Proposal Would Swap Old School for St. Charles Police

A proposal to supply District 303 with police officers in exchange for the Little Woods school property is expected to come before a city council committee Monday night.

The city wishes to purchase the 2.25 acres property on Route 25, according to city documents. The proposed agreement states that the district, instead of receiving money, “would prefer to have the city provide the district with an ‘in kind’ consideration by continuing to provide the high school resource officers for a period of time.”

The agreement is on the agenda for the Monday night Government Operations meeting. Even if it passes the committee, the proposal still needs to be presented to the full city council.

Local coverage

Area media outlets reported on the proposal after it came before a District 303 committee in late July.

The city would get the Little Woods facility in exchange for providing officers in the district’s two high schools for eight years, according to a Daily Herald article dated July 29. Last school year, the district paid the city $114,222 for the officers.

One proposed use for the land is to help the city’s water infrastructure, according to a Kane County Chronicle article dated July 30.