Thank you, Gary Stephan! Your efforts go far beyond maintaining the cleanliness of our schools; you add something truly special to our district. One of Gary's hobbies is growing Dinner Plate Dahlias and he has filled our elementary school classrooms and offices with them. Thanks for delivering smiles.
*** Tuesday 9/5 MS Volleyball home vs. Harrison 6th, 7th & 8th 4:00 start. MS Football at Chadwick / Milledgeville 5:30. *** Game played at Milledgeville HS 100 East 8th Street Milledgeville IL. 61051.
*** Friday 9/1 HS Football at Ashton Franklin Center 7:00 start. Field is located at 318 E South St. Franklin Grove IL. 61031. ***
*** Tuesday 8/29 MS Football home vs. Orangeville 5:30. Also please check out the updated MS Volleyball schedule on the Athletics Page. ***
*** 8/28 We have added a MS Football game with Orangeville for tomorrow night here at AH 5:30 start. ***
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*** Tonight's Varsity Football game vs. Christian Life has been rescheduled for Saturday night @ 7:00 p.m. ***
*** Thursday 8/24 tonight's home football game vs. Christian Life has been postponed. Further details of rescheduling will be coming soon. MS volleyball and HS volleyball will practice at normal times. HS Cheer will not practice tonight but will practice tomorrow 3:00-5:00. HS Football the weight room will be open for one hour tonight after school. ***
*** Tonight's Booster Club meeting has been rescheduled for next Wednesday 7:00 in the HS Lobby. ***
*** All sports parents, I want to let you know we are watching the heat situation with the athletes very closely. We will be monitoring the conditions tomorrow and will keep you updated on practices and the varsity football game tomorrow night. Please encourage your children to eat a healthy diet and stay very hydrated. I know the coaches have been talking to them about this a lot!! ***
*** Wednesday 8/23 MS Football practice has been cancelled for today and tomorrow, they will practice on Friday at the regular time. 3:00-5:00.
*** Monday 8/21 MS Football game scheduled for Tuesday the 22nd at Orangeville has been moved to Oct. 7th at 11:00. Updated schedule has been posted on the Athletics page. HS Football Thursday home vs. Christian Life 7:00. HS Volleyball Saturday home vs. South Beloit 10:00. ***
*** Friday 8/18 Green & White Games tonight. It all starts with the HS Football Team "Benching For Bucks" at 4:30 in front of the school. Then the MS Volleyball team will have there scrimmage at 5:30 and the HS Volleyball team at 6:00. Please note we will not be pulling out the bleachers for the volleyball games to give the floor some more time to cure but people are welcome to stand on the sides. It's a small scarifies for our new beautiful floor. MS Football will take the field at 7:00 and HS Football at 8:00. Come out and support your MS/HS Giants!!! ***
August 17, 2023
Dear District 19 Families,
District 19 apologizes for the technical issues that occurred with the audio during our recent board meeting. We understand the importance of clear and effective communication during our meetings, especially given the significance of the topics discussed. We are working to correct the audio problems to prevent any recurrence in the future.
Please see below for the latest Transportation update:
Dousman Transportation Company will be ready to serve our students this coming Wednesday. I would like to clarify a couple of items. Nothing has changed as it concerns the number of routes we will run. For the last 6 years we have run 4 regular routes and our tech campus route for a total of 5 routes. These same 5 routes are still being run this year with Dousman Transportation.
Our buses will be stored at Dousman Transportation, with the exception of two buses for this school year.
As for the length of bus rides and bus times: Dousman Transportation scheduled every student that qualifies for bussing. The length of the route and bus times will tighten up as they learn who does and doesn't ride a bus.
As with the beginning of every new school year times are adjusted. Thank you for your understanding. An updated list of bus stops and times will be posted on Monday, so there is time to ask questions if needed.
Summary of the statement by our Board Member Brandon Berg:
Due to the leadership retiring in our transportation department in January, the board decided to look at all of our transportation options including looking at outsourcing transportation. It was at that time we decided not to move forward with a transportation service due to the additional cost and proceeded to hire and promote a new transportation Director to maintain district-run transportation. Fast forward to the second week in July when we had three of our drivers leave for a different school district making our only option out-sourcing transportation. Nationwide one of the most challenging positions to staff for schools is bus driver so we knew that with the time we had until school began our only option was to go with a school bus service. There was no way we were going to find, hire, develop, and train three bus drivers prior to the start of the school year. Dousman immediately responded to our call and needs. To clarify we still own the buses and we’re still supplying all the fuel for the buses to go on route. In fact, we purchased a new bus for $117,000. We are under a one-year contract with Dousman and still have two drivers that will be driving for the district with our own vehicles. We currently have a job requisition open to hire additional drivers and it is still our hope that we can staff additional bus drivers to bring our busing back in-house at some point.
If you have any questions please feel free to contact me.
With Giant Pride,
Tiffany Elswick
Superintendent
*** Fall sports pictures will be moved up one day to Wednesday August 16th starting with MS Volleyball at 3:00 followed by HS Volleyball, HS Cheer MS Football & HS Football. ***
In Loving Memory of School Board Member Steve Fritsch
Important Information from D19 Superintendent
*** 8/11 All fall sport practices and games will remain as scheduled. MS Volleyball starts on Monday 8/14 5th - 8th grade girls 3:00-5:00 in the HS Gym. HS Volleyball practice goes into their school practice time of 5:00-7:00. MS Football is from 3:00-5:00. HS Cheer is from 3:00-5:00 and HS Football is from 4:00-6:30. Green & White Games will be next Friday starting with "Benching For Bucks " at 4:30, MS Volleyball at 5:30, HS Volleyball at 6:00. MS Football at 7:00 and HS Football at 8:00. ***
*** 8/11 Time change to Aug. 26th HS Volleyball game vs. South Beloit 10:00 & 11:00. ***
D19 News: Please see this link for our current job postings, including a new posting for cafeteria staff.
Link: https://www.alden-hebron.org/page/employment-opportunities
*** Correction to the MS Football schedule, updated and corrected. ***