Batavia Public School District 101

Batavia Public School District 101 (BPS101) is a school district headquartered in Batavia, Illinois. The district is run by a superintendent and is overseen by a seven-member elected school board.^[2]

Batavia Public School District 101
Address
335 W. Wilson Street Batavia , Illinois, 60510 United States
Coordinates	41.850178°N 88.313832°W / 41.850178; -88.313832
District information
Type	Public
Motto	Always Learning, Always Growing
Grades	PreK-12
Established	1911; 114 years ago (1911)
Superintendent	Thomas Kim
School board	Craig Meadows, Sue Locke, Aaron Killburg, RJ Mathis, Danielle Sligar, Rob Arulandu, Raquel Gonzalez-Thomas
Schools	8
NCES District ID	1705220[1]
Students and staff
Students	5,184
Faculty	700
Teachers	353 (FTE)
Student–teacher ratio	17:1
District mascot	Bulldog
Other information
Website	bps101.net

Batavia previously had two school districts serving western and eastern portions; they combined into BPS101 in 1911.^[3]

Schools

Secondary

• Batavia High School
• Rotolo Middle School

Primary

• Alice Gustafson Elementary School and Early Childhood Center
• Hoover-Wood Elementary School
• Grace McWayne Elementary School
• J. B. Nelson Elementary School
• H. C. Storm Elementary School
• Louise White Elementary School

Governance

A board made up of seven community members is elected every two years in alternating election years. The Board has a president and vice president and holds public meetings monthly. The Board oversees the District's finances and policy, and appoints a superintendent. The current Board president is Craig Meadows and current vice president is Aaron Kilburg.^[4] Tom Kim is the current BPS Superintendent.

List of superintendents^[5]

Superintendent	Years of Service
Hugh A. Bone	1911-1916
Howard C. Storm	1916-1938
John B. Nelson	1938-1962
Arthur V. Perry	1962-1970
William E. Dickson	1970-1974
James A. Clark	1974-1984
Stephanie Pace Marshall	1984-1986
Edward Cave	1986-2006
Jack K. Barshinger	2006-2013
Lisa Hichens	2013-2023
Tom Kim	2023-present

Issues

Racism and bullying

In December 2021, students, parents, and teachers described experiences of racism and bullying they had faced in the District at a school Board meeting.^[6] A committee established by the Board confirmed that many marginalized students reported feeling unsafe at school in February 2022.^[7] On May 24, 2022, dozens of people rallied before a school Board meeting being held later that evening to call for the District to do more to help marginalized students in the District.^[8]