We asked several times to interview school
district officials about how they investigated the matter.
Complaints from school
district officials about how long students needed to take part of the English language arts section of the Smarter Balanced test, also known as the Badger Exam, prompted the Department of Public Instruction to shorten the test.
Partly a guide on federal privacy laws, partly an activism manual, the toolkit encourages parents to question teachers and
district officials about how data is collected, stored, and shared, and to advocate for stricter standards in their children's schools.
Many residents, unaware that the district was focusing on Centennial Beach, blasted Park
District officials about the timing of the public hearing, one week before the Park Board is scheduled to vote on the location of the skate park.
Now that plans are being made to move the Bears into a domed stadium west of McCormick Place, the museums have begun lobbying city and Chicago Park
District officials about the future of Soldier Field.
Not exact matches
Eureka High School in Eureka, Calif., postponed its drill that had been scheduled for Thursday, partly because
officials were concerned
about the mental state of students, said Fred Van Vleck, the
district superintendent.
Federal
officials said they «re hearing from businesses in their
districts that they «re worried
about the impact of these tariffs.
When Nikolas Cruz turned 18, he refused to let the school
district continue providing him with crucial mental health and other services — and there was nothing
officials could do
about it, Broward Schools Superintendent Robert Runcie said Monday.
The recent seizure by
officials from the
district food safety department of stale and adulterated chocolate and children's health and protein supplements from a godown in Marudu in Kochi, Kerala has raised doubts
about the quality of food products flooding the market.
Park
District officials plan to talk with residents in the Ashbury subdivision
about the outcome of a traffic study that was originally expected to be completed last fall.
About one - third of the 24,000 registrations taken per year will be done by phone, Park
District officials estimate.
Wilmette Park
District officials are thinking
about taking over the lease of the Sheridan Shore Yacht Club as part of the village's Lake Front Master Plan.
Naperville Park
District officials have said that the $ 2.5 million sports complex is a necessity in one of the fastest - growing zones in the city and that they are willing to work with residents to alleviate concerns
about lighting, noise, flooding, traffic congestion and safety.
So
officials from the Lake Barrington Countryside Park
District, North Barrington, Tower Lakes and the Barrington Area Council of Governments, or BACOG, plan to meet over coffee and begin talking
about what kind of park services the three communities can share.
Few Chicago parents complain
about the screening because many of the
district's volunteers are paid a stipend for helping out,
officials said.
But some residents argue that Park
District officials have not been up front with them
about the project, arguing that the Park
District won't produce the surveys that support building the facility.
More than 500 families have two students attending Downers Grove North or Downers Grove South and
about three dozen families have at least three children in the
district,
officials said.
Joliet and Park
District officials have worked for
about a year to develop plans for the complex, which will be built, operated and maintained under a 20 - year intergovernmental agreement.
«I talked to the park
district officials last year
about what I think the problem could be, «Levin said.
Neither park
district has an official dog park, and the two agencies have been working on a plan for about a year, said Greg Kuhs, executive director of the Mount Prospect Park D
district has an
official dog park, and the two agencies have been working on a plan for
about a year, said Greg Kuhs, executive director of the Mount Prospect Park
DistrictDistrict.
Harris, a retired general manager for a Columbus, Ohio, engineering company, wants to help educate residents
about various programs by working with school and Park
District officials.
That building's future is even hazier — Park
District officials have talked
about razing it.
Park
district officials in Northbrook recently held a community meeting to gather ideas from residents
about converting Coast Guard Park, 2490 Dundee Road, into a dog park.
Property taxes, which would account for
about 55 percent of the park
district's total revenue in 2014 - 15, will increase slightly over the previous year, according to
officials.
CRYSTAL LAKE — The owner of a $ 150,000 home in Crystal Lake may pay
about $ 217 to the Park
District next year,
about a $ 17 increase from last year, park
officials said.
About $ 1.46 million was levied by the
district in 1987 and
officials say $ 1.73 million will be needed in the 1988 levy to support next year «s budget.
