Butterfield School

The Preschool Screening dates for the 2019-20 school year are set. 

Screening dates for all 3-, 4- and 5-year-old children living in the District 70 boundary area are invited to a free screening that will evaluate their vision, hearing, speech, language, cognitive development. and fine and gross motor skills. 

District 70 takes closing schools seriously. When the decision is made due to inclement weather or power outages in schools, District 70 uses an emergency notification system to deliver phone calls and emails about school closings or safety emergencies.

For more information about school closings, please read the FAQ.

 There also now is an option to opt-in to receive the information via text by texting 67587 with either Y or YES as the message you send. (This will not be activated for 48-hours from when you opt-in.) This text (SMS) service only will be used in the event of school closings or a school emergency.

• Sept. 30 - No school. 
• Oct. 9 - No school.
• Oct. 16 - Early Release - Highland only at 1:45 p.m. Parent-Teacher Conferences
• Oct. 17 - Early Release - K-5 at 1:15 p.m., Highland at 1:45 p.m. Parent-Teacher Conferences 
• Oct. 18 - No school 

All District 70 schools are closed today, Sept. 13, 2019, due to power outages and flooding. 
All buses would have been delayed due to area road flooding.
There is a power outage at Butterfield School.
There is flooding at Highland Middle School. 
All before- and after-school activities, including Champions, are canceled. 

During an August board meeting, the Libertyville District 70 School Board voted to change the start time of its regular monthly board meetings to 7 p.m. on the fourth Monday of the month. The Board also voted to discontinue the practice of engaging in a Committee of the Whole (COW) meeting on the same evening immediately prior to each regularly scheduled board of education meeting. COW meetings are open to the public and provide the school board with an opportunity to discuss, but not act upon, matters pertaining to the district. 

In the spirit of continuous improvement and transparency, the District 70 School Board will now hold conversations that have historically occurred in the COW meeting during regular board meetings.  

Information on the District 70 website has been revised to reflect this change.

The approved calendar for the 2019-20 school year in Libertyville School District 70. 

Our District 70 school buses are on the road. Please obey the law. 

In Illinois, all lanes of traffic in both directions must stop when a school bus is stopped to pick up or drop off kids while traveling along a two-lane road. This also applies to one-way streets no matter how many lanes of traffic.

On a four-lane road with at least two lanes moving in the opposite direction, only motorists going in the same direction as the bus are required to stop

The Libertyville Police Department is looking to hire a school crossing guard for the intersection of Rockland Road and Garfield Avenue. 
Hours of work will range from 7:35-8:50 a.m., and again from 2:40-3:55 p.m. The starting pay is $14 an hour. The LPD will provide the employee with training, a hand-held stop sign, a brightly colored crossing guard traffic vest, and a rain jacket. 
For more information, contact Police Lt. Chad Roszkowiak at (847) 362-8310.