Crystal Lake School District 47 has announced four separate parent follow-up meetings related to the possible relocation of the district’s elementary-level special education programs.
The informal meetings will take place at 7:15 p.m. at the Robert Blazier District 47 C.O.R.E. Center, located at 300 Commerce Drive in Crystal Lake. The meetings will follow a question-and-answer format.
Meeting are scheduled Thursday for second-grade parents and families with students in the Communication Development Program; Feb. 28 for third- and fourth-grade CDP parents and families; Feb. 29 for first- and second-grade parents and families with students in the Cross-Categorical Program; and March 1 for third- and fourth-grade CCP parents and families.
District officials are considering three options for the CDP — do nothing, move all classrooms to Woods Creek Elementary School next fall, or transitionally move the program to Woods Creek over the next three years.
The three-year transition would allow current third- and fourth-graders to remain at North Elementary School through fifth grade. Current second-graders would then have the option of staying or moving.
Cross-Categorical options being weighed include leaving them as is or moving all classrooms to Indian Prairie Elementary School.
All program teachers and related service staff would travel with their classrooms to the new location, and more than 30 students could be affected, according to officials. Regular education staff and administrators at the school would also be trained.
