Belvidere School District 100

What’s the point of social studies?"Some students will go on and be doctors and some will be lawyers and some will be blue collar workers, but all of them are members of society," said Teresa Kruger. "The whole point of social studies, to me, is to prepare you to be that really active, participatory person in our in our democracy."Helping students find their voice and use their power in a democracy. That’s on a new Teachers' Lounge.

On Monday evening, the Belvidere District 100 school board voted not to close Perry Elementary school.

Recently, the Belvidere community packed into Perry Elementary School to plead with the school district not to close the over-100-year-old school. WNIJ’s Peter Medlin has more.