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Band, new facilities welcome District 211 students back to school

Posted August 27, 2015 1:00 am

Eric Peterson

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Wade Behrens of the Schaumburg High School band plays trombone Thursday morning as students arrive at the school for the first day of classes there and at all of the Palatine-Schaumburg High School District 211 campuses. Bob Chwedyk/bchwedyk@dailyherald.com

Greeted by their classmates in the marching band playing on the front steps, students arrived at Schaumburg High School early Thursday morning as classes resumed throughout Palatine-Schaumburg High School District 211.

The school district is in the midst of an ambitious capital improvement program, and Schaumburg High School students were able to check out a recently completed new media center for the first time.

The summer also allowed for the completion of the new Higgins Education Center, just east of Hoffman Estates High School, where many of the district's special education programs will now be housed under one roof. An open house for the public will be held at center, 1030 W. Higgins Road in Hoffman Estates, from 4 to 7 p.m. next Thursday, Sept. 3.

The district also is replacing the swimming pools at all five high schools, though the one at Conant High School in Hoffman Estates is the only one already done.

The student band plays on the front steps of Schaumburg High School Thursday morning as their classmates arrive for the first day of classes there and at all the Palatine-Schaumburg High School District 211 campuses. Bob Chwedyk/bchwedyk@dailyherald.com

Students check out the iTech support center inside the new media center at Schaumburg High School on the first day of classes Thursday there and at all the Palatine-Schaumburg High School District 211 campuses. Bob Chwedyk/bchwedyk@dailyherald.com

Students visit the new media center at Schaumburg High School on the first day of classes Thursday. The media center is part of an ambitious capital improvement program ongoing in the district. Bob Chwedyk/bchwedyk@dailyherald.com

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