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…]
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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…]
Tuesday is deadline for H-F superintendent search survey
Homewood-Flossmoor High School residents are encouraged to fill out an online survey by Tuesday, Jan. 19. Answers will help a search firm find a new superintendent for District 233. The survey can be found online. Superintendent Von Mansfield will retire in June 2022. The school board has begun the search for his replacement.[Read More…]
District 233 board reduces levy by $1.3 million
The District 233 school board agreed to reduce the 2020 levy by $1.3 million in keeping with a promise board members made to share the benefits of a state grant. While taxpayers will only see a small reduction on their property taxes, board members said they felt agreeing to abate[Read More…]
H-F board begins talks on finding Superintendent Mansfield’s replacement
The District 233 school board hopes to name a replacement for retiring Superintendent Von Mansfield by the end of this school year. He told the board during a special meeting Monday, Nov. 30, that he will step down as superintendent at the end of his contract June 30, 2022. The[Read More…]
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