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Northbrook/Glenview D30 Board of Education
New two-story administrative building receives financing
Neil Milbert
Freelancer Reporter
Glenview and Northbrook
residents voted to
build a new Maple School
last April, but the referendum
didn’t include an
outline for how to replace
the Northbrook/Glenview
School District 30 administrative
building connected
to the current facility.
But the School Board
authorized a purchase
agreement to finance construction
of a new home
for administrators, a twostory
structure that will be
part of the Maple School
rebuilding project, during
its March 15 meeting. The
debt certificates associated
with the construction cannot
exceed $2,025,000.
“This is the long-term
solution for the administration
building that is being
torn down,” said Dr.
Brian Wegley, District 30
superintendent. “The district
offices will be on the
second floor in the front
part of the building on top
of the school’s administrative
offices on the first
floor. It’s less expensive
than leasing.”
The installment purchase
agreement calls for
the certificates to mature
in 10 years and be paid for
out of the operations fund.
The administration and
district office building
was not part of the $36.3
million referendum that
was approved by voters in
2016 to be used to replace
the current Maple School
building that was constructed
in 1949. Therefore,
another means of
financing had to be found.
During the next 18
months, District 30 will
lease office space from
Northview Bank & Trust
at 245 Waukegan Road in
Northfield.
“It’s a very reasonable
contract and one that will
ultimately enable us to afford
our new district office,”
Wegley said. “The
money we’re paying to
lease space is probably
less than we would pay to
rent an apartment in Northbrook
or Glenview. Northview
Bank & Trust also
is going to give us $250 a
month for our benevolence
fund (to help educate financially
needy students).”
District passes state
inspection
Dr. Wegley reported that
a four-person team from
the State Board of Education’s
regional office inspected
a broad spectrum
of District 30 operations
from Jan. 23-25 and determined
the District was “in
full compliance” with all
requirements.
“There were no areas of
non-compliance and no areas
of concern,” he said.
Groundbreaking,
fundraiser, 5K scheduled
for coming months
Groundbreaking for
the new Maple School is
scheduled for April 5.
From 7-8:30 that night,
District 30 parents, staff
and students will have the
opportunity to attend a
mindfulness presentation
by licensed clinical social
worker Robin Lake at the
Glenbrook South Lyceum.
She will discuss the benefits
of mindfulness and
meditation; trauma and
the stress response system;
social and emotional learning;
and the use of mindfulness
in parenting, communication
and daily life.
Dianne Larsen, a twotime
D30 Parent/Teacher
Organization president,
briefed the board on an
adults-only Casino Night
at North Shore Country
Club on April 27 to raise
funds for a middle school
playground. The fundraiser
will begin at 7 p.m. and
continue until midnight.
The minimum tax-deductible
donation is $60
per person, which includes
a buffet dinner and desert,
music by a disc jockey, and
gaming tables. Raffle and
auction items will be available.
“We’re seeking donations
and sponsors,” Larsen
said.
The annual Lew Blond
Memorial 5K and 1-mile
run is scheduled for May
19 at Maple School.
Math, wrestling teams
excel in state tourneys
Board members honored
the Maple School Math
Counts team that qualified
for the state competition
and the Maple School
wrestlers who qualified for
the state tournament.
The math qualifiers,
coached by Sarah Arends,
were Elan Schonfeld, Darshan
Kommanapalli, Rishi
Purayil, Howard Dai and
Thomas Mitchell.
The wrestling qualifiers
were sixth-grader Max
Brown, seventh-grader
Massey Odiotti, and eighthgraders
Eddie Kline, Dylan
Bass and Evan Zakharchenko.
The wrestlers were
coached by Kitt Kopach.
His father, Robert Kopach,
and brother, Kyler Kopach,
served as assistant coaches.
Kline went on to finish
fifth in the state tournament
in the 95-pound
class.
THE GLENVIEW LANTERN
Residents, community
leaders, politicians unite
against rail expansion
Don’t turn Glenview’s
neighborhoods into a parking
lot for freight trains.
That was the message
that came across loud and
clear during the public
forum held in Glenbrook
South’s Watson Auditorium
on March 12, which
drew more than 1,000
North Shore residents.
The forum called by the
Village of Glenview was
a response to Amtrak’s
proposal to the Federal
Railroad Administration
to add three daily round
trips to the Hiawatha service
between Chicago and
Milwaukee, increasing
the number of its passenger
trains passing through
Glenview from 14 to 20.
This would also entail
building a two-mile holding
track in West Glenview
to accommodate the Canadian
Pacific and Union
Pacific freight trains that
share the rail line with
Metra, as well as Amtrak’s
Hiawatha and Empire
Builder (cross-country)
passenger trains. The
Glenview tracks would
run north from West Lake
Avenue to Willow Road,
and opponents assert that
they would have a negative
impact on traffic, the
environment and the community
at large.
As a consequence, there
would be increased congestion
on West Lake Avenue,
producing delays and,
at times, blocking traffic
to the hospital and high
school. The holding tracks
alongside the existing
tracks also would necessitate
removing the landscape
buffer and replacing
the greenery with a 20-foot
retaining wall.
“It is clear that this is
one of the largest challenges
Glenview has faced in
the last decade,” said Village
President Jim Patterson.
“We need your voice
and you need to get others
involved.”
Reporting by Neil Milbert,
Freelance Reporter. Full
story at GlenviewLantern.
com.
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tle bit, but not as much as
I did in District 30. So I’m
very familiar with Northbrook.”
Deely’s education includes
a Bachelor of Science
in special education
and teaching and a master’s
degree in education/
teaching of individuals in
early childhood special
education programs, both
at the University of Illinois
at Urbana-Champaign.
She also received a certificate
of advanced studies in
educational leadership and
administration at National
Louis University.
“Maureen comes with
a early childhood degree
and special education degree
and her administrative
experience and licensure,”
Fournier said.
Deely’s hiring came
after an interview process
that included meeting
with Fournier and
the superintendent and a
day-long visit to Hickory
Point, where she fielded
questions from teams of
teachers and staff, administrators
and parents and
visited classrooms.
“She has been through
a rigorous process of interview,”
Fournier said.
“Maureen spent wonderful
time with (superintendent)
Dr. (David) Kroeze
and with me and then we
had the opportunity for a
full-day of engagement
with an interviewing committee
of teachers, parents
and administrators and
in-class observation and
different activities last
week.”
From the start of the
interview process, Deely
knew Hickory Point was
somewhere she wanted to
be.
“From the moment I
walked into Hickory Point,
I honestly said to myself it
feels like home just meeting
children, the engagement
and talented staff,”
she said. “I had an opportunity
to meet the parents
and administrators.”
Deely said what she
likes most about the district
is its focus on children.
“There’s just such a focus
on children and learning,”
she said. “It’s really
very evident that this is a
place that focuses in on
children, cares about children
and working together
collectively to help each
child succeed.”