This summer, projects totaling more than $8.63 million will be done in Flossmoor District 161 schools and offices. The school board approved the various items, including HVAC work, space reconfigurations for offices, improvements to lighting and new carpeting at a special meeting on Jan. 29. The work is being funded[Read More…]
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D161 board discusses preschool expansion at levy hearing
After hearing the expenses associated with expanding preschool offerings, the Flossmoor School District 161 Board of Education will likely table the idea for now. Funds and physical space are the primary roadblocks to a plan the district has been discussing for several years. There are no unused classrooms available for[Read More…]
District 233 reserve fund covers costs when taxes are late
A reserve fund helped Homewood-Flossmoor High School District 233 weather the storm when Cook County was late in mailing out tax bills this year. The Cook County Clerk was expected to mail tax bills for the second installment payable in August, but the process of switching over its computer systems[Read More…]
D161 hears positive audit report
According to auditors, Flossmoor School District 161’s finances are in good shape. At the Dec. 16 meeting, Jeffrey Slade, senior manager from assurance, tax and consulting firm RSM US LLP, reported the most recent annual audit results to District 161 board members. Slade said that after reviewing the district’s financial statements[Read More…]
D161 looking at $64K operating surplus for FY2022 but $671K total deficit with construction
As Flossmoor School District 161 heads toward a Sept. 13 vote on its fiscal year 2022 budget, it is expecting an operating surplus of approximately $64,000 for the fiscal year — which runs from July 1, 2021, through June 30, 2022 — but an overall deficit of $671,595 with construction,[Read More…]
Unanimous consent for District 233 levy
The District 233 school board unanimously approved the 2019 levy at the Dec. 17 board meeting. The district is requesting the Cook County Clerk’s Office to raise $39.8 million in property taxes for Homewood-Flossmoor High School. Members Annette Bannon and Beth Larocca have voted against levies in the[Read More…]
District 153 closes 2018 budget with a surplus
Homewood School District 153 will have a balanced budget with a surplus when the current budget year ends Sept. 30. School Business Manager John Gibson said at the Sept. 24 board of education meeting this is the first year since 2011 the district’s numbers have looked so good. The final[Read More…]
District 153 amends budget to reflect additional state funds
Homewood District 153 is closing its books with an additional $187,000 added to the Education Fund. The school board amended its 2018 budget at its June 18 meeting to reflect the additional money from the State of Illinois as part of the Illinois Legislature’s evidence-based funding formula approved in 2017.[Read More…]
Homewood schools will begin work on new strategic plan
The District 153 Board of Education has agreed with a proposal from Superintendent Dale Mitchell to embark on a new strategic plan for the district. The last plan was developed in 2012. “I think it’s a good time to do it,” Mitchell said when making the presentation to hire R.J.M.[Read More…]
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