School board tonight, 6:30 – 9:15, just under 3 hours. I joined remotely, as I’m attending Wiscon in Madison this weekend. I’m very sorry to note that one of our board members, Kebreab Henry, has had to step off the board due to family reasons. I’ll just publicly say that Kebreab has been a pleasure […]
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Excited about the development of this program — college is not the only fulfilling career path, and we want our students to have a host of great options after high school! The school was already working on this before I joined the board, but I was very happy to lend my enthusiastic support. https://www.oprfhs.org/news-detail/~board/home/post/first-oprfhs-graduates-to-earn-college-and-career-pathways-endorsement-from-the-state?fbclid=IwAR3PWsON8LuYOPmjJ6X8aXrHUIZTaA_l6vqWd82zF9d7OwLl2MvHE7Q8_HU
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Slightly bleary, but not bad for the end of a long day. School board meeting 6:30-10:30, 4 hrs.
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I wasn’t able to attend the groundbreaking, but I’m pleased with the work we did to help this happen. A great collaboration with the Park District.
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Statement I made at the board meeting last night, addressing one of the concerns that had been brought up: ***** I want to speak to the concern that we’re spending a significant amount of money on physical education, rather than on academics, as if the two are in opposition. As some of you know, I’m
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Tonight’s board meeting was 6:30 – 10:30, so 4 hours, but I did a 30 minute pre-meeting and a 30-minute post-meeting, so I’m going to say 5 hours of board work tonight. The board (including me) unanimously passed funding Project 2 with a combination of fund balance, debt certificates, and private donations. *** For more
At the cafe where my department end-of-year event will be starting shortly; I’ve just finished catching up on e-mails that have come in the last few days, in advance of tonight’s board meeting, where we’ll be voting on the funding for Project 2 at OPRF. It’s a LOT of e-mails, and a lot of time
Tonight’s school board committee meeting, 2 hrs, plus commuting time, so we’ll call it 2.5 hours out of my evening. Good meeting, tired now. Glad I don’t have to teach early tomorrow! Maybe I can convince my body to sleep in past 5 a.m. for a change…
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(NOTE: Illinois-specific info.) Oak Parkers are getting their property tax assessments, and they’re seeing their home value has typically gone up a lot (I’m seeing around 47% on various community boards). I’m hearing a lot of panic, where people are thinking that that means they’re going to owe several thousand more than usual in property
Tonight’s school board meeting, 7 p.m. – 10:40 p.m. A long one, but it needed to be, as we had some seriously complex financial matters to consider thoroughly. It’s been a long day overall — up at 6:30, watered yard so new plantings didn’t die in heat wave, answered e-mails, showered and dressed, drove into
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