Events

October-November 2026

2025 School Board Candidate Meetings (Online)
These meetings provide an opportunity to hear the 2025 Sycamore school board candidates discuss special education and disability-related issues. We compiled a set of Questions for 2025 School Board Candidates [PDF] submitted by SPEAR members and edited to ensure that candidates would address concerns representing a wide range of student ages and abilities.

SPEAR held its "April Tools Day" useful-stuff exchange online.

SPEAR's winter gathering featured crafts and snacks, and we filled care packages for local families in need, which were distributed through Operation Give Back.

At our back-to-school event, we enjoyed snacks, hide and seek, stomp rockets, and the playground at Swaim Park despite the rain!

Our end-of-year picnic at Pioneer Park was a blast!

SPEAR hosted a discussion of summer activities for kids with disabilities.

SPEAR organized town hall meetings with each of the 2023 candidates for school board.

Parent Connections Meetings
Hosted by Mandy Friend, Parent Mentor, these virtual meetings cover a variety of special ed and disability-related topics and allow parents to connect with each other. Contact Mandy Friend for the schedule.