Flossmoor School District 161 is not yet ready to return to in-person learning for all of its students, but officials may consider bringing select students back into the district’s buildings. While no action was recommended at a special board meeting Sept. 29, Superintendent Dana Smith presented to the board the[Read More…]
Author: Bill Jones
District 161 students, parents offer input via remote learning surveys
District 161 school board members got a look at student and parent responses to the district’s remote learning programs. During a special board meeting Sept. 29, Superintendent Dana Smith shared results of remote learning student surveys. Smith summarized the findings telling board members responses were limited, and officials wanted to[Read More…]
Kimmons holding out hope he can continue lobbying in Chicago, serving in Flossmoor
The last thing Flossmoor’s Gyata Kimmons said he wants to be is the face of a push against ethics reform. Kimmons has found himself thrust into the spotlight — Example A of how an ordinance passed by the City of Chicago could impact elected officials in other communities.
Flossmoor to claim $209K in coronavirus relief funds through CARES Act
The Village of Flossmoor is expecting to see some coronavirus relief funds coming its way soon thanks to the federal CARES Act pandemic relief fund. The village board voted unanimously Sept. 21 to approve an intergovernmental agreement with Cook County that paves the way for Flossmoor to claim $209,789.61 from[Read More…]
Construction, abatement anomaly account for most of D161’s $4.81 million deficit in FY2021
Flossmoor School District 161 will be running a deficit of $4.81 million in the 2021 fiscal year but most of it was expected, according to officials. On Sept. 14 the school board unanimously approved the FY2021 budget following a public budget hearing. The approved budget anticipates $33.87 million in revenue[Read More…]
District 161 considers temporary staff reduction in wake of remote learning changes
While Flossmoor School District 161 officials are hoping to exhaust all options, remote learning may move the board to make a decision on staff reductions. Superintendent Dana Smith brought the discussion item to the table during the Monday, Sept. 14, board meeting. Smith said he had no formal recommendation for[Read More…]
Flossmoor scores MWRD grant; newcomers join village commissions
Flossmoor is in line to get a major monetary boost to its water infrastructure improvement program for Hagen Lane and Douglas Avenue. At a rescheduled village board meeting Sept. 8, Mayor Paul Braun announced that the Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago provided officials notice that Flossmoor is to[Read More…]
Emergency action sees ‘tons’ of sediment pulled from Flossmoor storm sewer
Flossmoor Public Works Director says ‘tons’ of sediment pulled from pipes in emergency action A storm sewer cleaning bill ended up costing the Village of Flossmoor roughly $30,000 more than originally expected, but it also removed literal “tons” of sediment from pipes in the Heather Hill area that could pay[Read More…]
D161 sees progress on Western Avenue, Flossmoor Hills projects
Alumni may soon want to make a return trip to Western Avenue Elementary School. “To experience Western with central air — we have been talking about that for so long,” said Michelle Hoereth, president of Flossmoor School District 161’s Board of Education. Superintendent Dana Smith noted it “feels completely different”[Read More…]
District 161 sees success with remote learning as it works out the kinks
An all-remote start to the 2020-2021 school year wasn’t Plan A for Flossmoor elementary schools, but so far so good, according to officials. “We really did have a positive start,” Superintendent Dana Smith told members of the District 161 Board of Education at its Monday, Aug. 31, special meeting. “A[Read More…]
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