An inspection of Flossmoor School District 161’s elementary school playgrounds has confirmed what the district suspected: with “few exceptions,” the district’s playgrounds are in “poor shape,” per village documents. But what to do about that and when is complicated. Associate Superintendent Frances LaBella during a board of education meeting Monday,[Read More…]
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Happy retirement: Judy Kubas, a teacher who brought passion for art to D161 students for 38 years
Editor’s note: This is the third story in a series featuring 2021 school retirees. Art has always been important to Judy Kubas. At a young age, she started drawing and has never really stopped. She looked up to Georgia O’Keeffe as a trailblazer for women in art. But a career[Read More…]
D161 heads to holiday break with timetable but remaining uncertainties about reopening
Flossmoor School District 161 officials are still on the fence about what criteria will prompt them to consider the reopening of their schools to wide-scale in-person learning, but there is now a tentative timetable in place to make those decisions. Superintendent Dana Smith presented the timeline Monday, Dec. 14, during[Read More…]
District 161 hires new director of special education
The Flossmoor District 161 Board of Education unanimously approved the hiring of Jackie Janicke as director of special education at its April 7 meeting. Jackie Janicke is the new director of special education at Flossmoor School District 161. (Provided photo) Janicke replaces former director Robin Latman who resigned from the[Read More…]