Naperville Park District to open summer season rentals
Residents can begin submitting applications to rent a Naperville Park District pavilion or picnic area for the summer starting at 8:30 a.m. Thursday, March 6. Nonresidents can apply starting at 8:30 a.m. Thursday, March 13.
The district’s summer rental season runs from June 1 to Aug. 31.
Pavilions and picnic areas at a variety of locations are available, including the DuPage River Park Pavilion, 808 Royce Road; Frontier Sports Complex-East Pavilion, 3415 Book Road; and the Knoch Knolls Frank J. Rus Pavilion and the Knoch Knolls Park Lower Grove, both at 320 Knoch Knolls Road.
Rentals are also available at the Riverwalk Grand Pavilion, 912 Honorary Sindt Memorial Court, the Seager Park Pavilion, 1163 Plank Road, and the Wolf’s Crossing Community Park Pavilion, 3253 Wolf’s Crossing Road.
Naperville District 203 OKs small fee increases for 2025-26
The Naperville District 203 School Board has approved slight increases in general, optional and high school course fees for the 2025-26 academic year.
The general fee for kindergarten to high school will go up by $4 to directly increase the school allocation budgets, district officials said.
Half-day kindergarten program fees will increase by $2, and the cost of junior high yearbooks will increase by $2 to cover the costs, officials said.
The board also approved annual high school course fees, which included some increases for classes based on increases in printing costs, revisions to the curriculum, and associated instructional materials and escalations in publisher prices, district officials said. The fees are paid by students enrolled in those classes.
Some of the courses that will see a rate increase in the 2025-26 school year include various art classes such as Advanced Placement drawing as well as Play Production, Photography, Accounting and Veterinary Science. Some Advanced Placement social studies courses, technology and engineering courses and world languages courses will also raise prices from last school year.
Most of the changes amount to about a $5 increase over last year’s fees.
COD to hold health science career info event March 13
College of DuPage will showcase academic and career opportunities in the health sciences from 4 to 5:30 p.m. Thursday, March 13, at the college’s Health and Science Center, 425 Fawell Blvd., Glen Ellyn.
The free, public gives community members a chance to talk to college faculty about the academic programs offered, take tours of the school’s health science labs and participate in interactive demonstrations, a news release said.
COD offers more than 30 health-related certificates and degrees in such areas as radiography, surgical technology and hearing instrument dispensary.
Registration is recommended though walk-ins are welcome. To register, go to www.cod.edu/rsvp/health-careers-spotlight.html.
