The Central Times

01/22/2025

CT’s editor-in-chief Jay Deegan summarizes a lengthy District 203 Board of Education meeting last night, defined by thinly veiled tensions among members of the Board. Read more:

During a routine discussion of agenda items in a Jan. 21 District 203 Board of Education meeting, board members levied accusations at each other including “shirking responsibilities,” a “problematic” tone and “political agendas,” centered around board member Melissa Kelley Black’s cond...

08/20/2024

https://news.wttw.com/2024/08/14/more-40-student-journalists-illinois-chosen-cover-democratic-national-convention

The Chicago 2024 Host Committee and the Illinois Journalism Education Association worked to identify student journalists across the state to join the Illinois Youth Press Corps, providing them with opportunities to cover the convention.

08/19/2024

The Illinois Youth Press Corps has arrived at United Center! Ready for the reporting assignment of a lifetime. And a little James Taylor, though none of these kids knew who he is. Ugh.

08/19/2024

Central Times is starting Day 1 at Union Park, where we’ll be reporting on a large pro-Palestine rally happening this morning as the DNC begins. You can find coverage on X and I’ll post a bit

03/03/2022

Central Times has been nominated by the National Scholastic Press Association for the first-ever Innovation Pacemaker award! CT has previously earned 13 Pacemakers for print newspaper and nominations for its website, in addition to a number of national finalists for individual NSPA awards. This nomination rewards the development of a smartphone app for CT that you can download now by searching “Central Times” in the Apple or Google Play stores. The project was guided by co-editor-in-chief Cameron Rozek and features the work of Hawk TV president Calvin Comstock-Fisher and the coding and development work of Daniel Wu and Brian Lu. Winners of the award will be announced in April.

02/15/2022

Day one of optional mask wearing at Naperville Central is underway. Co-editor-in-chief Cameron Rozek reports on how we got here.

Face masks will be strongly recommended, but not required, for all students, staff and visitors at Naperville District 203 facilities starting Tuesday, Superintendent Dan Bridges wrote in a Feb. 13 message .  The change was made based upon “local health metrics and the district’s ability to suc...

02/13/2022

BREAKING: Naperville 203 to switch to masks “strongly recommended but not required” on Tuesday, Feb. 15.

02/06/2022

BREAKING: The Naperville 203 Board of Education and Superintendent Dan Bridges have just announced that all existing protocols, including mandatory mask wearing, will remain in place at this time.

COVID Mitigation in Naperville 203 February 6, 2022

02/06/2022

Confused about Friday's temporary restraining order on mandatory mask mandates in Illinois schools? Think you know what it means? Central Times' co-editor-in-chief William Tong spoke with Thomas DeVore, the attorney representing the families who brought the lawsuit against the governor and school districts from around the state to clarify what it means, what it doesn't, and what happens next.

 The temporary restraining order issued on Friday by Sangamon County Court Judge Raylene Grischow may be difficult to navigate for many parents, teachers and students who are trying to understand its implications and for whom it applies. Central Times analyzed the ruling and contacted parties invol...

10/25/2021

The Oct. 25 digital print issue of Central Times is out now!

To access the issue, go to centraltimes.org and click on “E-Newspaper.”

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09/27/2021

For all of the Naperville Central parents out there who never got to see the school paper because your kids never brought you a copy, today is your lucky day! Welcome to the first-ever “digital print issue” of Central Times! It’s expanded to 12 pages, and it’s free.

To access the Sept. 27 issue, go to centraltimes.org and click on “E-Newspaper.”

New print issues will appear the last Monday of each month. And, as always, you can continue to follow us on Twitter and Instagram and check out website for new stories each week. Share this post to let other Central families know! And thank you for your support of Central Times.

08/20/2021

Beyond Charity executive board members Aparna Ramakrishnan, Anna Schmidt and Luka Sereci met with Governer J.B. Pritzker as he signed HB1778 into law. The bill was written by the students and introduced by former school board member and general assembly representative Janet Yang-Rohr.
The bill, called the "Beyond Charity Law", amends the School Code and the Mental Health Early Action on Campus Act. Districts will be required prived contact info for the National and Local Su***de Prevention Hotline as well as the Crisis Text Line and campus police phone number.