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District 204 kicking off process for adjusting attendance boundaries Metea Valley High School in Aurora is one of eight Indian Prairie Unit District 204 schools anticipated to experience overcrowding in the next five years, according to a recent enrollment analysis. District leaders are now launching the process for balancing out our schools by realigning attendance boundaries, Superintendent Adrian Talley said. Daily Herald file photo
Posted5/31/2021 5:30 AM
A disparity in school enrollment numbers has prompted Indian Prairie Unit District 204 to begin a boundary realignment process for all grade levels.
The district is forming a committee comprising community members and representatives from each school to review enrollment trends, host forums, develop boundary scenarios and ultimately draft a new map to be considered by the school board, Superintendent Adrian Talley said.
First demographic report on Illinois Muslims is underway Dilara Sayeed
Updated 12/20/2020 8:09 AM
The first comprehensive demographic report on Illinois Muslims is underway and initial findings are expected to be completed by fall 2021.
The Illinois Muslim Civic Coalition is partnering with the Institute for Social Policy and Understanding and the University of Illinois Chicago to produce the report, which will provide a detailed portrait of Muslims statewide.
It s to develop a much needed evidence-based needs, opportunities and demographics assessment of a diverse community that is often invisible, misunderstood and inaccurately portrayed, said Dilara Sayeed, president and co-founder of the Illinois Muslim Civic Coalition and a former Naperville Unit District 203 teacher. Illinois is home to one of the largest populations of Muslims in America. They are Black, because Nation of Islam has roots here.