After an emergency board meeting was held Mon, Feb 14, the board voted to accept the administration's recommendation that wearing a mask will be respectfully requested, but no longer required at District 99 starting Mon, Feb 28.  This meeting was held in response to a judge ruling in favor of a lawsuit filed against Governor J.B. Pritzker and his executive order on mandatory masking. Since District 99 was named in the lawsuit, this was considered an emergency meeting. Board Vice President Michael...

Freshman Reyhan Hashim had the idea to start an Esports team at DGN in September of this school year and has been working with friends Nicholas Ochezdan and Dylan Casey on making this idea a reality. After many months of planning, DGN’s new Esports team held its first meeting Monday, March 7.  Hashim initially decided to establish this club after seeing esports programs in high schools in surrounding areas and wanted to create a similar outlet and opportunity for the students of DGN.  “There...

In an informational flier released in mid-February, District 58 parents and Downers Grove residents received news of the latest proposal for the district. The proposal includes renovations to many of the 13 facilities in the district with a main goal of possibly adding 6th graders to the district's middle schools. The proposal began in 2018 with a district ‘strategic plan’. This consisted of asking stakeholders in the community for their thoughts on proposed changes to the district.  From...