DUNDEE-CROWN HIGH SCHOOL

1 Charger Country
Carpentersville, IL 60110
224-484-5000
Fax 224-484-5098
www.d300.org/schools/dchs

Dear parents,

As discussed at recent Board of Education meetings, there is a possibility that all three high schools
in our district will need to go to a 3-Block schedule next year. Due to the financial situation in our
district and the state of Illinois, a 3-Block schedule may become necessary to balance the district’s
budget. Currently, this is only a possibility, and no final decision has yet been made.

If this becomes necessary, students will take a maximum of three classes per day next year
(instead of four like this year). Over the next several weeks, counselors will be creating two
schedules for each student; a schedule based on the 4-Block day, and a schedule based on the 3-
Block day. In order to create a 3-Block schedule, your student’s counselor will have to remove
several of your student’s current course requests.

Today, during advisory, students were asked to indicate which classes are most important to them,
and which classes are least important. They did this by rank-ordering their current requests.

In order to create a 3-Block schedule, your student’s counselor will review this sheet and remove
the classes ranked lowest by your student. Please note that they will always first schedule students
in courses required for graduation. For example, even if your student marked his or her English
class as the lowest priority, the counselor will not remove this class because it is required for
graduation. There will be no change to graduation requirements next year.

Again, remember that the 3-Block day is not a certainly; rather, we are just preparing for the
worst-case scenario. It is everyone’s hope that there is no need to move to the 3-Block schedule.
All current requests will remain in the computer, so that the school will have the ability to
generate two schedules for every student, depending on the final decision to be made before the
start of the new school year. We will notify you again if the decision is made to change the
schedule for next year.

Please also remember that the State’s financial crisis continues to be a problem for schools in our
district and in districts around Illinois. We encourage citizens to contact their elected
representatives to ensure their voices are heard on issues that directly impact District 300 and
their daily lives; a list of elected representatives, including their contact information, can be found
on the district website at www.d300.org, under ‘About Us’ and ‘Community and Legislative
Resources.’

Push the Pride!

Lynn McCarthy