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DeKalb School District 428 modular classroom request gets initial approval
from DC_MidWeek_052423
by Shaw Media
By MEGANN HORSTEAD mhorstead@shawmedia.com
DeKALB – A DeKalb panel last week supported a bid by DeKalb School District 428 to allow a modular classroom to remain on site at Littlejohn Elementary School for two more years.
Action taken in a 6-0 vote May 15 by the DeKalb Planning and Zoning Commission, if upheld by the DeKalb City Council, allows the leadership in District 428 schools to plan for the elimination of the modular classroom in two years, when it is anticipated that a new elementary school planned for the city’s north side will come on line. Commissioner Bill McMahon was absent.
DeKalb District 428’s school board in March approved a $31.8 million plan to turn the former Northern Illinois University School of Nursing building, 1240 Normal Road, into a new elementary school by 2025. District officials said the need arose due to overcrowded classrooms as enrollment climbs in DeKalb.
The DeKalb City Council still needs to have a say on the district’s request to extend the special permit for two additional years.
Tammy Carson, District 428’s director of facility and safety operations, asked the city to support the district’s request.
“We’re asking for the extension as we
