Dear Rockford Public Schools students, parents, and community members:
A new school year is upon us. The 2024-2025 school year brings both new and familiar opportunities to our district.
Among the new things starting this fall:
- Our new elementary school, Edgerton Trails, has opened.
- New elementary language arts curriculum.
- Valley View has a new parking lot, a new bus loop, and no portables in the front or the back.
- Roguewood Elementary has a new gym.
- Lakes, Parkside, Edgerton Trails, and Roguewood have new classroom furniture.
- North Rockford Middle School has a new 6th-grade wing, a new orchestra room, an updated band room, reconfigured classrooms around the indoor courtyard, and a repaved and updated parking lot.
- Portables have been removed from Belmont Elementary and Meadow Ridge Elementary.
- Our transportation department has a new garage, office space, and parking lot.
- We have new tennis courts at the high school.
- Plus, we have new elementary boundaries.
That is a lot of new.
Some of the familiar things remain.
- Great staff
- Challenging and meaningful curriculum
- Wonderful opportunities for students
- Free school breakfast and lunch
- Wonderful facilities
I trust that this new year will once again challenge our students and help them continue to grow and develop as we work together as a Rockford community to provide them with opportunities and support.
Dr. Steve Matthews
Superintendent
