WELCOME TO ST. CHARLES PUBLIC SCHOOLS

A Great Start to the School Year

Dear St. Charles Families and Community Members,

It’s been a wonderful start to the 2025–2026 school year! The principals and staff report it was a great start to the school year. I hope you’ve felt the same pride I do seeing our students grow and thrive each day.

As part of our ongoing commitment to keeping our community informed, the district is providing a digital district newsletter.  The goal is one in the fall and one in the spring.  This newsletter includes key departments and stakeholders where parents and the community may find helpful.  Each response will include a web link or CR Code that will take you to a location where more information can be found. Hopefully, you will find this helpful. 

I think of this newsletter as a “one-stop shopping” type of experience where readers can go to “just what I need.”  For example, if a family has preschool age children, they may focus on School Readiness, ECFE, and Community Education.  If a parent has a sophomore or junior beginning to think about college or future plans, they may want to check out what the HS Counselor’s has for information or links.

For the Superintendent, I have a web page where Board Updates and Summaries are linked.  Another place I encourage readers to peruse is the Operating Levy Referendum page.  St. Charles sent out a survey Spring 2025.  In that survey, people recommended the Board not pursue an Operating Levy vote this fall, November 2025.  But, survey-takers did say they’d like to know more about what it will cost and how it will help our students and teachers if there is a future vote.

The Board intends to ask voters to vote on a referendum in November 2026 for an Operating Levy.  The District will continue to send out paper newsletters in the St. Charles Advertiser quarterly in an attempt to answer questions community voters have in connection to an Operating Levy.

You can find them all on our Superintendent’s Updates page at www.scschools.net/page/4663

Here you’ll find:

• A Summary of the Latest Board of Education Meetings – Highlights and decisions that guide our district’s direction.
   
• The Five-Year General Fund Forecast – Originally presented in January 2025, this financial outlook helps us plan responsibly for the future. The next update will be shared in February 2026.
   
• Operating Levy Referendum Information – This page has been refreshed with the most current details and background information to help our community understand how the levy supports our students, staff, and schools.

Transparency and partnership remain central to everything we do. I’m grateful for your ongoing engagement and support as we work together to ensure every St. Charles student has access to excellent learning opportunities.

Thank you for helping make the start of this school year such a positive one — and for all you do to support our schools.

Warm regards,
 

Robert Routh
Superintendent of Schools
St. Charles Public Schools