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]
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
See also
References
- ^ "History of U46". U-46 School District. Retrieved 5 March 2016.
- ^ a b c "School District U-46 Overview". Weichert. Retrieved August 3, 2018.
- ^ "District U-46 students return to school amid teacher shortage". Yahoo. August 16, 2022. Retrieved August 18, 2022.