New Taylor Ridge school will give kids ‘best possible start’

Construction begins soon on Rockridge Elementary

By: Dave Thompson|September 12, 2025

|6 min read

Rockridge School District Superintendent Marcus Bush holds a shovel during a ground-breaking ceremony Thursday, Sept. 11, for the new Rockridge Elementary School in Taylor Ridge. CREDIT DAVE THOMPSON

TAYLOR RIDGE, Illinois – Johnna Kerres remembers when she was an 8-year-old girl. The adults in her life would tell her she was a lucky girl because her community would soon get a new school to replace the current aging schoolhouse.

That was about 30 years ago and that promised new school was never built.

But that’s about to change. Several hundred people gathered…

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New Taylor Ridge school will give kids ‘best possible start’

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