DeKalb Community School District 428

Communications

The DeKalb Community Unit School District 428 Communications Department works to ensure timely, relevant and important distribution of information with all of its stakeholders including students, parents, families, guardians, employees and community members. The department coordinates various communication efforts, including website and social media content, print and online publications, email communications, emergency messaging, news releases and other community engagement tools..

Media Relations and Inquiries

The Communications Department manages all media requests for the District and its schools. All media inquiries should be sent to Rita Elliott at [email protected].

Social Media

The DeKalb CUSD 428 social media pages inform parents, staff, and community members about our achievements, events and activities. This is not an open or public forum. We expect comments posted on the page will be respectful, factual and constructive.

Comments not consistent with the purposes of these pages or comments not related to a post are subject to be removed. Examples include unauthorized commercial solicitations; posts that bully, intimidate, or harass; content that is hateful, threatening, pornographic, or contains violence; any post that is unlawful, misleading, vulgar, malicious, or discriminatory; any posts that contain personally identifiable student information, medical information, or other confidential information; posts that interfere with the District including threatening posts or posts that endanger the health or safety of any students or employees. If more than one post by the same individual must be removed, the District reserves the right to block that individual from the page.

Community members are welcomed and encouraged to communicate with administration and the Board of Education through email and or phone call to appropriate district staff, public comment at Board meetings, and other traditional venues.

Rita Elliott

Communications Manager

[email protected]

Kevin Wood

Web & Multimedia Specialist

[email protected]