School Starts Again!

It is hard to believe that the start of my 39^th year in Center Cass is here! Buildings have been prepared and teachers and staff are anxious to get back into providing the excellent programs that make Center Cass SD 66 the fine institution that it is! Teachers return Monday, August 22^nd for two days of in-service and professional development work to prepare them for the new year. Students visit on Wednesday, August 24^th and the first full day of school is Thursday, August 25^th.

This summer we had planned to refurbish and repair deteriorating parking lots at both school sites. The Ide site has been completed and is ready for the start of school. The Lakeview lots are partially done with the east lot being complete, 3/4s of the driveway complete and the Lakeview lot has been patched. Construction is on hold pending a Zoning Hearing recommendation from the DuPage County Zoning Board of Appeals regarding our request to construct an additional bus parking lot to provide a secure, centralized place for our school buses with electricity for light and engine heaters along the west side of the Prairieview building. A recommendation will be made on September 8^th hopefully to be followed by full approval from DuPage County by the end of September. We can not complete the driveway work because of the amount of heavy hauling that will be required to complete the additional lot and new water detention pond that will adsorb water displaced by the additional pavement. Hopefully, we will be successful in obtaining approval for this much needed project and then be able to complete it yet this fall.

We are looking forward to seeing everyone next week! I hope everyone has a great school year!