Schools

Elmhurst Principal Retiring Next Year

The principal received a major award from the state school board in 2022.

ELMHURST, IL – Edison Elementary School's principal, James Pluskota, plans to retire in June 2025.

The information was included in the personnel report for the Elmhurst School District 205 board's meeting Tuesday.

According to the district, Pluskota has been an educator for nearly three decades. He has been the principal of Edison for 17 years.

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In 2022, he was named by the Illinois State Board of Education as a 2022 Those Who Excel awardee for Meritorious Service. Pluskota joined an "elite group" of 26 other awardees from the district to receive the honor, according to a news release at the time.

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