Board members were presented with Permissive Transfer requests for four students seeking enrollment in an elementary school outside of their attendance zone. All of the requests adhered to the District guidelines for these requests and were approved.

  

  

Anthony Cozzi, Director of Finance and Facilities, presented revisions from the previous budget draft. The full report is available on the District website's Board Agenda's, Highlights, and Minutes page under Board Packets. A hard copy of the budget is also available for review in the District Administration office.

  

Ed Condon, Superintendent, discussed enrollment figures at Lincoln and Willard Elementary Schools. It was recommended that a fourth section of kindergarten be added at Lincoln. Also, four sections of third grade are being maintained at this time, with one Teacher's Aide requested for one of the classrooms.

  

At Willard, a third kindergarten section was recommended, also due to current enrollment figures. The necessary staff positions were approved by the Board.

  

Anthony Cozzi presented four updated options for consideration by the Board, representing cost reductions of approximately $313,000 from previous drafts. He noted that this cost falls within the "medium" range of costs being considered by the Board.

Stakeholder organizations (Village of River Forest, River Forest Park District, River Forest Tennis Club, and River Forest Public Library) met with District representatives on August 21 to discuss the status of the project and provide additional input for Board consideration.

There was discussion among Board members, with comments from members of the Roosevelt Exterior Project Committee who were present, regarding preferred alternatives for the configuration of the north parking lot.

To download a pdf of the Board presentation, including drawings and updated projected costs, click here.  

  

Ed Condon provided the Board with copies of the new Communications Plan and Crisis Communication Plan adopted by the Communications Committee. Both plans are intended as living documents that will be modified over time, as circumstances and needs require. The plans may be viewed in the Board Packet on the website.