Illinois district wants to add space for full-day kindergarten

Mount Prospect District 57 also will build a middle school if voters approve an $85 million bond proposal.

Oct. 3, 2024

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Voters in Mount Prospect (Illinois) District 57 will decide in November on an $85 million referendum that would provide space for full-day kindergarten and a new Lincoln Middle School.

Journal & Topics reports that the bond funds would enable the district to construct space at the Westbrook School for Young Learners in Mount Prospect to accommodate the district's full-day kindergarten program.

Legislation enacted last year in Illinois requires public school districts to establish full-day kindergarten programs by 2027-28.

The new middle school would cost $77.9 million and would be built west of the existing building. Once the new building is completed, the existing building would be demolished.

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