Notice is hereby given by the Board of Education of Roanoke-Benson Community Unit School District #60 in the County of Woodford, State of Illinois, that a public hearing will be held on Thursday, February 12, 2015, at 7:00 P.M. at Sowers Elementary School, located at 202 W. High Street in Roanoke, Illinois. The purpose of the hearing will be to review and provide time for public input in regards to the district’s waiver application for a modification of State Board Rules and/or School Code Mandates to allow District #60 to be in session on the first Monday in March (to be known as Casimir Pulaski’s birthday)

The waiver application mentioned above will be for the 2014-15 school year.

Dated this 28th day of January, 2015

BY: DeAnn Grandy, Secretary of the Board of Education
Rohn Peterson, Superintendent of Schools

Due to the cold temperatures – Roanoke-Benson School District will be closed on Thursday, January 8, 2015.

The R-B school district will be closed on Wednesday, January 7, 2015 due to the forecasted wind chill.

Board President, Steve Bates, and Building Committee Chairman, Todd Meinhold stand in front of the Roanoke-Benson’s Honorable Mention award for Illinois School Design presented at the Illinois School Board Conference held in Chicago, IL on November 22.

Click here RoanokeBenson for the PDF Honorable Mention Brochure.