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Growing enrollment at Mill Street School was a topic of discussion at the February 16 Board of Education meeting. While the goal of the recent renovation has been achieved in terms of providing more appropriate learning spaces, thus eliminating the use of hallways for instruction, Mill Street School now faces the reality of an enrollment that has grown to 821 students. In fact, revised projections estimate enrollment will reach 839 students in the 2010-2011 school year and 851 students in the following year, far outrunning the previous projections of 818 and 829 respectively.

The opening of the Ann Reid Early Childhood Center, and resultant movement of those classes from Elmwood Elementary, has created a unique opportunity to relieve the overcrowding at Mill Street. Reassigning those households which are contiguous to Elmwood’s northwest boundaries will create room at Mill Street School. Students reassigned to Elmwood will be attending a significantly smaller school in terms of enrollment, with the same District 203 quality curriculum and instruction. Affected households constitute the southern portion of the Willoway subdivision and Jefferson Estates, bordered by Jefferson Street on the north, Ogden Avenue on the west, Aurora Avenue on the south and the DuPage River on the east (grid codes 320114, 320115 and 320122). To determine what homes this encompasses, please view the District 203 grid code map.

The Board of Education will be discussing this topic at its March 1 and March 15 meetings, both of which are held at the District 203 Administrative Center, 203 W. Hillside Road, Naperville, beginning at 7 PM. The intent is that the Board will take action on March 15. Click here for more details.