As school officials decide how to spend a nearly $ 2 billion FEMA settlement around the city, public meetings about plans for each campus are being held in each school
board district over the next two weeks, and the District 5 meeting that includes Priestley will be held at 6 p.m. Monday.
Not exact matches
Lindy Sumner - Smith has worked as an elementary school teacher for the Peel
District School
Board (No. 72 on the Best Jobs Ranking) for
over 20 years.
In 2012, John was elected to a seat on the Montgomery County
Board of Education (MD), the nation's 17th largest school
district, where he advocated technology modernization across
over 200 schools.
The Napa Tourism Improvement
District (Napa TID) today announced a series of successful accomplishments from the
Board over the last fiscal year, taking place July 2012 through June 2013.
Board President Brian Younker said the
district relied on a market analysis from its real estate company when determining the cost and that the land had been on the market for
over a year.
According to documents filed with the state labor
board, AFSCME has requested to represent «all full and part - time, non-professional (park
district) employees who work
over 1,000 hours» annually.
Sheridan Shore's lease with the reclamation
district expires in March 2016 and the Wilmette park
district board recently voted to approach the
district in coming weeks to explore the possibility of taking
over the lease in 2016, said park
district executive director Steve Wilson.
«The Arlington Heights Park
District has experienced a «recreation renaissance» of sorts
over the past few years especially since opening the doors to the new Pioneer Park Community Center in 2008 and since unveiling the cooperatively installed and managed synthetic turf field with
District 214 at Hersey High School in 2011,» said Maryfran Leno, Park
Board President.
Volunteer organizers of the proposed Lake in the Hills park
district already have persuaded the Village
Board to commit $ 547,000
over two years to develop ball fields for young athletes.
ARLINGTON HEIGHTS — Construction of the village's first skate park was tentatively approved Wednesday night by the Arlington Heights Park
District Board over the objections of residents who live near Olympic Park, where the proposed facility is to be built.
«The Park
Board has placed the Park
District in a perilous situation with its spending
over the last few years.»
Stone served as
District One Director for the NATA from 2004 - 2010, sitting as the New England representative for
over 2,000 certified athletic trainers on the NATA
Board of Directors.
A fenced - off section of Stevenson Park is the only viable replacement for a popular «Dog Park Plus» program that recently ended at Ridgeland Common, the Park
District Board determined after assessing nearly all Park
District properties
over the last month.
The
board is considering a proposal to hand
over day - care services to the Park
District.
The school has 2,088 students, which already puts it 33
over capacity, and Burns recently told the Township High School
District 214
Board of Education that, even after a renovation planned for next summer, the school will be able to handle only 2,250 students.
Over the last month, urban - design contractor Altamanu evaluated 16 Park
District parks — all but the district's playground spaces for young children — based on criteria the board had de
District parks — all but the
district's playground spaces for young children — based on criteria the board had de
district's playground spaces for young children — based on criteria the
board had developed.
Richard Devine, a close associate of Mayor Richard Daley and Richard Phelan, the Democratic Party candidate for Cook County
Board president, took
over Tuesday as president of the Chicago Park
District Board.
The Arlington Heights Elementary School
District 25
board has approved a $ 29.1 million levy, up nearly 12 percent
over last year.
Talks were held
over the past several weeks, with school
board member Kevin Connor as the school
district's representative.
The Village
Board and the Park
District have been at odds
over plans for the 115 acres of open land along LaPorte Road east of Wolf Road.
The Naperville City Council and the city's Park
District Board of Commissioners have decided to take off the table an offer to settle a federal lawsuit
over trapshooting in Sportsman's Park.
Although protests are still voiced frequently by Linz and other Sportsman's Park opponents during Park
District board meetings, Park
District executive director Joseph Schultz says the Sportsman's issue «is like no issue at all... we got the final all - clear from the IEPA, and since then we feel the environmental issue is
over.»
The often rancorous battle between the Butterfield Park
District and residents living near a proposed $ 2.5 million, 18,000 - square - foot fieldhouse boiled
over again last week as homeowners accused one Park
District Board member of «slander.»
Tynczuk said the Park
District will monitor the field and golf course
over the next few weeks to see if the repellent is effective and make a recommendation to the
board.
Drawing an emotional response from the audience, more than a dozen Chicago Public School parents voiced complaints at Wednesday's school
board meeting
over how the
district questioned their children about their decision to not to take the Illinois Standards Achievement Test when it was administered earlier this month.
