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Community Consolidated School District 158 is a school district in Illinois. The district serves some nearly 9,500 students living in Huntley as well as western portions of Lake in the Hills and Algonquin and surrounding areas. The district employs over 1,400 staff members. The school district, which is one of the fastest growing in the state of Illinois, has grappled with skyrocketing enrollment and the subsequent problems associated with it for nearly a decade. The school district has transformed itself from a one elementary/one high school district as recently as 1996 to a district that as of 2006 boasts 5 elementary schools, 2 middle schools, and 1 high school on three campuses district-wide. ==Innovations== *The school district is famous for some of its innovations, including the campus-concept idea in which each campus has 2 elementary schools, a junior high, and a high school. Contrary to the traditional neighborhood school, this idea means that a student will usually spend their whole K-12 education on one campus and will usually have to ride the bus to school, rather than walk. The district's three campuses are each about a square quarter mile. *The district also employed a block schedule for a number of years in the late 90s and early 00s for its high school students, in which students would attend four 85 minute classes one day, also known as red days, and then four different classes the next day known as white days, and then back to the red day schedule the following day and so forth. *Additionally, the district has become a model for other districts for its focus and emphasis on technology in education. The district invests highly in the latest computers, software, televisions, projection equipment, digital cameras, and so forth. *The district has very good programs in arts and music, thanks in part to the Fine Arts Boosters organization. *All buildings now in use by the school district were built between 1997 and 2005. It is very rare for a district of this size and rapid growth rate to have all new buildings. *In 2012, Consolidated School District 158 implemented the "1 to 1" program, backed by Curriculum Loft. The program began at Martin Elementary, giving KUNO tablets to the students 3-5. In 2013, the "1 to 1" program expanded to include all the elementary schools in the district, assigning tablets to each student K-5. In 2014, the "1 to 1" program grew again to give middle schoolers, 6-7, Chromebooks to use in school. They currently plan to give Chrome books to the Eighth-Graders, who do not yet have Chromebooks of their own. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Consolidated School District 158」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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