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District 59 plans forums to discuss overcrowding

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Fine arts teacher Andrew Brand works with 29 students during his class at Robert Frost Elementary School in Mount Prospect. Overcrowding could cause him to teach in an art-in-a-cart system traveling to different rooms.

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A teacher works with students in the hallway at Robert Frost Elementary School in Mount Prospect. Elk Grove Township Elementary District 59 will conduct three public forums this month to address overcrowding at the school.

Bill Zars | Staff Photographer

A teacher works with students in the hallway at Robert Frost Elementary School in Mount Prospect. Elk Grove Township Elementary District 59 will conduct three public forums to address overcrowding at the school.

Bill Zars | Staff Photographer

Desks and tables have been added to the learning resource center to accommodate more students at Robert Frost Elementary School in Mount Prospect. An unexpected rise in enrollment has led to overcrowding at the school.

Bill Zars | Staff Photographer

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Pam Schakowsky teaches a science experiment to her first-grade class at Robert Frost Elementary School in Mount Prospect. Elk Grove Township Elementary District 59 will conduct three public forums this month to address overcrowding at the school.

Bill Zars | Staff Photographer

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Elk Grove Township Elementary District 59 will conduct three public forums this month seeking input on how to handle overcrowding at Robert Frost Elementary School in Mount Prospect. “It’s really a puzzle because there’s no new construction, no new development,” Superintendent Daniel Schweers said of the school's unexpected enrollment growth.