Serendib Politics

Slightly bleary, but not bad for the end of a long day. School board meeting 6:30-10:30, 4 hrs.

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.

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 …

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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 …

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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…

(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 …

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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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