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Oswego School Board approves attendance boundary changes for 2026-27 school year · Kendall County News - Shaw Local

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  Speaker 1: Oswego School Board approves attendance boundary changes for twenty twenty
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  six twenty seven school year. Written by Eric Shelkoff, this
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  article is being read by an automated voice brought to
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  you by Everlett. In the face of continued growth, Oswego
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  School District three oh eight will adjust the boundaries for
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  a few of its elementary and junior high schools starting
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  this fall. Oswego School Board members unanimously voted to approve
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  the boundary changes at their January twenty sixth board meeting.
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  The district's immediate concerns are at Grande Park and Southbury
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  elementary schools, which are approaching capacity. The district covers about
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  sixty eight square miles, with students not only from Oswego,
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  but also from Aurora, Juliet, Montgomery, Plainfield, and Yorkville. Grande
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  Park can accommodate six hundred and ninety eight students, and
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  Southbury's capacity is seven hundred and ninety seven students. Under
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  the current boundaries, Grande Park's enrollment is expected to reach
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  six hundred and forty five students by the twenty twenty
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  seven twenty eight school year. Southbury is expected to have
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  an enrollment of seven hundred and fifty four students by
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  that same year in eight hundred and forty eight by
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  the twenty twenty eight twenty nine school year. As part
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  of the boundary changes, students in Auburn Lakes Subdivision and
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  Plainfield will be transferred from Grande Park Elementary School in
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  Plainfield to Wolfe's Crossing Elementary School in Aurora. They historically
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  have gone to Wolfe's Crossing District three h eight. Deputy
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  Supernendit Heather Kincaid said in a previous student assignment move,
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  they were moved to Grande Park. In Zone four, which
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  includes the Hudson Point and Emblem communities in Oswego, students
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  will be transferred from Southbury Elementary School in Oswego to
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  Churchill Elementary School in Oswego. Geographically, proximity wise, it is
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  about half the distance from Southbury to Churchill, Kinkaid said,
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  roots will be essentially cut in half time wise. Zone
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  four is bounded by Wolf's Crossing to the north, Harvey
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  Road to the west, rants Road one eleventh to the south,
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  and Route thirty to the east. Junior High School students
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  living in the zone will continue to attend Trauber Junior
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  High School. With the boundary changes, Southbury Elementary School is
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  projected to have seven hundred ninety four students in twenty
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  twenty nine thirty and eight hundred and forty five students
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  in twenty thirty to thirty one. In turn, Grande Park
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  Elementary School is projected to have five hundred and seventy
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  eight students in twenty twenty nine thirty and five hundred
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  and sixty nine students in twenty thirty thirty one. As
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  part of the boundary changes, students living in the Oswego
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  East area, including the Redwood Oswego Subdivision, will be transferred
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  from Hunt Club Elementary School to Fox Chase Elementary School
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  in Oswego. The area is bounded by Mill Street to
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  the north, Orchard Road to the west, and thirty four
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  to the south. In addition, students in the Auburn Lake
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  subdivision will be transferred from Murphy Junior High School in
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  Plainfield to bed Narsig Junior High School in Aurora, which
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  is next to Wolf's Crossing Elementary School. That feeder system
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  would stay consistent, Kincaid said. Students in the Hudson Point
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  and Emblem communities in Oswego will transfer from Murphy Junior
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  High School in Plainfield to Plank Junior High School in Oswego.
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  It also is much closer, similar to the move from
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  Southbury to Churchill. She said, more boundary changes are proposed
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  for Southbury in the future. The recommendations do not put
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  any other school over capacity, and it does bring Grande
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  Park down out of that high ninety percent capacity. Kincaid said,
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  we will need to continue to watch the Grande Park
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  and Hunt Club area as potential new growth comes. Additional
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  boundary realignment for other parts of the district could take
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  place start in the fall of twenty twenty seven. Students
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  affected by the boundary changes can submit a form to
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  stay at their current school for the twenty twenty six
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  twenty seven school year. Transportation will not be provided for
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  those students. Kiin Kaid said,