The Board of Education unanimously decided on a plan that will increase class sizes, reducing a projected deficit by nearly $4 million.
After months of meetings, hearings and discussion, Glenview School District 34 Board of Education unanimously approved a measure to address district overcrowding at its regular meeting Monday, March 7. In 2001, District 34 had an enrollment of about 3,700 students. A five-year projection puts the district's population at just over 5,000 students in 2015. The plan calls for: If the district had remained at status quo with class sizes, the district's budget deficit would have been $10.2 million over four years, explained Brett Clark, executive director of communications and strategic planning. However, reducing class sizes won't have any additional costs and will reduce the deficit by about $3.9 million, bringing the projected budget …
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Officials said one of the top concerns among parents at boundary meetings Jan. 26 and Jan. 27 is breaking up tight-knight communities.
Many parents of Glenview Public School District 34 students understand that overcrowding in the schools due to an ever-increasing population will have to be addressed. But many of them think that carving up neighborhoods in a redistricting effort to provide some relief isn't the solution -- and they have questions about the social and emotional effects on the students. Parents were able to share those concerns with the 25-member boundary committee made up of teachers, parents and district administrators at a community input meeting Thursday, Jan. 27. Roughly 60 attendees also heard presentations from the district's consulting firm, RSP, Thursday -- in addition to about 75 people who attended a similar meeting Wednesday evening. Rob …
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Options were presented by a consultant to the committee Jan. 13 including redistricting and increasing classroom sizes.
Plans to address the increasing population of students overcrowding Glenview Public School District 34 may range from increasing the number of students in the classroom to redistricting neighborhood boundaries -- or a combination of the two. Representatives of the district's consulting firm RSP presented two concepts to the 25-member boundary committee made up of teachers, parents and district administrators at a meeting Thursday, Jan. 13. About a dozen parents and community members also attended the meeting, although the committee won't hear public input until a series of forums later this month. "The important thing to remember is that no final decision has been made," said Brett Clark, committee co-chair and district executive director …
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5:42 pm on Tuesday, March 8, 2011
The best part of this settlement is that all bear some of the load. No teachers will be laid off, no boundaries will change, and the community as a whole can deal with these issues when the economy picks back up. more ›