Welcome to the Gurnee School District 56 Website.
The Board of Education, as an elected entity, wants to be as responsive as possible to the community it serves. The foundation of that relationship is a set of tools that provides information to the community and an effective two-way communication system between the community and the District. This website is designed to be a medium for parents and community patrons to access to find the most recent information about the school district.
As part of the District’s five-year strategic plan, the Board of Education sought community support to permanently close the Gurnee Grade School structure and to construct a new school on Wadsworth Road between Delany and Green Bay Roads. The community overwhelmingly approved the resolution on November 2nd, 2010, and the the process to build a new school has begun. The picture below is the architect's rendering of the new building:
As we promised during the campaign, the Board of Education and I have been spending the money approved by the community for this project as if the money was our own. Every expenditure is reviewed, and we continue to fight entities that are unfairly charging the District for work performed. We gave you our word that we would be good stewards of taxpayer dollars and continue to work hard every day to validate that assertion.
Sincerely,
John Hutton, Ph.D.
Superintendent of Schools