| BUILDING A BETTER DISTRICTA Movement By Citizens Demanding Transparency, Accountability, and Community Engagement for Central CUSD 301/Burlington in the State of Illinois.Building A Better District is a taxpayer-led movement and is not affiliated with, nor endorsed by, the Illinois State or Kane County Regional Board of Education, nor any individual school district, or administration/Board of Education. |
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Upcoming EventsFor the most up-to-date meeting information, please go to the district's BoardBook page.
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| Building A Better District's founders, Andy Dogan and Micheline Welch, were elected to seats on the Central 301 Board of Education in April 2025. During their campaign, the earned the endorsements of both the Daily Herald and the Central Education Association. Andy was elected to serve a 2-year term and Micheline a 4-year term. They continue to work for transparency, communication, accountability, and strong public engagement for the Central community. Building A Better District remains operational as a resource and support for our community! There is still much work to be done and YOU are still very much needed! |
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building a better district takes TRANSPARENCY, ACCOUNTABILITY, & TRUST - and YOU!
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Building A Better District On A Strong Foundation: the Village of Burlington, IL
Between January and March 2024, Building A Better District has had the opportunity to communicate with hundreds of residents across our amazing school district. From texts to Facebook messages, e-mails, phone calls, and in-person meetings, we were humbled over and over by the depth of roots that exist here. Thanks to our work on the recent referendum, Andy, Chuck, and I had the unbelievable experience of meeting so many people in our community that we never would have met and for that we are thankful. We had the opportunity to meet a private citizen from Burlington who paid out of their own pocket to have the CHS Rockets logo painted on the Burlington water tower. This citizen no longer had children in the district, but felt it was a way to show Burlington's connection to and support of Central CUSD301. Who would know this story if you moved here in the last 5 to 10 years? Maybe even before that? How would you know just how deep and strong the roots run here in Burlington? This story has stayed with us as we have listened to some say those without kids in school don't care about our district. While that might be true in other districts, when it comes to Central nothing could be further from the truth. It struck us that the Burlington water tower and its homage to the Rockets is located in a place many families with children on the east side never see. We hope that everyone will take a moment to appreciate the rich history of our community and realize that we have thousands of homeowners here that have a vested interest in supporting smart fiscal investments in our school district. We maybe be Central today, but before Central, we were Burlington and Plato Center and our district is built upon their strong foundations. There are many families here that remember those days, who attended those schools, who had children that attended those schools, and now have grandchildren attending 301 schools...and they are STILL here supporting our school district we are all so lucky to be a part of. Let's do our best to welcome each other to the table to find solutions to all of the challenges we might face here together. Our lives will be richer for it and our community will be strong for it! |
Photo Credit: Jeanie Mayer/Elgin Courier News https://www.chicagotribune.com/2016/09/09/burlington-water-tank-features-high-school-logo/ |
About us
We are a local group dedicated to cultivating an empowered and engaged community of parents and taxpayers to build an environment of transparency, accountability, and communication within Central Community Unified District 301 (D301), representing the unified voice of the people for a successful and sustainable future.
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