Illinois Park Elementary in Elgin unveils new multipurpose room
Two months after welcoming students back, Illinois Park Elementary School in Elgin unveiled its new 6,500-square-foot multipurpose room with a celebratory ribbon cutting Tuesday. The newly renovated school, which had served as an early learning center for the past two decades, reopened to about 300 students from preschool through fifth grade in August but the addition needed more time to be completed. The space will be open to students next week. Visitors were met by bright colors and high ceilings as natural light poured in through large windows in the space where kids will eat, have assemblies and make memories. Principal Cody Papp said she walked a few students who were a part of Tuesday’s celebration through the space and “watched their faces light up” as they noticed every detail, such as the ceiling colors matching the floor and the view of the playground through the windows.…