PARK RIDGE — A split Park Ridge Park
District Board heard continuing debate recently
over lights at Centennial Park, at Western Avenue and Garden Street.
At the same time, the Chicago
Board of Education and Park
District Board are beginning high - level negotiations to resolve the problem and underlying conflict at Clemente and seven other city schools: two bureaucracies competing
over the same space with no contract to guide them.
Residents criticized the move, noting Peck had no experience in running a park
district and that a previous
board had tapped then assistant director Cameron Bettin to take
over for Bott when he retired.
There was little concern among commissioners
over the pending annexation of the 130 acres of Park
District property along 95th Street at Frontier Park targeted for the recreation campus, but both
boards agreed that some kind of a land agreement between the Park
District and library must be a top priority.
The
board took steps Wednesday to strengthen its control
over park policy and
over the park
district «s more than 5,000 employees, most of whom were loyal to former Supt. Edmund Kelly, a Washington foe who resigned July 20, a month after the new
board stripped him of power.
In recent months, the Park
District and the village have been embroiled in a debate
over the use of the Yunker Farm site, culminating in the Village
Board's vote in December against annexation.
Lengthy debates
over the Crystal Lake Park
District's acquisition of the Colonel Palmer House ended last week, as the
board agreed to lease the property.
After the meeting, Lautz and Wheaton Park
District Board President Jack Breese exchanged sharp words
over the property.
Park
Board members told the council in a joint meeting that they need a clearer understanding of the guidelines of the lease and would like more control
over city - owned park sites maintained by the
district.
Panel members proposed review power
over petitions — the same authority bestowed on a zoning
board or plan commission — after the Crystal Lake Park
District decided to put in a sand and gravel filter at Lippold Park.
CLARENDON HILLS — The Village
Board voted Monday night to approve a proposal to turn
over to the Park
District ownership of a parcel of village - owned property.
STREAMWOOD — The Streamwood Park
District Board approved a $ 6.5 million budget for fiscal 1999 - 2000, a $ 70,000 - plus increase
over last year's budget.
Though the Village
Board's decision will allow the park
district to move ahead with its nature sanctuary plans, some residents from the Lake Arlington neighborhood have suggested that the battle is far from
over.
DUNDEE TOWNSHIP — The Dundee Township Park
District Board of Commissioners has approved a fiscal 2000 budget of $ 2.6 million, an 18 percent increase
over this year's budget of $ 2.2 million.
The Streamwood Park
District Board approved a $ 6.5 million budget for fiscal 1999 - 2000, a $ 70,000 - plus increase
over last year's budget.
The Arlington Heights Park
District board has unanimously approved an annual budget of $ 26,684,077, which reflects a 1.4 percent increase over last year, said Donna Wilson, the district's director of finance and pe
District board has unanimously approved an annual budget of $ 26,684,077, which reflects a 1.4 percent increase
over last year, said Donna Wilson, the
district's director of finance and pe
district's director of finance and personnel.
But Park
District Director John Wilson said some of the findings conflict with what residents have been telling the
board over the last several months.
A candidate challenging three incumbents for three seats on the Northbrook Park
District board took them to task
over finances and community relations, drawing sharp defenses at a recent forum.
«Several years ago, the Park
District made a commitment to make sure that there is an equitable distribution of tax dollars in parks all
over the city,» said Park
Board President Michael Scott.
Geneva — The park
board will hold two public hearings
over the next few days to gather input from residents about plans for Park
District facilities.
Staffing The Park
District has an appointed Executive Director responsible to the
Board of Commissioners for the administration of the
District along with a full - time (
over 1,560 hours annually) staff of 75.
The Downers Grove Park
District Board is gearing up for a legal battle with Good Samaritan Hospital
over the hospital's proposed fitness center even as lawyers for both interests are negotiating.
In the 41st Senate
District, though the final vote count from the state
Board of Elections isn't available yet, the WFP says it's likely its voters also provided a critical margin of victory for Democratic Senator - elect Terry Gipson
over GOP Sen. Steve Saland.
The City of Niagara Falls Republican Committee endorsed Niagara Falls School
Board Member, John Destino
over incumbent Republican, George Maziarz in the 62nd Senate
District.
Waronker, who took
over as schools chief on June 2, contended in that letter that his attempts to turn around the struggling
district have been undermined by the
board's three - member majority.