Plainfield Community Consolidated School District 202

Henry Franzen, a fifth grader at River View Elementary School in Plainfield, is honoring veterans in two ways this Veterans Day.

This week, the Illinois State Board of Education released school- and district-level data showing what percentage of Will County students were considered proficient in math and reading last year. Check out this chart to see if that's an improvement over the prior year.

Search our table to see what designation your Will County school received on the 2024 school report card.

The Playnfield Players will perform “A Christmas Carol” Dec 20, Dec. 21 and Dec. 22 at Plainfield High School – Central Campus, 24120 Fort Beggs Drive Plainfield.

Audrey Stein who served School District 202 for 24 years, will serve as grand marshall for the Plainfield community homecoming parade, which steps off at 9 a.m. Sept. 28.

To combat an ongoing teacher shortage, Illinois has passed a bill which will allow for greater flexibility in when teaching candidates can take subject area certification exams.

Plainfield police say there is "no credible evidence to support" the threat made regarding Plainfield Central but there will be extra security at the campus Tuesday morning.

School District 202 has new entrepreneurship classrooms at all four Plainfield high schools. Students will spend the 2024-25 school year building a product.

Central Elementary School in Plainfield is one of three schools in Illinois recognized as a Promising Practices Professional Learning Community by Work Solution Tree.

September is National Hunger Action Month and several Plainfield organizations and taxing bodies are joining together to help support local food pantries.

Chad T. Richards, 23, of Loves Park, Illinois was scheduled to appear in court Monday on charges he killed 21-year-old Kara Welsh of Plainfield on Friday.

Kara Welsh, 21, of Plainfield was found shot multiple times in an apartment near the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater campus Friday night. Welsh would have started her senior year on Tuesday.

The Plainfield District 202 Board of Education voted 6-0 to approve a settlement agreement in a federal civil case that alleged two former student athletes were subjected to hazing and sexual assault.

As Will County schools begin a new year this month, we took a look at cell phone policies for students at Joliet area schools districts. Here's what we found.

The Plainfield School District 202 Board of Education may consider approving a settlement agreement in a federal lawsuit case involving allegations of hazing and sexual assault of two former football players.

Anushka Menon also landed in the 99th percentile with the SAT.

Joliet Township High School District 204 wants to add more school resource officers.

The school is located on the far west side of Joliet, and the damage marks one more example of the scattered impact of the storm across the city.

Plainfield School District 202 has approved the hiring of Ashley Lamorte as principal at Wesmere Elementary School.

After a season fraught with complications, Luke Winder, a former IHSA state pole vaulting champion and owner of Rise Pole Vault in Joliet, placed sixth at his first Olympic trials in Oregon June 23.

Local school districts give the State Seal of Biliteracy to encourage students to pursue biliteracy and honor students’ mastery of two or more languages.

Retired District 202 technology teacher Margie Bonuchi receives 2023 Walter G. and Juanita F. Niehus Award in honor of extraordinary commitment to students, parents and employees.

District 202 sends athletes to the Illinois Special Olympic Summer Games in the first year for the middle school program.

Plainfield School District 202 hires two new elementary school principals

Plainfield Community Consolidated School District approved a new contract with its support staff employees which closes the wage gap between the district and neighboring schools.

After receiving a letter from an eighth grader asking questions for a research project, Civil Rights activist Edith Lee-Payne paid JFK Middle School in Plainfield a visit.

Plainfield Police Officer Dean Klier said his experience in his first year as a school resource officer has taught him that "everybody has a story,” whether it’s “inside the school or on the street.”

District 202's parent organization recognized 95 “outstanding parents, community members, teachers and staff members for their dedication to students, their schools and community” at the 48th annual awards night on April 16.

Tom Hernandez came to District 202 in 2006 as its director of community relations and remained in that role in 2003. Hernandez was diagnosed with brain cancer in 2022.

District 202’s Plainfield Parent Community Network will present this free program. Professional development credits (CEUs and CPDUs) will be available for all certified educators attending this program.

More than 130 students from 12 high schools competed in the competition,

Glenn Wood, superintendent of District 202 in Plainfield, said the parade celebrated Hernandez’s contributions to the community. Wood called Hernandez the “consummate professional” and a man of “great character.”

Registration is required for Saturday's event. Hernandez, former director of community relations for District 202 in Plainfield, has battled brain cancer since 2022.

The Ira Jones Middle School National Junior Honor Society will host its fourth annual Family Game Night fundraiser on Friday at the school.

More than 200 students at the four Plainfield School District 202 high schools have been honored.

Trained personnel or the school nurse can administer undesignated quick relief asthma medicine when any individual at District 202 in Plainfield – students, staff or members of the community – experience respiratory distress.

The Plainfield South High School Black Student Association is inviting the community to help open the free Feb. 23 Black History Month showcase by singing the Black National Anthem “Lift Every Voice.”

The failed settlement occurs months after a judge dismissed most of the claims in a lawsuit case alleging two former Plainfield Central High School football players were subjected to sexual assault and hazing.

Bags of Hope provides weekend food to students in Bolingbrook, Crest Hill, Joliet, Lockport, Plainfield and Romeoville.

The career and job fair is a partnership between Plainfield High School-Central Campus and the Workforce Development Program of Will County.

Three seniors from District 202 have been as semifinalists for National Merit Scholarship program.

Attendees will walk the school’s track for an hour” in honor or in memory of someone touched by suicide,” according to District 202 in Plainfield.

All school levels have new assistant principals.

Tim Albores, director of student services for high school and ED/alternative programs at District 202 in Plainfield, helps the district partner with many community resources for its families.

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Savena Joiner wants a diverse workforce at District 202. Margarita Morelos wants more supports for parents and students.

Question: Why are you running for office? Answer: I am running for office because I feel that I can weigh in on district matters from a unique perspective. Read Savena Joiner's full election questionnaire here.

District 202 will begin this budgeted capital improvement work immediately, which is scheduled for completion for August 2023.

Local Big Brothers Big Sisters agencies typically offer a site-based or community-based program. But the Joliet agency created a hybrid of both specifically for students at District 202 in Plainfield. Volunteers are needed.

The National Merit Scholarship Program is a nationwide competition for recognition and awards conducted by the National Merit Scholarship Corporation. Plainfield School District 202 has announced that 17 of its seniors have been awarded “Commended” status in the 2023 National Mer