Elgin got buildings — but couldn't staff them

ELGIN – Enrollment was growing at a rate of about 750 children a year, and classrooms were bursting at the seams.

Ken Kaczynski, president of the school board in the Elgin district, said the population in its schools grew from about 23,000 students in 1990 to about 40,000 today, and district officials had to take dramatic steps to accommodate all the incoming students.

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