Kellogg Mission Addition
Kate Starr Kellogg elementary is a 1+ school with a growing attendance. Kellogg is ranked 24th in the current issue of Chicago Magazine's Top Elementary Schools (August 2019). If you take out the Selective Enrollment Schools, Kellogg is in the Top 5 neighborhood public schools on the south side.
In 2016 a plan was floated for the closure of Kellogg. Extensive improvements were planned to the building to accommodate a selective enrollment school to move into Kellogg’s facilities. These improvements included ADA compliance and repair of outdated bathrooms.
The closure plan failed based on the strength of our student's performance. Yet the 82-year-old building still needs these improvements.
This past year CPS administrators, a CPS Board of Education member, and our alderman toured Kellogg. As a result, we are receiving some short-term fixes but not long-term solutions.
• Kellogg will STILL NOT be ADA compliant, all the while a little girl who was confined to a wheelchair was unable to access the second floor.
• Our bathrooms are 80 years old. There is continuous running water in ancient urinals.
• Our gymnasium is a cafeteria, an auditorium, a kitchen and a classroom for PE. Scheduling lunch, gym, school assemblies and other school events becomes difficult. Food service workers need to make sandwiches during gym class.
• We have multiple classes within a single classroom for diverse learners. It is difficult to focus on an instructor in front of you when an instructor behind you is presenting a lesson to another group of children.
• Kellogg's modular is being patched, but it is nearing the end of its useful life. Additionally, during the winter our children are subjected to the weather while switching between buildings for Spanish, art, gym, and lunch.
• There is no fire alarm that connects both buildings. There is no security guard protecting children in the modular.
• Finally, as with many other CPS schools, we will be welcoming preschool students very soon.
We ask the Board of Education for desperately needed funds for an addition—an addition that will serve our children for another 80 years of excellence. We are looking for your support. Kellogg needs facilities that will enable our children to reach the twenty-first century success they deserve.
In 2016 a plan was floated for the closure of Kellogg. Extensive improvements were planned to the building to accommodate a selective enrollment school to move into Kellogg’s facilities. These improvements included ADA compliance and repair of outdated bathrooms.
The closure plan failed based on the strength of our student's performance. Yet the 82-year-old building still needs these improvements.
This past year CPS administrators, a CPS Board of Education member, and our alderman toured Kellogg. As a result, we are receiving some short-term fixes but not long-term solutions.
• Kellogg will STILL NOT be ADA compliant, all the while a little girl who was confined to a wheelchair was unable to access the second floor.
• Our bathrooms are 80 years old. There is continuous running water in ancient urinals.
• Our gymnasium is a cafeteria, an auditorium, a kitchen and a classroom for PE. Scheduling lunch, gym, school assemblies and other school events becomes difficult. Food service workers need to make sandwiches during gym class.
• We have multiple classes within a single classroom for diverse learners. It is difficult to focus on an instructor in front of you when an instructor behind you is presenting a lesson to another group of children.
• Kellogg's modular is being patched, but it is nearing the end of its useful life. Additionally, during the winter our children are subjected to the weather while switching between buildings for Spanish, art, gym, and lunch.
• There is no fire alarm that connects both buildings. There is no security guard protecting children in the modular.
• Finally, as with many other CPS schools, we will be welcoming preschool students very soon.
We ask the Board of Education for desperately needed funds for an addition—an addition that will serve our children for another 80 years of excellence. We are looking for your support. Kellogg needs facilities that will enable our children to reach the twenty-first century success they deserve.
Kellogg's Mission Addition Presentation
| kelloggmissionaddition.pdf |
One-pager for parents
| parentscallback2school.pdf |
One-pager for neighbors
| neighborcall.pdf |
