The pact doesn't resolve a longtime dispute between District 54 officials and officials of the Hoffman Estates and Schaumburg Park Districts over whether the cost of renovating playgrounds used
primarily by schoolchildren should be shared or paid solely by the park district in question.
Federal stimulus funds helped plug in gaps
primarily by saving as many educators» jobs as possible — but it was still not enough money to keep pace with the growing numbers of
schoolchildren coming into North Carolina classrooms, in particular with regard to classroom supplies.