NEW SUPERINTENDENT: BSD2 Board names Dr. Katie McCluskey the District’s new leader

Dr. McCluskey has served as the Assistant Superintendent of Teaching, Learning, and Accountability for Glen Ellyn District 41 since July 2017. She will begin her work in District 2 on July 1, 2022.

CORONAVIRUS UPDATE: CDC’s new quarantine and isolation guidelines are now in effect

The Illinois Department of Public Health has adopted for schools the recently-issued CDC guidance reducing quarantine and isolation lengths and clarifying vaccination statuses. These new guidelines are detailed below, and – moving forward – will be implemented by District 2.

AVOID COVID & QUARANTINE: If your child is fully vaccinated, submit a copy of their verification card

Fully vaccinated students are not required to quarantine if exposed to someone with COVID. If your child has received the COVID vaccine, please complete our confidential online vaccination verification form. The information collected from it will be essential in assisting us in keeping students and staff safe.

FOCUS ON PARENTS: We need your help crafting our new strategic plan!

District 2 has launched a strategic planning process that will develop a shared vision for our schools. This month, we will solicit input from parents, providing them opportunities to share their thoughts about the District by participating in two sets of focus groups.

SURVEY SAYS: What do you love about your child’s school? Tell us in the Illinois 5Essentials Survey!

Bensenville School District 2 has begun administering the Illinois 5Essentials Survey to teachers, students, and parents. This survey provides students, teachers, and parents a voice in our ongoing efforts to improve our schools. But it is also an opportunity to tell us what you love about your child’s school!

CORONAVIRUS UPDATE: Reduced quarantine and isolation guidelines coming next week

The new guidelines will allow students to return to in-person instruction sooner. This will reduce the likelihood that we will have to close our schools due to COVID-related staffing challenges.

CORONAVIRUS UPDATE: In-person instruction will continue as directed by the DuPage County Health Department

Monday’s SHIELD testing produced more confirmed COVID cases among students and staff across the District than anticipated. The DuPage County Health Department has, however, said that schools should continue in-person instruction unless staffing challenges prevent it from occurring.

DEFINING OUR FUTURE: We’re launching a strategic planning process to determine the direction of our schools

District 2 is launching a strategic planning process that will develop a shared vision for our schools. Involvement of stakeholders from every corner of the community will result in a long-term framework for decision-making that builds upon the common values held by our community.

BSD2 FAMILY DIRECTORY: New DirectorySpot app now available to families

After setting up their passwords and -- if desired -- installing the DirectorySpot app on their mobile devices, participating families will have access the following directory information on the web or their mobile devices: students’ names, grade levels and teachers; parents’/guardians’ names, phone numbers and email addresses; families’ home addresses.

WINTER WEATHER UPDATE: eLearning Days set to replace emergency ‘snow days’

District 2 can now call eLearning Days when closing schools due to extreme weather. An eLearning Day will count as a regular school day, and will not require the District to use a built-in emergency day at the end of the school year

FREE DEVELOPMENTAL SCREENING: Nobody knows your child better than you

Bensenville School District 2 will conduct free developmental screenings for children ages 2-5 on Friday, December 3. These screenings are the first step in identifying children for our Preschool for All program and/or Head Start. Call the Tioga School office at 630-766-2602 ext. 4200 to schedule an appointment for your child’s screening.

NEED INTERNET AT HOME? Get free service and equipment through Internet Essentials from Comcast

For a limited time, you may be eligible to receive Internet service and equipment at no cost with the Federal Government's Emergency Broadband Benefit. Keep you and your family connected for work, remote learning and everything else you need to do online.

ILLINOIS ASSESSMENT OF READINESS: Parents will soon be receiving spring 2021 individual reports for their children

We are excited about the opportunity to strengthen our efforts with you to effectively communicate your student’s performance on the Illinois Assessment of Readiness. If you have any questions, please don’t hesitate to contact your building administrators.

NEW BOARD MEMBER: Jacqueline Dye appointed to fill vacant seat

After interviewing four applicants, the BSD2 Board of Education voted unanimously to appoint Jacqueline Dye to fill a vacant seat on the Board. Mrs. Dye will officially join the Board at its next regular business meeting on Wednesday, November 17.

ALL ABOARD: Keeping up with the BSD2 Board of Education is easier than ever now

BSD2 Board of Education meetings have always been open to the public, and the materials Board members review in those meetings are always public documents, available to anyone upon request. Now, though,it is easier than ever for District 2 parents, staff and residents to keep up with the BSD2 Board. No need to attend meetings in person. No need to request copies of the Board’s agenda packets.

CHROMEBOOKS: Parents, please review the District's take-home policy

As part of the District 2 One-to-One Chromebook Initiative, all students in Grades K-8 have received a District-owned Chromebook to use this school year.

MONEY MATTERS: District 2 Board of Education approves 2021-2022 budget

The budget authorizes about $43.6 million of spending, paid for with about $41.3 million in new revenue and $3.75 million of cash reserves to cover costs related to the expansion of the Bensenville Early Learning Center at Tioga School.

READY TO REOPEN: Review the BSD2 2021-2022 In-Person Reopening Plan online

The plan focuses on facilitating a safe return to as close of a normal school year as possible, with students attending classes in person five full days a week. Because we remain in the midst of the COVID pandemic, though, the plan still reviews the District’s COVID mitigation measures,

CORONAVIRUS UPDATE: Shout out to BMS parents who have submitted vaccination verification for their children

If your child has received the COVID vaccine, please click the link below to complete the confidential online vaccination verification form. The information collected from it will be essential in assisting us in keeping students and staff safe.

CORONAVIRUS UPDATE: Two confirmed cases produced 11 close contacts last week

A case at Tioga resulted in five close contacts, and a case at Johnson that was reported through the District’s first SHIELD Illinois COVID screening resulted in six close contacts.