Joseph Ruzich

$3.3 million earmarked for improvements to Indian Prairie D204’s Wi-Fi system to allow for great reach

April 11, 2023 at 10:30 p.m.

The Indian Prairie District 204 School Board voted this week to spend $3.3 million to update the internet wireless system at most schools and district buildings. Officials in the technology...

Rodney Jones is the new assistant principal of Metea Valley High School in Aurora.

New Metea assistant principal, Indian Prairie middle school curriculum director approved by school board

March 22, 2023 at 8:45 p.m.

The Indian Prairie District 204 School Board has approved Rodney Jones as the new assistant principal of Metea Valley High School and Barbi Chisholm as the district's new director of...

$500,000 state grant will allow Indian Prairie D204 to offer mental health counseling to high school students

February 9, 2023 at 8:10 p.m.

A $500,000 grant from the Illinois Department of Public Health will help Indian Prairie District 204 high school students obtain mental health counseling. The funding comes just months after the...

High school students who want to participate in marching band and other extracurricular music activities at Naperville District 203 will be required to take music classes as part of their regular curriculum under a change approved this week by the school board.

Divided Naperville D203 board votes to make music classes mandatory for any student in extracurricular music group

January 25, 2023 at 9:31 p.m.

In a split vote, the Naperville District 203 School Board voted this week that only high school students taking music classes can participate in extracurricular music organizations or clubs, like...

All Naperville School District 203 students who want to participate in the high school marching band or other extracurricular music activities would have to be enrolled in music classes under a change by proposed by district administrators.

D203 plan to let only students taking music classes participate in extracurricular music groups faces pushback

January 13, 2023 at 6:51 p.m.

A proposal that would stop Naperville District 203 students from participating in extracurricular music activities like marching band if they weren't enrolled district music classes faced opposition at this week's...

Indian Prairie officials say most of D204’s summer school a success, but some programs still struggling

December 27, 2022 at 6:41 p.m.

While Indian Prairie School District 204 staff touted the success of its summer school program at a recent meeting, officials acknowledge some courses do have enrollment and absentee problems. Assistant...

Indian Prairie announces five new principals hired to fill retirement vacancies in the coming school year

December 21, 2022 at 8:31 p.m.

With several school principals retiring in June, Indian Prairie District 204 has hired five people to fill vacancies in the 2023-24 academic year. Daniel R. DeBruycker, assistant principal of Metea...

Indian Prairie D204 struggling to find Russian-speaking translators to work with influx of Ukrainian students

December 8, 2022 at 7:08 p.m.

Indian Prairie School District 204 is seeking Russian translators and learning materials to assist the large number of new students coming from Ukraine, officials said this week. Because of the...

Mental health therapy sessions at four Indian Prairie schools to be funded with $500,000 grant from Edward-Elmhurst

November 16, 2022 at 12:46 a.m.

Indian Prairie District 204 will use a $500,000 grant from Edward-Elmhurst Health to fund afterschool and weekend mental health therapy sessions at four schools. School therapists will begin working with...

Indian Prairie vehicles — 7 buses, 2 food service trucks and 2 employee cars — targeted by catalytic converter thieves

November 16, 2022 at 12:23 a.m.

Nine catalytic converters have been stolen from Indian Prairie School District 204 vehicles — seven from school buses and two food service trucks — and two others were taken from...

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