Bourbonnais: Camelot’s new playground named in Jim Dunn’s honor

(Bourbonnais – November 10, 2011)

By Nicole Leonhardt
nleonhardt@daily-journal.com
815-937-3385

Camelot Therapeutic Day School’s new playground was dedicated to Thomas J. “Jim” Dunn Jr. on Wednesday.

“We wanted to pay tribute to his life and what he meant for our school,” said Jon Klavohn, Camelot’s principal.

The playground – complete with swings, slides and a climbing wall – that the school finished building this September, was named Jim Dunn Memorial Park in honor of the former Camelot aide. Dunn died Jan. 3 after he was hit by a bus while escorting a student from the school on an outing in Bourbonnais.

Witnesses of the accident said that the 46-year-old Bourbonnais man, who was also captain of Bourbonnais’ police auxiliary unit, was hit by the bus after he pushed a 19-year-old student out the path of the bus.

“We are so grateful for the contribution he made to our school and the potential he saw in children,” Klavohn said