Today right before school was set to begin, a gas leak was detected on a valve outside of the building at Lombard.  We immediately shut off the valve, and contacted Ameren.  Unfortunately, as students begin entering the building shortly before school was ready to begin, some of the fumes still lingering outside from the leak began entering the building.

The students here were never really in any kind of immediate danger, but having the responsibility to oversee and protect the students of Lombard is not anything that I will ever take lightly.  Shortly after 8am I made the decision to evacuate the building.  This is a drill that we have practiced and the students handled the situation wonderfully.  We utilize two nearby churches for evacuation purposes within these types of situations, and all students were both safe and comfortable during the entire situation.  

I GREATLY appreciated all of the compliments I received from parents today on choosing to error on the side of caution.  If you have any questions about this emergency procedure or any others please do not hesitate to reach me.

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All Lombard Community! ------ I am currently working with the booster club to heavily decorate the existing 8th grade hallway and gym with a zephyr/ school pride theme.  We are looking at adding some long lasting, extensive, and awesome decorations, decals, etc. to the area.  We are going to be working with a advertising consulting firm that specializes in these types of endeavors out of Peoria.  There is a meeting on Monday, December 1 at 8am in which we will be sharing ideas about possibilities on how to exactly decorate the area.  If YOU would like to be a part of this please contact me - Nick Sutton at 309-973-2004 - if you went here to Lombard we would ESPECIALLY love to see you join this committee!

Ameren came by today and did a free assembly for our entire school on electricity safety.   I appreciated them coming SO much.  It was both an awesome and informative event!

Also, thank you to our local newspaper the Register Mail.  They came by this morning to cover our assembly, and are also doing an article on our recent chromebook initiative.  I am proud to report that the chromebook implementation is going fantastic, and I have academic data to support this claim.  I can't wait to see the article!

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I want to do a special shout out to the 7th grade team this week.  Currently, they are splitting their entire grade level of students into various "houses" that represent small families of staff and students within the grade as a whole.  It's really an awesome thing because with almost 150 kids total, it is easy for kids to feel lonely or lost.

All this week their new houses have been meeting during the day to prepare for an assembly that is taking place today.  Each house is going to do a brief cheer that represents them.  I have been listening to them practice all this week, and have learned that noise travels well through the vents in my office :)