The District 233 school board agreed to replace the Columbus Day holiday in October with Indigenous Peoples Day on the Homewood-Flossmoor High School calendar. The board made the decision at the Feb. 15 school board meeting. The topic was first discussed by the board’s planning committee. Catherine Ross-Cook, H-F’s Diversity,[Read More…]
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District 233 board to consider cybersecurity protections for H-F’s computer network
District 233 school board members will be asked to vote on a security system to protect Homewood-Flossmoor High School’s computer network and reduce the threats that are increasing. Steve Richardson, director of information technology, said H-F has been able to stop as many as 20,000 monthly attempts to sabotage the[Read More…]
H-F principal search process looking to January wrap-up
The search continues for the next principal of Homewood-Flossmoor High School. Although the board isn’t likely to meet its original December target, Superintendent-elect Scott Wakeley said he expects the board will finalize an appointment in January. BWP Consultants, which is leading the search, has posted the job on various websites[Read More…]
H-F board studies plans to update science labs
The District 233 school board is beginning to look at ways to improve the science labs at Homewood-Flossmoor High School. The school board’s finance committee heard from architects with DLA Architects who are following the district’s long-range planning document. At the Nov. 15 finance committee meeting, Ed Wright of DLA[Read More…]
District 233 board says former Columbus Day needs a community-wide celebration
Students at Homewood-Flossmoor High School will have the day off on Monday for what would have been Columbus Day. The school board wants to give the day a special purpose next year. Many schools have removed the Columbus Day designation and replaced it with Indigenous Peoples Day as a way[Read More…]
H-F principal Jerry Anderson takes job at Bloom High
H-F Principal Jerry Anderson speaks at the 2021 graduation ceremony on May 29. Anderson will start a new job as principal of Bloom Township High School on July 1. (Eric Crump/H-F Chronicle) Homewood-Flossmoor High School Principal Jerry Lee Anderson has been hired by District 206 to be the next principal[Read More…]
Incoming D233 superintendent’s three-year contract is finalized
The District 233 school board approved a three-year contract for Scott Wakeley who will join the administrative team at Homewood-Flossmoor High School on July 1 as superintendent-elect. Wakeley’s appointment to the position was approved March 16, but the details of his contract were still be worked out at that time.[Read More…]
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[Read More…]
H-F seniors petition for prom, graduation this year
Representatives of the Homewood-Flossmoor High School Class of 2021 want their last months of high school to feel “normal” with a prom and graduation. They petitioned the administration and school board for responses to four actions they say will have a direct impact on their last months at H-F. “We[Read More…]
District 233 special meeting called for Wednesday
The District 233 school board will conduct a special meeting at 6:30 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 3. The only discussion will be on the district’s return to school plan. The last notice to parents from the H-F administration was for students to return on a hybrid plan starting Feb. 16, if[Read More…]