Posted3/15/2021 5:30 AM
The improvement of equity and equitable opportunities in Palatine-Schaumburg High School District 211 and what exactly that means are among the issues in the campaign for three seats on the district s board of education.
Some of the nine candidates see the issue as primarily one of racial equity within the culture of the district. Others interpret it more broadly to include how educational and other resources are allocated among its five main schools.
Candidate Tim McGowan said recent Freedom of Information Act requests have brought to light inequities that affect all students of the district, such as a large disparity between the numbers of Black and white students being suspended. He believes improved education of teachers and staff about these issues can help them better serve students.
How will graduations happen in the suburbs this year? Prepare to be outdoors
Geneva High School senior Sarah Day steps on the stage for a photograph during the school s drive-through graduation event last June. In-person outdoor ceremonies might be the norm this year. Paul Valade | Staff Photographer, 2020
Conant High School graduate Kelly Gregory holds a likeness of herself during a send-off parade for seniors at Boomers Stadium in Schaumburg last spring. This year, several suburban districts are exploring having in-person outdoor ceremonies for graduates. John Starks | Staff Photographer, 2020
Graduate Sanjana Rastogi smiles as her family drives by a long line of teachers and staff as Hoffman Estates High School holds a senior send-off parade for its Class of 2020 in the school s parking lot. Several suburban districts are exploring having in-person outdoor ceremonies for graduates this spring.
Palatine wants to extend life of downtown TIF district for public projects
Palatine hopes to extend the life of its downtown TIF district for projects such as $7 million in stormwater improvements at Colfax and Smith streets, where rainstorms cause power outages and flooding that makes it difficult even for school buses to drive through. Mark Welsh | Staff Photographer
Updated 1/22/2021 10:17 PM
Palatine wants to extend the life of its downtown tax increment financing district to do public improvements and is seeking support from the affected taxing bodies.
TIF district is set to expire at the end of 2022, after a 23-year maximum life span under Illinois law. That can be extended by an additional 12 years with a bill passed by the General Assembly.
How North, Northwest suburban schools could serve as vaccination sites
Wheeling High School could serve as one of a handful of suburban COVID-19 vaccination sites for teachers and others in Phase 1B under a plan submitted to Cook County by Northwest Suburban High School District 214. Mark Welsh | Staff Photographer
Updated 1/22/2021 9:33 PM
A group of North and Northwest suburban high school districts are coordinating efforts to host mass vaccination clinics for their teachers and staffs inside school gymnasiums, but it s up to the Cook County Department of Public Health whether they ll get that chance.
Northwest Suburban High School District 214, Maine Township High School District 207, Palatine-Schaumburg High School District 211, Glenbrook High School District 225 and New Trier High School District 203 have applied to host large-scale COVID-19 vaccination sites for their teachers, other school personnel and those of their elementary feeder districts.
How Capitol riots brought high school history curricula to life Social studies teachers throughout the suburbs Thursday found themselves quickly trying to contextualize the events at the U.S. Capitol as they developed lesson plans for what is, for many of them, still online learning and even as the educators themselves were trying to process what occurred. Associated Press Neuqua Valley High School teacher Tim McCoskey Fremd High School teacher Heather Schroeder
Updated 1/8/2021 7:48 AM
Tim McCoskey was just weeks into his first job at Neuqua Valley High School on Sept. 11, 2001, so he s used to seeing history play out before his and his students very eyes.