Welcome to the Gurnee School District 56 Website.

Please Note:  The Focus Group Meeting that was originally scheduled for Tuesday Evening at O'Plaine School has been postponed until further notice due to the coming inclement weather.  Please continue to check back here for further updates as to possible closings due to inclement weather.

The Board of Education, as an elected entity, wants to be as responsive as possible to the community it serves.  The foundation of that relationship is a set of tools that provides information to the community and an effective two-way communication system between the community and the District.  This website is designed to be a medium for parents and community patrons to access to find the most recent information about the school district.

As part of the District's Strategic Plan, three community meetings were scheduled to allow patrons to react to the plan.  At the November 12th, 2009, community meeting, a number of residents asked about the Wadsworth property purchased by the Board of Education in 2005.  We have decided to include a Google Earth picture here of the property.  It is our hope that this assists the community in locating that property.


On behalf of the Board of Education, please accept my thanks for your support.  The Board of Education and I commit to you that we will work hard every day to continue to earn that support.

John Hutton, Superintendent