LM Oct 2021

FultonHighSchoolCreates aCateredSuiteExperience forHighSchoolEvents

Submitted by River Bend CUSD #2

Pandemic attendance restrictions at Fulton High School prompted space revitalization to create student opportunities. River Bend CUSD #2 and Fulton High School have been a part of ISBE’s Competency Pilot Program since 2018 and have continually looked for real-world experiences that can enhance education. Creating a suite space for students to cater and manage is just one way to fulfill the competency mission. Fulton High School has always had a classroom that overlooked its gym. The classroom has been used as a coaches room as well as a classroom over the years. Most

recently it served as the robotics team space. The robotics team found a new space, and the empty room was used last spring to host the families of basketball and volleyball players so that more people could attend their children’s events. An idea was born out of the parents, administration and one of the board members asking if we could use this space as a suite all year for sporting events at the high school. Great ideas often start with great questions. The River Bend CUSD #2 superintendent, Darryl Hogue, and Fulton high school principal Bob Gosch, began exploring the idea and shared the concept at the April Board meeting.

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