Construction and renovations are coming along nicely throughout District 64. This week we were able to get a behind-the-scenes look at all the progress at Lincoln, Jefferson, and Field.
You can watch the video here at this link or you can find all of our updates at https://www.d64.org/construction.
Superintendent Dr. Eric Olson and Director of Facility Management Anthony Bersani take a tour around Jefferson School.
Welcome To The Team!
New AP hired at Emerson
The District 64 Board of Education voted on Thursday to hire Maria Soulias as the new assistant principal at Emerson Middle School. Soulias will start on August 1st.
Soulias has an extensive background in middle school education. Since 2007, Soulias has spent her career serving as a middle school math and tier 3 math intervention teacher at Mannheim Middle School in District 83.
Highlights Of The July 21st, 2022 Regular School Board Meeting
The July 21st, 2022 regular Board of Education meeting was held at Lincoln Middle School. A video of the meeting is now available on the Board Meetings webpage.
Some of the items discussed were:
School Resource Officers- The Board revisited adding School Resource Officers to District 64's schools (Action Item 22-07-6). The motion brought to the Board was to direct the Superintendent to start negotiations for Intergovernmental Agreements with the City of Park Ridge and the Village of Niles to place School Resources Officers in the District’s middle schools. The vote ended in a 3-3 tie, and the motion did not pass.
After that, Board Member Gareth Kennedy proposed an amended motion to direct Superintendent Dr. Olson to invite the Park Ridge Police Chief and Niles Police Chief to the next board meeting to discuss the implementation of SROs in the school district.
To gather more information on the topic, the Board passed this motion.
Contract Awarded- District 64 took the next step in selling the ESC Building. The Board unanimously voted to award “805 Touhy LLC” the contract to buy the administration building at 164 S Prospect Avenue, Park Ridge, for $1.32 million.
The administration offices will eventually be moved to Jefferson School.
Tentative Budget-The Board approved Resolution #1294 of the 2022-23 Tentative Budget. There will be a public hearing on the budget at 7:00 p.m. on September 15, 2022, at Emerson Middle School, 8101 N Cumberland Avenue, Niles, IL, 60714.
The final budget will be approved on September 15th.
Registration for the 2022-23 school year is open for all students. We ask that you register your child by July 31st in order to help the District make any potential staffing plan changes and to ensure students can be placed in their classes appropriately.
If your child will not be returning to District 64 please let their respective school offices know.
All steps on how to register your student can be found on the District 64 website.
Registration also includes Pre-K! We still have openings in our 3-year-old and 4-year-old programs. Start your child's education at District 64 by registering here.
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