Dennis School News Today

Starting classes late for all Decatur School District students an undesirable option, local officials say.

The first modular classrooms have arrived at Garfield Learning Academy, where Dennis students will attend school for at least the upcoming school year.

The Decatur school board will hold a special meeting 5:30 p.m. Monday, July 24, to present an update on Dennis School.

A complaint to OSHA has resulted in all access to both Dennis School buildings being prohibited, leaving teachers belongings and other contents of the buildings inaccessible.

Dennis School students will have an extended summer vacation, with the start of their school year delayed while the district waits for modular classrooms to be delivered and installed at

An unusually big “bow echo” storm roared its way through Central Illinois Thursday afternoon, ripping down trees and power lines and sparking widespread power outages that hit thousands of family

We are doing all we can to find enough modular units to place on the Garfield site to fit all Dennis students there to start school this fall," Superintendent Rochelle

The Decatur Public Schools Board of Education will hold a special open session meeting on Wednesday to discuss and potentially take action on the future of Dennis Lab School.

Were thankful the structures were declared unfit while empty. Teachers and staff were barred from the school last week.

Dennis Schools two campuses have been deemed "structurally compromised," meaning students wont be attending classes there in the fall.