg
• del.icio.us
• Discuss article

Kaneland District Enrollment Up 8 Percent This Year

Posted on: Thursday, 20 October 2005, 21:00 CDT

By Leslie Hague

Kaneland enrollment has increased 8.5 percent this year.

As of Sept. 30, the district had 4,000 students enrolled. That is an increase from 3,688 students enrolled on the same day last year.

But much of that growth is in the lower grades, which will only exacerbate space concerns as the students move on in school, said Superintendent Charles McCormick.

Kindergarten through fifth grade enrollment grew 12.3 percent over the last year; middle school, 6.8 percent; and high school 4.7 percent.

Even with the new McDole Elementary School opening in Montgomery this year, McCormick estimated that if current trends hold, the district could be out of elementary and middle school space by around 2009.

The district has had about a 9 percent increase in student population over the past three years.

Seeing red: Residents can spend a night learning about Mars and seeing it the closest it has been to Earth in two years at a Waubonsee Community College program next week.

Waubonsee adjunct faculty member Joe DalSanto will present "Mars: The Red Planet" from 7:30 to 10:30 p.m. on Oct 29 in Building A, Room 131.

The program will focus on recent NASA rover missions to the planet and allow participants to see Mars through a 16-inch Newtonian reflector telescope at the Waubonsee observatory.

Registration is required for the event and the $8 fee is non- refundable. Participants should dress warmly because the observatory is not heated.

To register, call Margaret Plaskas at (630) 466-7900 ext. 5731.

Scary: Sugar Grove, Hinckley and Big Rock are sponsoring the 2005 Halloween Fest celebration from 6 to 9:30 p.m. on Oct. 29.

It will include a Haunted House and Kiddie Haunted House, face painting, hay rides, concessions, crafts, story tellers, clowns, a campfire and games.

It will be held in Plowman's Park, Second Street and Hinckley Road in Big Rock.

What's this button for? Residents can learn the ins and outs of digital cameras at a workshop at 7 p.m. Tuesday at the Sugar Grove Public Library.

The program, led by Roger Mattingly, will focus on digital camera preset modes, photo formats, editing shots and how to get better pictures.

Registration and a $2 fee is required. Residents can register by calling (630) 466-4686. Photographers should bring their cameras, instruction manuals and any problem photos they'd like to learn to improve.

Got ID? Waubonsee Community College will conduct a program to teach residents about identity theft and how to prevent it at 1 p.m. Friday in Bodie Hall, Room 150, Sugar Grove campus.

The program, which costs $10, includes information on how identity theft occurs, how to prevent it and what measures to take if it occurs.

The fee includes handouts, coffee and desserts. For more information, call the college's community education department at (630) 466-7900, ext. 2360.

- To contact Sugar Grove and Kaneland reporter Leslie Hague, call (630) 587-8627 or e-mail lhague@@dailyherald.com.

Source: Daily Herald; Arlington Heights, Ill.

More News in this Category