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{{Short description|School district in Illinois, United States}}
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'''West Aurora Public School District 129''' has a tradition in [[Aurora, Illinois]] going back to the 1860s. The West Side High School and East Side High Schools have played an annual football game against each other since 1893. Four of the current elementary buildings are reported to be four of the oldest still in use in Aurora and in Kane County. Mary Todd school was constructed as Oak Street school, on the ruins of a prior building, and was built by the [[Works Progress Administration]] (WPA) in the 1930s. Its interior still features WPA murals and sculpture. Joseph Freeman Elementary School was dedicated in 1928. Abraham Lincoln Elementary (decommissioned in 2009), was originally the Lake Street School, and Nancy Hill Elementary, originally the Illinois Avenue School, are over a century old.
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'''West Aurora Public School District 129''' is a [[unit school district]] in southeastern [[Kane County, Illinois]]. The present "West Side" school district covers the city of [[Aurora, Illinois]] with an eastern boundary of the [[Fox River (Illinois River tributary)|Fox River]], a southern boundary of the [[Kane County, Illinois|Kane County]] and [[Kendall County, Illinois|Kendall County]] line, a western boundary of Aurora's city limits, and a northern boundary of the village limits of [[North Aurora, Illinois]]. Students from Aurora, North Aurora, [[Montgomery, Illinois]] and [[Sugar Grove, Illinois]] attend West Aurora schools.


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District 129 has a tradition in Aurora going back to the 1860s. The [[West Aurora High School|West Side High School]] and [[East Aurora High School|East Side High School]] have played an annual football game against each other since 1893. Four of the current elementary buildings are reported to be four of the oldest still in use in Aurora and in Kane County. Mary Todd school was constructed as Oak Street school, on the ruins of a prior building, and was built by the [[Works Progress Administration]] (WPA) in the 1930s. Its interior still features WPA murals and sculpture. Joseph Freeman Elementary School was dedicated in 1928. Abraham Lincoln Elementary (decommissioned in 2009), was originally the Lake Street School, and Nancy Hill Elementary, originally the Illinois Avenue School, are over a century old.
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Two other school buildings exist on the historic sites of original school buildings. The Montgomery Elementary School was built in 1891. The present Nicholson Elementary, itself built in the 1950s and 1960s, replaced the Montgomery Elementary building on the same site. The original Galena Street School was built in 1895. It was renamed Greenman Elementary in 1915, and was replaced by a new building, constructed on an adjacent lot, in 2004.


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Two other school buildings exist on the historic sites of original school buildings. The Montgomery Elementary School was built in 1891.{{cn|date=October 2019}} The present Nicholson Elementary, itself built in the 1950s and 1960s, replaced the Montgomery Elementary building on the same site. The original Galena Street School was built in 1895. It was renamed Greenman Elementary in 1915, and was replaced by a new building, constructed on an adjacent lot, in 2004.
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The present "West Side" school district covers the city of Aurora with an eastern boundary of the Fox River, a southern boundary of the [[Kane County, Illinois|Kane County]] and [[Kendall County, Illinois|Kendall County]] line, a western boundary of Aurora's city limits, and a northern boundary of the village limits of [[North Aurora, Illinois]]. West Side District 129 absorbed the former North Aurora School District #51 in the early 1960s, constructing Schneider Elementary in that village's east side in 1963, and Goodwin Elementary (as a replacement for the former North Aurora School, which still stands at the corner of State Street and Lincolnway in North Aurora), in 1968.


West Side District 129 absorbed the former North Aurora School District #51 in the early 1960s, constructing Schneider Elementary in that village's east side in 1963, and Goodwin Elementary (as a replacement for the former North Aurora School, which stood at the corner of State Street and Lincolnway in North Aurora until it was demolished in 2015), in 1968.
The West Side District is the only one of the three major districts serving Aurora to own and operate its own fleet of School Buses (IPSD has a contract agreement with [[Laidlaw]] and East Side District 131 does not operate any school buses). Students from Aurora, North Aurora, [[Montgomery, Illinois]] and [[Sugar Grove, Illinois]] attend West Aurora schools. In addition to the list below, fourth grade students from Freeman Elementary and fifth grade students from McCleery Elementary attend classes in the Institute for Collaboration building of the School of Education at [[Aurora University]], also known as the Partnership School. While the students are still enrolled in their "parent" schools, the classes are overseen by the Partnership School's own principal.

The West Side District is the only one of the three major districts serving Aurora to own and operate its own fleet of School Buses: [[Indian Prairie School District 204|Indian Prairie School District]] has a contract agreement with [[Laidlaw]] and East Side District 131 does not operate any school buses).


