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from the editor
NB schools take proper steps
Martin Carlino
martin@northbrooktower.com
Midway through
last week, our
nation was
struck with yet another
devastating school shooting.
Almost immediately,
and in most cases even
before this tragic occurrence,
Northbrook school
districts addressed school
security and emergency
preparedness.
Northbrook School
District 27 has largely
helped lead the charge
with this.
In our coverage of its
Feb. 15 board meeting —
found on Page 16 of this
week’s Tower — you can
read all the steps being
taken not only in District
27 schools, but in schools
throughout Northbrook.
“How timely and appropriate
it is and how
settled it helps the staff
to feel that we do have
procedures and processes
that we’re practicing
and thinking about,”
Dr. Theresa Fournier,
assistant superintendent
for personnel and student
services said during the
meeting.
D27 also helped create
a township-wide
emergency preparedness
plan last year. And,
since doing so, District
225, District 28, District
30, District 31, Congregation
Beth Shalom,
Temple Beth El, Solomon
Schechter Day School
and the Northbrook and
Glenview Park Districts
have all worked together
to help establish the most
effective and efficient
emergency preparedness
plan possible.
Schools and other entities
throughout the community
have participated
in active intruder drills
and have work toward ensuring
that staff members
are well equipped with
situational awareness in
case of emergency.
I applaud the admiral
steps already taken by
Northbrook entities in
these trying times.
Fun in the snow at Hickory Point
Northbrook School District 27 posted this
photo on Feb. 13
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Mr. Rebora’s PE class is challenging
all high schools across the state to “get
fit, get fast and embrace your pace.”
#GBNNow
Glenbrook North High School tweet this
on Feb. 13
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go figure
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An intriguing number from this week’s edition
Northbrook resident Paige Gochis
is scheduled to appear on NBC’s
“Genius Junior” on April 1. (please
see page 3)
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From Page 20
District.
“This plan can ensure
we are served by local,
connected, and committed
Fire and EMS professionals
that live and
enjoy serving in our community,”
Lake Bluff Fire
Chief David Graf said in a
press release. “These two
departments train and respond
together and, in fact,
work even today as though
they were one department
with two stations.”
Submitted by the Village of
Lake Bluff. Full story Lake-
ForestLeader.com.
THE GLENCOE ANCHOR
Glencoe’s Len Kasper talks
Chicago Cubs, broadcasting
job
“A lot of the time, it’s
the things that don’t happen
that you look at as a
blessing.”
For Glencoe resident and
Chicago Cubs television
broadcaster Len Kasper,
that blessing was accepting
a job with WTMJ radio
in Milwaukee years ago, a
day before hearing back
from a minor league general
manager offering him
a baseball job.
“I told him that ‘if you
had called me yesterday, I
would have accepted it,’”
Kasper told a crowd Monday,
Feb. 12, at the Glencoe
Public Library.
“At the time, I was pretty
upset because I wanted
to do baseball, but I felt I
had to keep my obligation
with the radio station.”
That radio station gig,
however, lead him to further
jobs in the industry,
including a play-by-play
broadcaster in the Florida
Marlins booth.
After spending three
years in Miami, Kasper
eventually applied for a
vacant Cubs position after
the 2004 season, but he
was reluctant at first.
“I didn’t apply originally
because I didn’t think
I’d have a shot,” Kasper
said.
But he did. He secured
the position for the 2005
season and packed up his
family and moved to Glencoe,
where he joins his
sister, who has lived in the
town for 25 years.
At the library, Kasper
talked about having the
opportunity to go out in
the community and meet
fans and have the opportunity
to talk baseball.
Reporting by Michael Wojtychiw,
Contributing Sports
Editor. Full story GlencoeAnchor.com.
THE GLENVIEW LANTERN
D34 projects budget
deficits due to
unanticipated costs
With revenues failing to
meet projections and special
education costs rising,
the Glenview School District
34 Board of Education
contemplated the District’s
financial future at its
regular meeting.
Reporting by Jeremy Turley,
Freelance Reporter. Full
story GlenviewLantern.com.
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