Elmhurst School Referendum Projects Done

ELMHURST, IL – Elmhurst School District 205's referendum projects are done, with the yearlong renovation of the district's preschool completed, according to a news release.

In November 2019, local voters approved a measure allowing the district to go into debt by $168 million for work across the district. The biggest projects were the replacement of Lincoln and Field elementary schools.

Last year, the district estimated the renovation at Madison Early Childhood Center, 130 W. Madison St., would cost nearly $12 million.

A ribbon-cutting is planned for 4 p.m. Aug. 12 at the preschool. Residents will have the chance to tour the building.

With the renovation, the district reconfigured the school's layout, tearing down many interior walls.

The number of classrooms was increased by one, to 12. And the renovation was expected to result in 14 restrooms, up from five. Officials wanted to get restrooms close to every classroom at Madison, a former elementary school.

The school's gym, described as largely unused, was to be converted to other uses, according to the district.

The preschool's students were moved to two other schools during the renovation. Its enrollment is about 300.