School_District_U-46

Elgin Area School District U46

Elgin Area School District U46

School district in Illinois, United States

Elgin Area School District U46, often referred to as "U-46", is a unit school district headquartered in Elgin, Kane County, Illinois.[2] Covering 90 square miles (230 km2), the district serves portions of eleven communities in the northwest suburbs of Chicago in Cook, DuPage and Kane Counties.[2] School District U-46 serves over 40,000 children in grades preK-12. The district ranks as the second largest in Illinois with forty elementary schools, eight middle schools and five high schools.[2]

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Tony Sanders is the CEO as of August 2022.[3]

Special programs

  • Center House
  • Central School Programs
  • DREAM Academy, an alternative school
  • High School Academy Program, a program for gifted students in High School
  • Preschool Programs
  • Radio station WEPS (88.9 FM)
  • School Within a School (SWAS) Program, a program for gifted students in 4th-8th Grade; also called Inquiry and Gifted Network for Ingenuity Talent and Exploration (IGNITE) Program
  • Planetarium/Observatory

Schools, alphabetically

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See also

References

  1. [1]
    "History of U46". U-46 School District. Retrieved 5 March 2016.
  2. [2]
    "School District U-46 Overview". Weichert. Retrieved August 3, 2018.
  3. [3]
    "District U-46 students return to school amid teacher shortage". Yahoo. August 16, 2022. Retrieved August 18, 2022.
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