Below are my notes from the January 16th school board meeting. As always please send me any corrections or additions and my comments are in [italics].
Keith Surroz was not present.
Public Comment
Beth
Wants band and choir restored
Employment aids stability
Opens door for those of lower socioeconomic status
Carol
Restore band and chorus to what it was 3 [...]
The News-Sun did an article on Saturday about the Grayslake school board voting against tax relief. As you can see, there is much interest in this school board decision. The Daily Herald said Sunday the bonds should have been abated. I know there were emails and phone calls to board members last [...]
The Daily Herald weighed in on the decision by the District 46 school board not giving the bond money back to the taxpayers. They sided with the taxpayers and said, “District 46 Should Have Granted Tax Rebate.”
[Emphasis Mine]
The board of Grayslake Elementary District 46 should have stuck with its initial decision from October: [...]
The link to a video showing how Everyday Math is taught was sent to me by the Illinois Loop. I already knew about how bad fuzzy math is for our kids. If you don’t, this will be enlightening. Please forward this to your school board members.
To view more great information in [...]
The Daily Herald has now written a story about the D46 school board reversing course and keeping money they received unethically.
Here are some excerpts with my comments and corrections:
Grayslake Elementary District 46 board members are going back on their pledge to refund extra money collected after voters approved a tax increase in 1999.
The board voted [...]
Grayslake Elementary District 46 Superintendent Ellen Correll has started a blog. At this time there are only 3 posts, one of which is about the decision by the school board to not abate the bonds they issued that exceeded voter approval.
On Tuesday January 10th, the Board held a special meeting regarding either [...]
On Wednesday night, Jan. 10, the Grayslake Elementary District 46 school board voted to not defease the bonds they had voted to abate over the coming 2 years back at the October 16th meeting. This means tax payers will see no tax relief and the district will continue to earn and spend the interest [...]