==Elementary schools==
==Elementary schools==
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|Early Learning Academy
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|Aurora
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|Laurie Klamhous
|2019
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|Fearn Elementary
|Fearn Elementary
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|Falcons
|Falcons
|Red & Black
|Red & Black
|Dave Russell
|Anne Giarrante
|2001
|2001
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|Mustangs
|Mustangs
|Maroon & Gold
|Maroon & Gold
|Jana Ream
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|Michael S. Smith
|1928
|1928
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|Eagles
|Eagles
|Royal & Gold
|Royal & Gold
|Bob Halverson
|Eric Benson
|1968
|1968
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|Lions
|Lions
|Kelly & White
|Kelly & White
|Cliff Englishharden
|Kristine Webster
|1895, original building — 2004, current building
|1895, original building — 2004, current building
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|Huskies
|Huskies
|Royal & White
|Royal & White
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|Cherie Esposito
|Lisa Polomsky
|1960
|1960
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|Hawks
|Hawks
|Royal & Gold
|Royal & Gold
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|Michael S. Smith
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|Cindy Larry
|1888
|1888
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|Lynx
|Lynx
|Red & Grey
|Red & Grey
|N/A
|Michelle Gallo
|1892 - 2009
|1892 - 2009
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|Mustangs
|Mustangs
|Red & Black
|Red & Black
|Dan Ulrich
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|Cherie Esposito
|1957
|1957
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|Eagles
|Eagles
|Red & White
|Red & White
|Jennifer Bernal
|Brett Burton
|1891, original building — 1953/1962, current building
|1891, original building — 1953/1962, current building
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|Bulldogs
|Bulldogs
|Red & White
|Red & White
|Michael P. Smith
|Olivia Smith
|1963
|1963
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|Super Star
|Super Star
|Royal & Gold
|Royal & Gold
|Pete Clabough
|Kathy DeTolve
|1963
|1963
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|Spelling Bees
|Spelling Bees
|N/A
|N/A
|N/A
|Michelle Shabaker
|1934
|1934-2019
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|Herget Middle School
|Herget Middle School
|Robert Herget, former teacher, Principal and Associate Superintendent
|Robert Herget, former teacher, Principal and Associate Superintendent
|Aurora
|North Aurora
|Huskie
|Huskie
|Royal & White
|Royal & White
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|Cindy Larry
|Rachel Hattendorf
|2005
|2005
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|J-Hawks (stands for Junior Blackhawks, after the West High Blackhawks)
|J-Hawks (stands for Junior Blackhawks, after the West High Blackhawks)
|Royal & White
|Royal & White
|Jeffrey Bryant
|Patricia Cross
|1956
|1956
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|Jaguar
|Jaguar
|Red & white
|Red & white
|Michael S. Smith
|Greg Scalia
|1998
|1998
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|Generals
|Generals
|Navy & Red
|Navy & Red
|Tom Davidson
|Gail Wronski
|1964
|1964
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|Aurora
|Aurora
|Blackhawks
|Blackhawks
|Red & Blue
|Dr. Charles Hiscock<ref>[http://westhigh.sd129.org/download.axd?file=708eff27-3705-4310-ba3a-5809825aab55&dnldType=Resource West High School Profile]; accessed 2 August 2013</ref>
|Dr. Charles Hiscock<ref>[http://westhigh.sd129.org/download.axd?file=708eff27-3705-4310-ba3a-5809825aab55&dnldType=Resource West High School Profile]; accessed 2 August 2013 {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150214200100/http://westhigh.sd129.org/download.axd?file=708eff27-3705-4310-ba3a-5809825aab55&dnldType=Resource |date=February 14, 2015 }}</ref>
|1867, original high school &mdash; 1905, second location (still standing) &mdash; 1953, current location
|1867, original high school &mdash; 1905, second location (still standing) &mdash; 1953, current location
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|Aurora
|Aurora
|Rockets
|Rockets
|Terry Collette
|Doris Hillman
|1969
|1969
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==References==
==References==
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{{nofootnotes|remainder of this list|date=November 2016}}

*[http://www.sd129.org/site_res_view_template.aspx?id=6ba35865-8ba1-4d81-8f60-fffa5ee9b7e2 Historical Background on Names of District 129 Schools]
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20141009091213/http://www.sd129.org/site_res_view_template.aspx?id=6ba35865-8ba1-4d81-8f60-fffa5ee9b7e2 Historical Background on Names of District 129 Schools]<!-- appears to have been the source of names above -->
*[http://www.sd129.org/ School District 129]
*[http://www.sd129.org/ School District 129]


==External links==
* [http://www.sd129.org/ West Aurora School District 129] &mdash; official site

{{Aurora, Illinois}}
[[Category:Education in Aurora, Illinois]]
[[Category:Education in Aurora, Illinois]]
[[Category:School districts in Kane County, Illinois]]
[[Category:School districts in Kane County, Illinois]]
[[Category:1860s establishments in Illinois]]

Latest revision as of 12:41, 7 January 2022

West Aurora Public School District 129 is a unit school district in southeastern Kane County, Illinois. The present "West Side" school district covers the city of Aurora, Illinois with an eastern boundary of the Fox River, a southern boundary of the Kane County and Kendall County line, a western boundary of Aurora's city limits, and a northern boundary of the village limits of North Aurora, Illinois. Students from Aurora, North Aurora, Montgomery, Illinois and Sugar Grove, Illinois attend West Aurora schools.

