School district in Illinois, United States
Burbank School District 111 is an elementary school district located in Burbank, Illinois, a southwest Chicago suburb just south of Chicago Midway International Airport in Stickney Township, Cook County. The district, which was established in 1923 – nearly a half century before the city incorporated in 1970 – includes seven elementary schools and one junior high school, all of which are located within the city of Burbank; all of the elementary schools enroll students from kindergarten through sixth grade.[2] The district superintendent is Carol Kunst.[3]
Schools
Elementary schools
The elementary schools are:
- Luther Burbank School (1943), under principal Robert Mocek, which was reopened in 2018 after being rebuilt[4]
- Richard E. Byrd School (1958), principal Marian Stockhausen[5]
- Harry E. Fry School (1956), principal Mary Rein, which closed after the 2003–2004 school year and reopened during the 2009–2010 school year.[6]
- Jacqueline Kennedy School (1964), principal J.R. Entsminger[7]
- Rosa G. Maddock School (1954), principal Mark Antkiewicz[8]
- Frances B. McCord School, principal Sharon Walker-Hood as of 2023 [9]
- Edward J. Tobin School (1938), principal Mary Anne Sheehan, which was reopened in 2007 after being rebuilt[10]
Students from all these elementary schools move on to Liberty Junior High School, which is under the direction of principal Jim Martin.[11] Prior to Liberty's opening in 2004, most of the elementary schools enrolled students through eighth grade. Following junior high school, students advance to Reavis High School.
Middle schools
- Liberty Junior High School
Former schools in the district included:
- John Foster Dulles School (1960-?), which was demolished to make way for Liberty Junior High School
- Nottingham Park School (1950-?), in the adjacent unincorporated community of the same name
- Marjorie Owens School (1956-1980), which was converted into a police station and courthouse, and later into the township's senior citizens' center
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