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District Profile

District:Public unit district, Sycamore, IL (DeKalb County)

Grades:PreK–12

Schools:7

District size:82 sq mi

Physical plant:182.75 acres · 9 buildings · 800,000+ sq ft

Enrollment (FY2025, ACFR)

3,718

Special education 742 students — 20%, up from 15% in FY2019

Attendance rate (FY2025)

94.11%

Average daily attendance 3,808

Total staff (FY2025)

532

291 teachers · 217 support · 24 administrators

Operating expenditure per pupil (FY2025)

$11,556

Net operating expenditure per pupil

ISBE financial profile

3.35 — "Review"

Data year 2024 (published Oct 2025); up from 2.90 "Early Warning" (data year 2023)

Community

Pop. 21,496 (2024)

District as employer (FY2025)

Largest employer in the City of Sycamore

532 employees — the same count as total staff; the ACFR's own Principal Employers table (p.148) lists the district at 545

Schools

Seven schools plus the early-learning program; building leadership as published on 2026-07-22.

		Building sq ft	Capacity	Enrollment (FY25)
Sycamore High Schoolsource	Brian Swanson	337,430 sq ft	1,624	1,127
Sycamore Middle Schoolsource	Mark Ekstrom	not available	not available	not available
North Elementarysource	Thomas Franks	not available	not available	not available
North Grove Elementarysource	Jake Countryman	not available	not available	not available
Southeast Elementarysource	Sarah Frankiewicz	not available	not available	not available
South Prairie Elementarysource	Tom Rucker	not available	not available	not available
West Elementarysource	Emily Waller	not available	not available	not available
Little Spartans Early Learning Programsource	Niamh Welp(Early Childhood lead)	not available	not available	not available

District leadership, 2026-27 administration

Leadership as published on the district's leadership pages on 2026-07-22, after the 2026-27 restructuring that placed "leadership closer to key areas of responsibility". Updated from signed minutes through 2026-09-08: the Assistant Superintendent for Business Services left under a resignation agreement approved 2026-07-21, and two interim directors cover finance while a permanent Director of Finance role is filled.

Name	Title & domain
Dr. Kristen Campbellsource	Superintendent Executive
Jeremy Bellsource	Chief Operating Officer Operations
Michael Andreshaksource	Interim Director of Finance Finance — budgets, audits, levy (interim); appointed District Treasurer 4-1 on 2026-09-08 — see the transition timeline
Gary Grizaffisource	Interim Director of Finance Finance — budgets, audits, levy (interim)
Nicholas Reinecksource	Assistant Superintendent for Human Resources HR & educational programs
Dr. Maurice Davissource	Chief Academic Officer Academics
Svetlana Popovicsource	Director of Learning & Teaching, K-5 Instruction K-5
Dr. Phoebe Balentynesource	Director of Learning & Teaching, 6-12 Instruction 6-12
Margaret Thurmansource	Director of Student Services Student services
Lauren Holtzsource	Director of Communications & Community Engagement Communications & transparency hub
Kellie Vinzsource	Executive Assistant to the Superintendent and BOE Superintendent / board office

Finance office in transition since June 2026: a permanent Director of Finance role was ordered posted 2026-08-04; two interim directors cover budgets, audits and the levy.source

Operations Offices

Buildings & Grounds, Transportation and Food Services, as each office's own page describes it. The sources name each director, not who they report to.

Buildings & Groundssource

Director: Scott Winter

182.75 acres owned; 9 buildings, 800,000+ sq ft; 11 acres of roofing
Facility plan based on the 2019 FGM Architects assessment, prioritized through 2030

Transportationsource

Director: Lacey Lantz

~100 routes over 88 sq mi daily; buses cap 71 passengers; 1.5-mile eligibility standard
Routing and tracking via Versatrans e-Link (Tyler Technologies)

Food Servicessource

Director: Sophie Stuebinger

Outsourced to Whitsons Culinary Group (formerly Arbor Management)
NSLP/SBP participant; menus via FD Meal Planner; payments via Infinite Campus

Finance office transition, June–September 2026

Board actions that changed who runs the district's finances, from the signed minutes; the last row rests on the Sept 28 agenda and is provisional.

2026-06-09Interim Director of Finance to serve as District Treasurer; Board Policy 2:110 CSBO requirement suspended for up to 90 days.source7-0
2026-06-09Master agreement and proposal with Transformational Business Services for business consulting approved.source7-0
2026-06-23Change of signatories for district accounts approved.source7-0
2026-07-07Resignation agreement — District Accountant approved.source6-0
2026-07-21Interim Director of Finance reports FY26 closed with a $3.8 million total deficit across all funds (unaudited).source
2026-07-21Resignation agreement — Assistant Superintendent for Business Services approved.source6-0
2026-08-04Board directs the Superintendent and COO to post a permanent Director of Finance role.source
2026-08-04Total structural cost savings of $301,639.83 for FY27 discussed.source
2026-08-25COO presents the FY27 tentative budget; adopted with a Sept 28 hearing date.source7-0
2026-09-08Amended Transformational Business Services consulting proposal approved.source4-1
2026-09-08Michael Andreshak, who holds a CSBO, appointed District Treasurer.source4-1
2026-09-28Proposal for business consulting services (Illuminate) on the agenda, item 15.05.sourceprovisional: agenda only, signed minutes not yet posted

Building figures (size, capacity, enrollment) are shown only for Sycamore High School. Per-school figures for the other buildings are in the FY2025 ACFR ten-year building table and the 2024 facility plan and are not shown here yet — displayed as not available rather than estimated. District overview. Enrollment figures use the FY2025 ACFR statistical section (3,718); the Illinois Report Card 2024-25 counts 3,655 under a different method — the two are never mixed. Per-school building figures are shown only where the sources state them. Leadership and the finance-office transition follow signed board minutes through 2026-09-08; the 2026-09-28 item rests on its agenda and is provisional.