2025 Election: St. Charles District 303 School Board

Kate Bell on a top priority for the district: Ensuring every student receives the education and resources they need to succeed remains a top priority

Kimberly Rich: The top three issues facing our school district today are: Maintaining a balanced budget while ensuring that we are offering high quality programs to our students. Attracting, hiring, and retaining the top educators and support staff in the state. School safety

Elias Palacios: We need customized instruction, teacher training, diverse materials, parental engagement, technology integration, regular assessments and effective after-school programs to boost reading skills and test scores

Jenna Hancock: Another area I would like to see D303 improve is expanding career readiness skills by increasing the number of dual credit, trades programs and internship opportunities students have access to

Should students be able to use AI in schoolwork? Thomas Lentz: AI is an evolving tool with the potential to enhance learning, but we need to approach it responsibly