District 129 has a tradition in Aurora going back to the 1860s. The West Side High School and East Side High School have played an annual football game against each other since 1893. Four of the current elementary buildings are reported to be four of the oldest still in use in Aurora and in Kane County. Mary Todd school was constructed as Oak Street school, on the ruins of a prior building, and was built by the Works Progress Administration (WPA) in the 1930s. Its interior still features WPA murals and sculpture. Joseph Freeman Elementary School was dedicated in 1928. Abraham Lincoln Elementary (decommissioned in 2009), was originally the Lake Street School, and Nancy Hill Elementary, originally the Illinois Avenue School, are over a century old.

Two other school buildings exist on the historic sites of original school buildings. The Montgomery Elementary School was built in 1891.[citation needed] The present Nicholson Elementary, itself built in the 1950s and 1960s, replaced the Montgomery Elementary building on the same site. The original Galena Street School was built in 1895. It was renamed Greenman Elementary in 1915, and was replaced by a new building, constructed on an adjacent lot, in 2004.

West Side District 129 absorbed the former North Aurora School District #51 in the early 1960s, constructing Schneider Elementary in that village's east side in 1963, and Goodwin Elementary (as a replacement for the former North Aurora School, which stood at the corner of State Street and Lincolnway in North Aurora until it was demolished in 2015), in 1968.

The West Side District is the only one of the three major districts serving Aurora to own and operate its own fleet of School Buses: Indian Prairie School District has a contract agreement with Laidlaw and East Side District 131 does not operate any school buses).

Elementary schools

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School's name School's namesake Location Mascot Colors Principal Year opened
Early Learning Academy Aurora Laurie Klamhous 2019
Fearn Elementary Harold G. Fearn, former Superintendent of Schools North Aurora Falcons Red & Black Dave Russell 2001
Freeman Elementary Captain Joseph Hewett Freeman, former Superintendent of Schools, former Illinois State Superintendent of Schools Aurora Mustangs Maroon & Gold Jana Ream 1928
Goodwin Elementary Lucia Goodwin, former teacher North Aurora Eagles Royal & Gold Bob Halverson 1968
Greenman Elementary (originally Galena Street School) A. V. Greenman, former superintendent Aurora Lions Kelly & White Cliff Englishharden 1895, original building — 2004, current building
Hall Elementary Frank Haven Hall, former superintendent Aurora Huskies Royal & White Cherie Esposito 1960
Hill Elementary (originally Pennsylvania Avenue School) Nancy Hill, former teacher and principal Aurora Hawks Royal & Gold Michael S. Smith 1888
Lincoln Elementary (originally Lake Street School) Abraham Lincoln Aurora Lynx Red & Grey N/A 1892 - 2009
McCleery Elementary Wayne McCleery, former superintendent Aurora Mustangs Red & Black Dan Ulrich 1957
Nicholson Elementary (originally Montgomery Elementary School) Grace Nicholson, former teacher Montgomery Eagles Red & White Jennifer Bernal 1891, original building — 1953/1962, current building
Schneider Elementary J. P. Schneider, early settler for whom Schneider's Mill/Schneider's Crossing was named before it was renamed North Aurora North Aurora Bulldogs Red & White Olivia Smith 1963
Smith Elementary Gertrude Scott Smith, former teacher Aurora Super Star Royal & Gold Pete Clabough 1963
Todd Early Childhood Center (originally Oak Street School) Mary Todd, former teacher Aurora Spelling Bees N/A N/A 1934-2019

Middle schools

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School's name School's namesake Location Mascot Colors Principal Year opened
Herget Middle School Robert Herget, former teacher, Principal and Associate Superintendent North Aurora Huskie Royal & White Cindy Larry 2005
Jefferson Middle School Thomas Jefferson Aurora J-Hawks (stands for Junior Blackhawks, after the West High Blackhawks) Royal & White Jeffrey Bryant 1956
Jewel Middle School Gary D. Jewel, former teacher and superintendent North Aurora Jaguar Red & white Michael S. Smith 1998
Washington Middle School George Washington Aurora Generals Navy & Red Tom Davidson 1964

High school

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School's name Location Mascot Colors Principal Year opened
West Aurora High School Aurora Blackhawks Red & Blue Dr. Charles Hiscock[1] 1867, original high school — 1905, second location (still standing) — 1953, current location

Special Education

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School's name School's namesake Location Mascot Principal Year opened
Hope D. Wall School (run in cooperation with East Side District 131) Hope D. Wall, special education teacher Aurora Rockets Terry Collette 1969

References

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  1. ^ West High School Profile; accessed 2 August 2013 Archived February 14, 2015, at the Wayback Machine
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