Sunday, March 31, 2013
Meetings scheduled for April 2 and 30 at Churchville.
All parents of students in the English Language Learners program are invited to join the Elmhurst District 205 Bilingual Parent Advisory Council. Council members participate in the planning, operation and evaluation of programs serving their students. It is comprised of parents, teachers, counselors and community members. The majority shall be parents and legal guardians of ELL students. The Advisory Council reviews the grant application for transitional bilingual programs and transitional programs of instruction submitted annually to the state superintendent of education. This parent group meets at least four times annually.
Participants will work with Liliana Vazquez, a doctoral student from the University of Illinois, on the following…
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Churchville Middle School
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Thursday, March 21, 2013
"I'm not a pedophile. I have a kid in the school being abused and nobody's willing to listen," said Dimas Carmona, a father who was arrested after filming his son on the Conrad Fisher School playground earlier this month.
When Dimas Carmona filmed his son on the playground at Conrad Fischer School after lunch on March 8, he had no idea he would be arrested at his ex-wife's home later that day. "I'm working on my ex-wife's bathroom, doing remodeling, and the police came and put the handcuffs on me," said Carmona, a 45-year-old truck driver. "They put in the police report that I was videotaping kids, like a pedophile," he said. "I'm not a pedophile. I have a kid in the school being abused and nobody's willing to listen." The report also said Carmona used profanity and made "references to school shootings." The Carmonas, who have lived in the district for 14 years, say frustration with the school and District 205 led to the incident. "My kid is crying every …
Friday, March 1, 2013
Data and feedback garnered in Monday forum will be used to focus and improve the ELL program going forward.
About 70 participants—a mixture of teachers, teacher assistants, parents, administrators and members of the District 205 School Board—attended a forum Feb. 25 that analyzed Elmhurst Unit District 205's English Language Learners program. The program was examined from all sides, and the district will use the information gleaned from this meeting to focus and make more effective the ELL program, which has grown a great deal since its inception in 2007. That growth, in addition to state mandates for ELL, have begun to strain the program and the overall resources of the district, board members have said. Electronic SMART Responders were distributed so that the audience could vote on the following questions anonymously. Of the 70 participants, …
Monday, February 25, 2013
Community is invited; results of this meeting will help set the vision for District 205's English Language Learners program.
A community forum that explores the goals, legal requirements, rewards and challenges of Elmhurst District 205's English Language Learners program will be held from 7 to 9 p.m. Monday, Feb. 25, at the District Administration Center, 162 S. York. Members of the community are invited to learn how other school districts provide ELL services and hear about the experiences others have had with the program in District 205. Board members, administrators, teachers, former ELL students, parents, a professor with an ELL specialty, members of the Superintendent's Advisory Committee and administrators from St. Charles and Woodstock school districts are expected to attend. The committee will share their findings at a future board meeting and set the …
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Elmhurst Unit District 205 Administration
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Fine Mess
3:04 pm on Sunday, April 7, 2013
I agree. Get rid of the incumbents. We need fresh ideas on the school board. I see that three seats are open. Four are running for school board. Vote the incumbent out and go with the new. more ›