Advanced Business Topics: This offers the first advanced level business course and allows students to explore a particular area of interest such as marketing, management, law, accounting, etc. (One semester elective)
Consumer Education - Honors: Course would offer honors juniors an opportunity to enroll in a challenge course.
Topics in Literature: Shakespeare: This expands minimal enrichment opportunities in literature for students during the summer session. (Summer school)
Meteorology: Course offers an earth science lab opportunity for a variety of students. (One semester, lab elective)
Advanced Placement Government and Politics: United States
Advanced Placement Government and Politics: Comparative
This action separates a yearlong AP course into two different focuses and allows students the opportunity to select the one that interests them and leave room for a different elective.
Modern Hebrew 463, and Honors 473: These classes offer a continuation of our Hebrew sequence and provide additional challenge. (Yearlong elective)
Glenbrook South:
Self Defense: This is a one semester elective offered in place of physical education.
District 225 administrators and teachers evaluate 20% of course offerings annually and make recommendations to revise and enhance the curriculum. Whether they suggest the addition or revision of courses, by completing this annual cycle every course is reviewed at least every five years.
"Conducting an annual course review helps the district maintain the comprehensive and rigorous array of course offerings our community expects of the Glenbrooks," said Assistant Superintendent Rosanne Williamson.
The recommendations brought forth in this cycle would have little to no impact on District resources. For a complete look at the New Courses Report as presented to the Board, please visit the District website (www.glenbrook225.org) Board of Education section. The Board is expected to take action on this agenda item at the next scheduled meeting on January 23.
District considers new bookstore vendor
Estimated savings of $320,00 over the proposed five-year contract
The district administration completed its review of proposals from bookstore management companies and is recommending the approval of a five-year contract with Beck's Book Store Inc. of Chicago. In the proposed agreement, the annual cost to the district for Beck's bookstore service will be $96,000, as compared to the current cost of $160,000. This represents a savings of $320,000 over the life of the proposed five-year contract.
Beck's is a family owned, local bookstore operator that provides service for higher learning institutions such as Northwestern University, Loyola University and Northeastern Illinois University.
In addition to providing the in-school bookstore services that our parents and students are accustomed to, Beck's also offers an online textbook store. This would allow our families to buy books online and have them shipped directly to their homes or made available for pick-up at the schools. What's more, Beck's has experience in supplying electronic books through its online store. As the district continues to explore electronic books, it will work closely with Beck's, utilizing their expertise.
The Board plans to vote on the bookstore proposal at its next meeting on January 23. If the contract with Beck's were approved, they would begin the transition in early spring and would be available for textbook orders for the 2012-13 school year.
The contract with the district's current bookstore service provider, Follett, expires on June 30, 2012.
