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Indian Prairie School District 204
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Indian Prairie School District 204 (sometimes abbreviated IPSD) is the youngest of the three main districts serving Aurora, Illinois. It was formed in 1972 by the mergers of Wheatland Elementary District 40, Granger Elementary District 90 and Indian Plains Elementary District 182. The district began as a Kindergarten-8th Grade (K-8) district, with its students attending Naperville Central High School for 9th Grade-12th Grade until Waubonsie Valley High School was constructed for District 204 and opened in 1975. The district opened eleven buildings during the 1990s, at all levels of primary and secondary education. Another two elementary buildings were opened in 2001-2002, while another was constructed but remains vacant (see below), and a third high school is scheduled to open in 2009 — construction will begin on the high school once land has been fully acquired.[1]
Students from Aurora, and its neighboring communities of Naperville and Bolingbrook attend District 204 schools. Currently seven elementary schools, two middle schools, one high school, and one alternative high school are in Aurora city limits. There are a further nineteen District 204 schools in Naperville and one in Bolingbrook.
The district has faced criticism throughout most of 2006. The criticism has mostly centered on estimates of future enrollment numbers, which were used by supporters of the referendum to build a third high school in March, 2006.[2][3] Websites on both sides of the issue were registered, but are no longer active (though links to both can still be found on various blogs). The court process and attempts at receiving special powers from the state legislature for acquiring the remaining land required for the construction of the new high school has also been criticized in local letters to the editor.[4]
The district has been further criticized over the construction of Peterson Elementary School, which remains unoccupied.[5] In November 2006, the district's school board voted to have students move from Wheatland Elementary into Peterson Elementary.[6] The fate of Wheatland Elementary is unknown.
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Indian Prairie School District 204 (sometimes abbreviated IPSD) is the youngest of the three main districts serving Aurora, Illinois. It was formed in 1972 by the mergers of Wheatland Elementary District 40, Granger Elementary District 90 and Indian Plains Elementary District 182. The district began as a Kindergarten-8th Grade (K-8) district, with its students attending Naperville Central High School for 9th Grade-12th Grade until Waubonsie Valley High School was constructed for District 204 and opened in 1975. The district opened eleven buildings during the 1990s, at all levels of primary and secondary education. Another two elementary buildings were opened in 2001-2002, while another was constructed but remains vacant (see below), and a third high school is scheduled to open in 2009 — construction will begin on the high school once land has been fully acquired.[1]
Students from Aurora, and its neighboring communities of Naperville and Bolingbrook attend District 204 schools. Currently seven elementary schools, two middle schools, one high school, and one alternative high school are in Aurora city limits. There are a further nineteen District 204 schools in Naperville and one in Bolingbrook.
The district has faced criticism throughout most of 2006. The criticism has mostly centered on estimates of future enrollment numbers, which were used by supporters of the referendum to build a third high school in March, 2006.[2][3] Websites on both sides of the issue were registered, but are no longer active (though links to both can still be found on various blogs). The court process and attempts at receiving special powers from the state legislature for acquiring the remaining land required for the construction of the new high school has also been criticized in local letters to the editor.[4]
The district has been further criticized over the construction of Peterson Elementary School, which remains unoccupied.[5] In November 2006, the district's school board voted to have students move from Wheatland Elementary into Peterson Elementary.[6] The fate of Wheatland Elementary is unknown.