For months, homeowners in the Ashbury Park subdivision and unincorporated areas south of the site have accused Park
District officials of dragging their feet in addressing concerns
about lighting, noise, flooding, traffic congestion and safety.
Park
district officials have been gathering public input on the idea of turning Five Seasons into a community center since April, when they announced an opportunity to purchase the local health club and the 17 acres of land it stands on for
about $ 20.3 million.
For the last five years, top Mt. Prospect Park
District officials have courted the owners
about selling the golf course and clubhouse to them, said Walt Cook, the Mt. Prospect Park
District's executive director.
Officials from the Oak Forest school
district spoke to Park District commissioners last week about the school they are hoping to build at 173rd Street between Central and Lockwood
district spoke to Park
District commissioners last week about the school they are hoping to build at 173rd Street between Central and Lockwood
District commissioners last week
about the school they are hoping to build at 173rd Street between Central and Lockwood Avenues.
Conley, a resident of the village since 1978, decided to take on the project when Park
District officials talked
about recruiting a high school class.
Wheaton Park
District officials are concerned about the potential impact on storm water a proposed subdivision on the southwest side might have on the district's Tooh
District officials are concerned
about the potential impact on storm water a proposed subdivision on the southwest side might have on the
district's Tooh
district's Toohey Park.
Barring unforeseen problems with needed approvals, construction could begin next spring on two city harbors that would expand the number of mooring spaces for recreational boaters by
about 20 percent and bring in more tourism dollars, Chicago Park
District officials say.
City
officials complained Sunday that they were not consulted
about a proposed agreement between the 1992 World «s Fair and the Chicago Park
District, even though Mayor Harold Washington must approve the pact.
She has by now developed a whole litany of complaints
about the school project, and has even gone so far as to rent a room in a park
district building Wednesday night for her own meeting between neighbors and school
officials.
In scathing letters, Park
District and school
officials argued back and forth
about how to deal with flooding.
The Cary Park
District voted unanimously to annex
about 85 acres of the 260 - acre Hoffman Farm, which Cary and Lake in the Hills
officials have been fighting over for several years.
Park
District officials also are concerned
about pollution at Sportsman's.
Park
District officials expect the water park with the new fun house to generate
about $ 200,000 in profits annually.
About 80 residents, calling themselves the South Loop Dog Park Action Co-op are lobbying the Chicago Park
District for a spot near the south end of the park to let their animals run free and are getting a fairly warm reception from city
officials and park advocates.
Park
District officials are hoping other residents, young and old, feel the same
about the rink, which will be under construction in
about two weeks at the recreation complex at 1000 W. Central Rd., said Steve Durlacher, Park
District director of external affairs.
Village
officials cited concerns
about the Park
District's failure to present a comprehensive plan for the entire site, the design of the recreation center and other issues.
CARY — The Cary Park
District voted unanimously to annex
about 85 acres of the 260 - acre Hoffman Farm, which Cary and Lake in the Hills
officials have been fighting over for several years.
Officials in Glencoe said they also are talking with the Glencoe Park
District about the prospect of a partnership with the commission and the possibility of relocating the water plant north of its present site.
The
district has also committed
about $ 2 million to the project, which will include sewer upgrades, which
officials have said are necessary to prevent flooding of the sports fields.
Park
district officials said the swimming pool in Sunset Park has been losing $ 10,000 a year, but they said they expect the new facility in Newton Park would generate
about $ 20,000 in profit annually.
The new facility, expected to be
about 60,000 square feet, will be attached to the country club building, enabling the Park
District to cut costs by sharing locker room space and other amenities,
officials said.
Most of those who showed up Monday night to grill Fox Valley Park
District and Montgomery village
officials live in the Parkview Estates and Mariray Manor subdivisions just south of Aurora, where floods in 1972 and 1983 caused
about $ 2 million in damage.
If the park is built at the Garden Plots, as
district officials have planned, extra costs for such items as creating a parking facility and realigning roads would bring the total to
about $ 400,000, Collins said.
Lyons Township Soccer Club director Jo Hearn said in an email the club has met only once with park
district officials and that she could not provide details
about the proposal.