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The DeKalb High School Future Farmers of America chapter held a Barnyard Zoo Family Night Wednesday to celebrate National FFA Week. The event offered the chance for visitors to meet farm animals, take part in arts and crafts and learn about farming in DeKalb County.

The newly approved DeKalb School District 428 elementary school attendance maps are meant to help reduce classroom sizes from 28 to 25 for grades K-5, officials said. They'll go into effect in the fall.

Officials for the newly renovated Beyond One Barb Transition Center and DeKalb School District 428 recently celebrated the transition program’s new off-campus location at 530 Charter St.

The DeKalb school board plans to put the final draft of the district’s proposed attendance boundary maps to a vote next month.

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DeKalb School District 428 held a grand opening ceremony Wednesday for the Beyond One Barb Transition Center. The transition program has been in place to facilitate students with intellectual and developmental disabilities aged 18-22 into adulthood and independent living.

Some elementary students in DeKalb could go to new schools in the fall if DeKalb District 428 approves proposed redistricting plans in light of the Mitchell Elementary build.

The DeKalb School Board this week rejected a district attempt to place a failed sales tax referendum back on the ballot in April. The referendum, which proposed a 1% new sales tax benefiting public schools countywide, failed to garner enough votes in November.

Officials in DeKalb School District 428 are grappling with how to redraw student attendance boundary maps to best incorporate the new Dr. Leroy A. Mitchell Elementary School when it opens in the fall. Two public meetings are planned for Jan. 9 and 11 for families to weigh in.

A referendum that failed on November's ballot returns to Sycamore voters this spring. Currently, the District 427 school board elects no more than three members from any one district township. The referendum change, if approved, would remove the three-person restriction.