Monday, February 13, 2012
Michelle Smith and Greg Nichols voted against the plan, which will also affect non-certified and non-union staff.
The Plainfield School District 202 board on Monday approved 2.5 percent pay raises for 164 district administrators and non-union support staff retroactive to July 1, 2011. Board Vice President Michelle Smith and board member Greg Nichols voted against all of the raises, which will affect assistant superintendents, directors, building principals, assistant principals, non-certified administrators and non-union support staff assigned at the central office or at district level. Administrators’ salaries have been frozen since February 2010, meaning the last raise they received was in July 2009. Administrators also paid an additional 10 percent of their health insurance costs in the 2011 school year. Board President Roger Bonuchi and Secretary …
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Tuesday, January 24, 2012
The calendar is still tentative, but parents should be able to use it to make long-term family and vacation plans.
Parents hoping to plan future vacations or family gatherings now have their children’s school calendars handy for the next three years. The Plainfield District 202 school board on Monday approved annual calendars through the 2014-15 school year, the first time the board has set the schedule for three school years in advance. The three calendars – for 2012-13, 2013-14 and 2014-15 – are very similar to one another. Like this school year, classes will begin in mid-August, end before Memorial Day, and final exams for the first semester will take place before winter break. This is the first year the district ended the semester before winter break. Teachers and high school students have commented that they were glad to take final exams in …
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Monday, January 23, 2012
While much smaller than anticipated, the shortfall is still sizable in 2013 and expected to grow annually through 2017, officials say.
The Plainfield District 202 school board will host a special meeting in the coming weeks to deal with a projected $3.2 million operating fund deficit for fiscal year 2013. While the district’s finances have greatly improved with the ratification of two union contracts, the district is still facing operating fund deficits starting in 2013 and continuing through 2017, according to a profile from the district’s financial advisors PMA Financial Network. An amended budget approved earlier this month, which includes additional federal E-Rate and Title I grants as well as savings from the teacher’s union and support staff union contracts and non-personnel cuts has helped turn a projected $9.2 million deficit into about a $600,000 surplus for the …
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Tuesday, January 10, 2012
Spending cuts, union contract savings and grant money should result in a surplus of more than a half million dollar when fiscal year ends this summer, officials said.
Federal grants not budgeted for in September, savings from union contracts and a 5 percent budget reduction are among the reasons for an anticipated Plainfield School District 202 budget surplus this fiscal year. In less than four months, the district has turned a nearly $9.2 million deficit into a $557,000 anticipated surplus for the 2012 fiscal year, without cutting staff or major programs, said John Prince, assistant superintendent for business and operations. The school board on Monday put the amended budget on public display for 30 days and is expected to approve it Feb. 13. The district received $630,000 in new federal grant revenue that was not anticipated in September. It includes $130,000 in additional Title I funds, which is …
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Sunday, January 8, 2012
Schedule adjustment that let students finish their finals before the break was well-received, district spokesman says.
Plainfield District 202 students return to school Monday to begin the second semester of class -- for the first time. During the district's heavy growth period, construction schedules for new school buildings dictated when school began in the fall. Because the best building times are the warm spring and summer months, the start of school was often pushed to late August. This year, however, school began on Aug. 18, providing enough time for first semester finals to be taken before the start winter break. The second semester will end before Memorial Day, barring any snow days. While no concrete data is available, the new calendar has been "well received" by teachers, parents and students, district spokesman Tom Hernandez said. "Students have…
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Tuesday, December 20, 2011
The school board approved the change because too many students were the test as seniors, hurting their efforts to get into a college or plan for a post-high school career.
All juniors, regardless of how many credits they've earned, will be required to take the Prairie State Achievement Exam in their third year of high school, the Plainfield School District 202 board decided Monday. By state law, students must take the exam to graduate. District 202 had required students to earn 12 credits by the end of their sophomore year in order to take the exam, believing that once students earned those 12 credits, they would be well-prepared for the test. District officials were concerned that students who did not earn 12 credits would not have seen all the material presented on the test. But as a result, a large number of students were not taking the exam, which includes the ACT college entrance test, until the spring …
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Tuesday, December 13, 2011
Both have been added to District 202's five-year plan, as were looking at ways to to lure back graduates as teachers and studying how district facilities are being used.
The Plainfield School District 202 board has approved its long-term strategic plan, which sets the direction the district wants to head in the next five years. The plan is the result of about nine months' worth of work, with input from district administration, staff, parents, students, community members and the board of education. Online surveys filled out by more than 3,000 district residents and intense workshops organized by each of the district’s four “houses” helped the administration learn what is important to the residents when shaping guidance for the future. The school board approved the plan at a special board meeting Monday with four new additions since it was last put forth to the public. One of the new ideas includes exploring…
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Monday, November 21, 2011
The process of putting together the long-range plan started in March, and the board wants to take a close look at the final product before implementing it.
The Plainfield District 202 school board will meet in the coming weeks to discuss the district’s long-range plan before it approves the ideas that will guide the district through the next five years. The district has been working since March on developing a new five-year plan. More than 3,000 people took part in an online survey that asked district residents to share their priorities for the next five years as well as comment on the district’s progress since 2006. Residents, administrators, parents, teachers, non-certified staff members and students also took part in workshops that were organized by each of the district’s four “houses.” Participants were asked to share their observances and experiences about the district and were presented…
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Tuesday, November 8, 2011
Deal calls for a "hard pay freeze" in the first year and small raises in the second and third.
The Plainfield School District 202 school board on Monday approved a new three-year labor agreement with the Association of Plainfield Teachers, which represents about 1,900 certified staff members, including all district teachers. The board passed the agreement by a 4-2 vote. Board vice president Michelle Smith and member Greg Nichols voted against the new contract. Board member Kevin Kirberg, who received the endorsement of the teacher’s union in this year’s election, abstained, saying after the meeting that he wanted to avoid any perception of a conflict-of-interest. Members of the teachers union passed the new contract by a vote of 894 to 536, said Karie Beck, president of the APT. Teachers had been working without a contract since …
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Monday, October 24, 2011
The students were recognized at Monday's SD 202 board meeting being cited by the National Achievement and the National Merit scholarship programs.
Twelve academically talented high school students who have achieved national recognition were honored Monday by the Plainfield School District 202 board. Kyndal Currie and Grace Latimore, Plainfield North High School seniors, were recognized for being named outstanding participants in the 2011 National Achievement Scholarship Program. The program honors academically promising African-American students, and only 3,100 students nationwide were named outstanding participants out of more than 160,000 high school students who seek the recognition. The board also acknowledged 10 district students who were named “commended” students in the National Merit Scholarship Program. These students rank in the top 5 percent of the 1.5 million students who…
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Jimmy
8:27 am on Tuesday, July 31, 2012
Thank you to Michelle Smith & Greg Nichols for your vote. To those who can't vote on these issues, you shouldn't be on the board! Those of you who voted for raises should be ashamed putting these kinds of burdens on your neighbors! more ›