Our next and final meeting until August will take place Monday, June 25th @ 9am at the District Administration Center. We have a lot of changes taking place and will be discussing these as well as a few other topics. This meeting will be kept to a minimum in consideration of summer activities. Hope to see you there!
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Please see the agenda and meeting minutes page for the full meeting minutes from the 4/23/12 meeting.
D135 School Board Meeting 5/14/12
If you missed last night’s board meeting, here are some key points that were discussed:
- It was noted that a Superintendent was not found in the search that was conducted. According to John Carmody, “We could not get comfortable with any one of the candidates.”
- Looking for an over 10 year commitment from an incoming candidate.
- Laura Berry, Director of Curriculum, reported that they are continuing to receive updates from each school in regards to curriculum.
- Laura Berry also reported that there is a possibility of a Math pilot in grades 6-8 next year as well.
- Dennis Soustek mentioned a FOIA request and said “We are in the process of addressing that request.” There was no mention of what that request entailed.
- A new Speech Pathologist was hired for Prairie School, no to exceed $63/hour.
- Tracy Marc was hired to replace Bridget McGuiggan. She is a mom from Orland Park and has a degree from Columbia.
- Lynn Zeder was hired and voted in as Assistant Director of Curriculum. (Board member Mary Bragg motioned to table the vote but it was not seconded, so the vote proceeded.)
- A book “Peak” was introduced into curriculum for eh 6th-8th grades and is available for viewing at the administration center.
- Joe LaMargo mentioned his concern for state transportation funding cuts. John Reiniche added that the state is pulling from transportation to make up for debt and possibly fund pensions and we need to keep a close eye on where the state is pulling funding from. A bit of discussion followed about the state moving to stop funding transportation completely for districts like ours where the distance to school is minimal.
- Dennis Soustek has added a second Curriculum Presentation to be held Wednesday, May 23rd at 6:30pm at the admin center.
We hope to see you Monday at 9am for our next CARE135 meeting. Confirmed guests are Dr. Laura Berry and Lynn Zeder and we will be discussing curriculum.
CARE 135 will hold a meeting tomorrow morning, 9am in the board room at the Admin Center (15100 94th Ave). Invited guests include District 135 board of education members Tom Cunningham and Joe LaMargo. We will be talking about technology in the classroom, teacher pension, new curriculum, the superintendent search and more. An open forum setting will allow for attendees to ask questions as well. Hope to see you there!
To see the minutes for this meeting, click on the Agenda and Meeting Mintues Page above. Questions for the next meeting are currently being collected. Please email opcare135@gmail.com if you have something that you wish to have addressed at our next meeting on Monday, April 23rd.
Thank you to those who were able to attend the board meeting last night. There were changes in administration for the schools announced including a new principal for Prairie School and a transfer of school Asst. Principal from Jerling to Liberty.
For those who could not attend, the Orland Park Patch covered the meeting live and can be accessed here.
To follow-up on questions from our last meeting as well as address some new issues, I have emailed Mr. Soustek. Below are the questions and his responses:
Could you explain the process in which administrative salary increases are decided upon? Are there evaluations? Are they always given across the board? Read the rest of this entry »
For more information about Illinois pension reform and how it could affect your tax bill, click here. Click here to read the resolution declaring opposition from District 135.
At our last two CARE135 meetings, we inquired about legal fees, current and past. Although the current are not yet available due to the fact that Orland 135 has not been billed for the current ongoing litigation, we did receive the following from district office: Read the rest of this entry »
Photo Credit: Ben Feldheim, Orland Park Patch
The March 19th CARE135 meeting received some local media coverage on Orland Park Patch today. Click here to check it out.
Our meetings are held in the board room of the Administrative Center, located at 15100 S. 94th Ave..
Guests for the March meeting will include Deneen Pajeau from the Illinois Federation of Teachers and Lynne Donegan, District 135 School Board Member.
Please email any questions/concerns you may have to opcare135@gmail.com to be included on our question list for guests. Your name will not be used unless you specifically request it is.
Future meeting dates are 4/23, 5/21 & 6/25.
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