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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School board meeting tonight was only 6:30 – 8:30 p.m., shortest school board meeting thus far (about 1.7 years in). Maybe we’re finally getting efficient? It won’t last, I promise you, not with some giant budget decisions coming in the near future. But it’s been a long, hard week in my household, so I will
Locals, I’m planning to attend this event with Brandon Johnson next Saturday at Citrine — he’s running for Mayor of Chicago. I was impressed with Brandon when he ran for Cook County Commissioner (and won), and I’m looking forward to hearing what he has to say about his mayoral run! https://actionnetwork.org/events/oak-park-mimosa-brunch…
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School board meeting tonight was only 2.25 hrs. Must be the holidays; everyone is tired. Even I only made one 5-minute comment this time around; usually I’m holding the room hostage with my pontificating for many minutes over the course of a session. I’m sure we’ll be back to the long meetings in January…
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I had a school board meeting last night — not an actual board meeting, but a monthly committee that I sit on as the resident board member. Usually about an hour meeting, but last night we had very little to do (it’s mid-December, no one wants to work), so we adjourned early and they snuck
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I learned at the board meeting today (7 – 10:30 p.m., a little longer than average, but not too much so) that Tuesday was Illinois School Board Day, in which we appreciate all our unpaid school board members. Yay, us! Our superintendent said we donate hundreds of honors in our four-year term, but I suspect
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