District 15 Votes for Early Release Fridays Starting Next School Year
By a vote of 4-1, with one board member abstaining, the long battle over when teacher development time would occur was decided at a special District 15 meeting Friday night.
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Monday, May 6, 2013
Palatine, Fremd High School Students' Achievements Recognized by District 211
Among the awards highlighted by the District 211 board were Golden Apple winners, state award winners in Contest Play and Group Interpretation and winners in Science Olympiad.
At the District 211 School Board meeting May 2, a number of students who attend the high school township district were recognized for achievements in academics and the performing arts. State Award Winners Contest Play – a 45 minute performance where students had to portray characters that aged 20 years and took on different extremes in personality. Fremd High School students: Tyler Johnson, Anna Karnick and Valerie Pizzato. Group Interpretation – a 30 minute performance where three or more students interpret literature, and there is no full set. Also, no costumes can be used, all of the performers must dress uniformly. The focus of the performance is on the audience. Fremd High School students: Katherine Anderson, Karlee Burns, Eric …
Saturday, May 4, 2013
Kirk, Durbin Schneider Tour New School as Sequester Removes Shine
Sen. Kirk and Sen. Durbin make first joint appearance in state at Great Lakes school along with Rep. Schneider.
Sen. Mark Kirk (R-Highland Park) and Sen. Richard Durbin (D-Springfield) made their first joint public appearance in Illinois since Kirk returned to full time duty in the Senate in January at a Great Lakes charter school they helped create which is now being hurt by the Sequester. Durbin, Kirk and Rep. Brad Schneider (D-Deerfield) met with students at the Learn Public Charter School, a North Chicago public school on the Great Lakes Naval Base, to see the new institution and listen to the students. “This is our first public appearance in Illinois since Sen. Kirk returned to the Senate (in January after suffering a stroke a year before),” Durbin said. “We wanted it to be here because it is something we worked on together.” Sequester Reduces …
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Palatine Sister City Relationship is Going Strong
The sister city relationship between Palatine and Fontenay-le-Comte, France, has added a new dimension that may in fact cement the two cities’ relationship for generations to come.
The sister city relationship between Palatine and Fontenay-le-Comte, France, has added a new dimension that may in fact cement the two cities’ relationship for generations to come. For the past week and for the next two weeks, 11-year-old Maelle Fourage of Fontenay has been living in Palatine with local families and attending Quest Academy. In return, Maelle and her family will soon host her two Palatine “sisters” in Fontenay. The girl's father is the mayor of Fontenay. The driving force between this exchange, which given the young age of the participants is most unique, is the Palatine-Fontenay Sister City organization. “This is the kind of experience that allows all of us to put into practice the idea of cultural exchanges between …
Friday, May 3, 2013
District 15 Board Approves Early Release Friday
After five months of public forums, surveys and input from parents, the board voted 4-1, with 1 abstention, to instate early release on Friday to allow for teacher development time.
During what was - at times - a tense meeting Friday night at Sundling Jr. High School, the District 15 school board ultimately voted in favor of instating an 'early release' for students on Friday afternoons starting in the next school year, to allow for teacher development time. The vote was by no means, clear-cut. Board members Tim Millar, Scott Herr, Manjula Sriram and Gerard Iannuzzelli voted for early release, while Richard Bokor voted against it. Peggy Babcock abstained from voting. David Seiffert did not attend the meeeting; Millar said Seiffert was out of the country and unable to participate in the meeting. "I still have many questions; more than answers," said Babcock. "I worry about junior high students being let go early on …
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Susan
10:01 pm on Tuesday, May 7, 2013
Andrew Um, where in my post did I say I took my half days off on our early release Friday??? Lawsey. Let us all hope and pray some of these amazing district 15 teachers are educating your child(ren) on proper reading comprehension. more ›
District 15 Special Meeting Tonight for Late Start/Early Release Decision
A decision on whether children who attend District 15 schools will start school late, or leave school early one day a week to allow for teacher development time, is expected to be made Friday night by the District 15 school board.
