Board of Education Meeting
The Board of Education gathered for its regular monthly business meeting this past Monday. The Board heard the annual
Special Education Child Count report and approved
transportation fees for the 2025-26 academic year in addition to hearing committee reports.
Additionally, the Board approved Claire Kreller as the next Assistant Principal at McKenzie. Ms. Kreller has spent the last 13 years as an educator in the city, the last two as the Senior Manager of Teacher Development at Distinctive Schools, a non-profit organization dedicated to supporting and accelerating the work of charter schools. In her role, she oversaw the implementation of the organization’s coaching model across nine charter school campuses, and provided strategic direction, professional development, and mentorship for educational leaders to ensure impactful instructional coaching and growth. She will begin her work at McKenzie on July 1.
At the conclusion of its regular meeting, the Board then held a reorganization meeting to recognize the contributions of outgoing members Jon Cesaretti, Bonnie Kim, and Lisa Schneider-Fabes and welcome Judy Berlin, Kristin de Castro, and Katie Hilton to the Board. In addition, Board Member Anne Hart was re-elected to serve for a second term on the Board of Education. Upon reorganization, the Board voted to appoint Anne Hart as Board President and Allyson Paflas as Vice President for the next two years.
Agendas and materials for Board of Education meetings are posted online the Friday prior to the meeting.
Register Now for the 2025-26 Academic Year
Registration for the 2025-26 academic year is due now. For those families who have not registered your new and/or returning students, we ask that you please complete their registration now. Registration numbers, particularly for incoming kindergarten students, are important to our planning and staffing. Thank you for your attention to this.
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Registration information for our new full-day kindergarten and for all new students is available online. If you have an incoming kindergartener or know someone who does, please encourage them to complete the registration process as soon as possible.
• Registration for returning students can be completed via the PowerSchool Parent Portal and choose “registration.”
• Registration is also open for our Lechner Early Education Program (LEEP) for three- and four-year-old preschool program.
• Our
2025-26 academic year calendar is available online.
District 39 Angel Fund
Supported through generous donations from our D39 families, residents, and community businesses to assist families who are facing financial hardship, the District 39 Angel Fund helps to cover the cost of activity fees, such as athletics, band/orchestra, and school-sponsored clubs, to help ensure that all child(ren) can fully access and participate within all aspects of school.
Donations to the Angel Fund can be made online and are tax-deductible. Contributions of any dollar amount are appreciated and 100% of all donations go towards District 39 families in need. Please
visit our Angel Fund webpage for more information.