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John L. Sipley Elementary School is a elementary school in the Woodridge School District 68. It is currently (as of the 2021-2022 school year) lead by Dr. Don Mrozik, the school's principal.

History
John L. Sipley, the school's namesake, was a salesman at Swift and Co.(Now JBS USA). He retired in 1963, then became a Priest at the Woodridge United Methodist Church. The church was a large supporter of District 68, going so far as to rent out space in their church so the district had space for primary school children, and expanded said space when the state of Illinois required kindergarten in public schools for the 1968-69 School year. The people of Woodridge also contributed to this effort, but the church footed the majority of the bill for the new classrooms.

Woodridge was a fairly young town at the time, having only been incorporated in 1959. This resulted in Sipley, after retiring for the second time, Helping plan a lot of the young town's various departments, such as the police and fire departments. For his efforts, he was awarded the Senior Citizens Hall of Fame award in 1967 from then Chicago mayor Richard J. Daley. Sipley passed away in 1972 at the age of 72. The then 83rd Street School was renamed in his honor to John L. Sipley Elementary School.