Thursday, May 2, 2013
New D211 Board Sworn In, Officers Elected
Bill Robertson was elected the new D211 board president, Mucia Burke is the vice president and Anna Klimkowicz is the secretary. Bob LeFevre, Jr., Klimkowicz and Mike Scharringhausen were sworn in after winning the April 9 election.
The three newly elected members of the District 211 school board were sworn in at the Thursday night board meeting, and a new board president, vice president and secretary were approved. Anna Klimkowicz and Bob LeFevre, Jr. both were reelected in the April 9 election; newcomer Mike Scharringhausen also was victorious. Three seats were open on the board; Klimkowicz was the top vote-getter, followed by Scharringhausen. LeFevre Jr., the most recent board president, came in third place, and beat out fellow board member Edward Yung, the previous board secretary, for the final seat. New leadership for the D211 board also was approved following the swearing in ceremony. Bill Robertson and Richard Gerber both were nominated by board members to …
Roman G. Golash
8:46 am on Friday, May 10, 2013
Congratulations to the new board, I wish them the very best. The board will face several challenges in the near future. Springfield will eventually dump the pension responsibilities to local school boards, plan for that now. Also, take a closer look at the "common core" you have already implemented, what are the long term costs? Also, the common core goes against the 10th amendment, these are … more ›
District 15 to Hold Special Meeting Friday for Vote on Late Start Early Release
A decision on whether children who attend District 15 schools will start school late, or leave school early one day a week to allow for teacher development time, is expected to be made Friday night by the District 15 school board.
The Late Start/Early Release issue has been simmering since December of 2012, when the school district first reached out to parents to make them aware of it. The goal is simple; to allow for teacher development time once per week to allow for additional training time to prepare teachers for Common Core standards and other benchmarks required by the Illinois State Board of Education. The issue is, when should it happen. Parents became highly involved in the question of late start vs. early release when an initial survey was sent out by the school district in early January. One parent in particular, Lisa Szczupaj, created a Change.org petition that attempted to gauge input on whether an early release on Friday should be considered as an …
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CASA
5:36 pm on Sunday, May 5, 2013
There is a video recording at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WD4C69QoI0s&feature=youtu.be more ›
Tuesday, April 30, 2013
Palatine High School Evacuated Tuesday Due to Power Outage
Students were brought into the football stadium on Tuesday afternoon after a partial power outage was reported at the high school, according to the Palatine High School website.
Students at Palatine High School were evacuated Thursday afternoon due to what is being called a partial power outage, according to the Palatine High School website. According to a student at PHS, at 12:30 p.m. a member of the administration entered the lunchroom and announced that all students had to evacuate the school and go to the football stadium. While there, students were kept busy with human bowling games and races, the student said. Before 1:30 p.m. the student said Principal Gary Steiger got on a microphone and explained there had been a small fire in the school, and that none of the smoke alarms or sprinklers were activated. The Palatine Fire Department was on the scene, according to the student, when they were allowed …
Scott
12:56 pm on Wednesday, May 1, 2013
"there had been a small fire in the school, and that none of the smoke alarms or sprinklers were activated" Now THAT's a problem. more ›
Harper College Enrollment Drops in 2013
The college saw a 1.5 percent decrease in its full-time enrollment this school year.
Harper College saw a decrease in full-time enrollment for 2013. A spring 2013 enrollment report released by the Illinois Community College Board showed enrollment at Harper dropped by 1.5 percent for the 2013 school year while other area community colleges, such as McHenry County and the College of Lake County saw increases in enrollment, according to a McHenry County College press release. Here is a look at how area community colleges ranked when it came to 2013 enrollment: Nationally, two-year community college have seen tuition numbers increase since 2007, according to the news release. Between 2000 and 2010, national enrollment numbers increased from 5.9 to 7.7 million for students attending community colleges. By 2021, that number …
Gene
5:52 am on Wednesday, May 8, 2013
We, the many 38,000 impacted families on this side of Touhy Ave agree. Durbin lifted the flight cap at O'Hare. Enjoy your nights! Put back the flight cap. Capacity discipline !! more ›