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H-F board approves textbook purchases

The District 233 school board approved an expenditure of $26,760 for new textbooks for three classes. The action was taken at the Feb. 16 meeting.

The Homewood-Flossmoor High School African American Literature and Composition class that was a semester class will now be a full-year class offered to seniors. Teachers and the chairperson in the English Department reviewed the books before approving the selections. Students will be using “The Invisible Man” by Ralph Ellison, “Passing” by Nella Larson and the Norton Anthology of African American Literature Vol. 1 & 2, 3rd edition.

Students in the International Baccalaureate and Advanced Placement literature and language classes will be using “Between the World and Me” by Ta-Hehisi Coates.

The Career and Technical Education’s accounting program will be purchasing “Century 21 Accounting: General Journal” 11th edition. This will update a text that dates to 2009.

In other business, the board approved the 2021-22 school calendar.  Classes will begin on Wednesday, Aug. 11, and continue until winter recess starts on Dec. 20. Second semester will begin on Jan. 4. Spring recess will be March 28 through April 4. The last day of classes for seniors will be May 19 and final exams will be May 24, 25 and 26.  Graduation is set for May 29.

The board also announced a new page on the H-F Business Office site. Gathered in one place are the district’s last three budgets and a five-year forecast, property tax information, financial and investment reports and compensation reports. The information is available on the school’s website.

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