Homewood schools staff and outside contractors have been working on the first half of the $9.4 million in improvements to Willow, Churchill and James Hart Schools in Homewood. The school board approved a number of improvements to update the aging buildings, dating to the 1950s and 1960s. The board sold[Read More…]
Education
School district Summer Academy serves 700 families with full day instruction
Don’t think summer camp. This isn’t day care. Flossmoor School District 161’s Summer Academy provides students with a full day of curriculum-based instruction taught by the district’s own teachers. “It’s really an extension of the school year. We call it our pop-up school,” said Summer Academy principal Evita McNeil. Summer[Read More…]
New Parker principal comes from Florida to Flossmoor ready to listen to families
Ursula Parris took only a few days off work to uproot her life in Florida and start to settle into her new role as principal of Parker Junior High School in Flossmoor. “I worked my previous job until June 28, went to Puerto Rico for a few days, came back[Read More…]
New H-F High administrative team now in place
District 233 has a new superintendent and Homewood-Flossmoor High School has a new principal and a new associate principal working with administrators at both the North and South Buildings. Superintendent Scott Wakeley officially stepped into the top leadership position for the district July 1 after serving for a year as[Read More…]
District 233 to be part of proposed South Career and Technical Education Center
Homewood-Flossmoor High School students may have new career opportunities later this decade as District 233 joins with five other high school districts, Prairie State College and the SPEED Cooperative in forming the South Career and Technical Education Center. Johnnie Thomas, superintendent of Rich Township District 227, made a presentation on[Read More…]
Homewood schools will ask for a tax increase through Nov. 8 referendum
Voters in Homewood School District 153 will be asked to approve a Nov. 8 referendum to put more money into the school budget by increasing the limiting tax rate. At the District 153 board meeting July 11, board members approved a resolution calling for the referendum because they wanted to[Read More…]
H-F school board votes down dress code change for midriff exposure
The District 233 school board decided a proposed change to the Homewood-Flossmoor High School dress code went a bit too far. At its June 21 meeting, board members agreed students should have full coverage to the pant/skirt line – no exposed midriff will be allowed. The change was one of[Read More…]
GSU partners with SIU on combined BA/JD degree program
Students at Governors State University will be eligible for law school admission at Southern Illinois University through a new 3 + 3 partnership between the two institutions. The agreement, approved in June, also creates a way to diversify the student body at the SIU law school that over time will[Read More…]
D233 board gets 2.81% rate for $20 million bond sale
The District 233 school board got an exceptionally low rate of 2.8% to finance its $20 million bond sale to cover costs of a new science wing and other projects at Homewood-Flossmoor High School. The sale to JP Morgan Chase was finalized Tuesday, June 28. The board initially planned to[Read More…]
H-F board approves contracts, gives bonuses
The District 233 school board approved contracts at its June 21 meeting for bus service, food service and building maintenance at Homewood-Flossmoor High School, and awarded bonus payments to H-F’s top administrators. The board agreed to extend its 2022-23 contracts with 12% increases for Kickert Bus Company and a special[Read More…]
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