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the northbrook tower | December 6, 2018 | 9<br />
West Northfield D31 Board of Education<br />
Requested tax levy calls<br />
for 5.1 percent increase<br />
Neil Milbert<br />
Freelance Reporter<br />
West Northfield School<br />
District 31 is requesting<br />
a levy that is 5.1 percent<br />
higher than last year’s tax<br />
extension to ensure receipt<br />
of taxes from new property,<br />
including developments<br />
from the Provenance Development<br />
at Mission<br />
Hills.<br />
Chief School Business<br />
Official Cathy Lauria explained<br />
the proposed tax<br />
levy and the rationale behind<br />
it at the Thursday,<br />
Nov. 29 meeting of the<br />
Board of Education.<br />
The proposed 2019 levy<br />
request totals $17,295,608.<br />
This amount includes<br />
$820,788 for bond and<br />
interest purposes that is<br />
estimated to be levied or<br />
already has been levied.<br />
A breakdown of projected<br />
expenditures is: Educational<br />
fund $14,274,320,<br />
operations and maintenance<br />
$1,300,000, transportation<br />
$500,000, Illinois<br />
Municipal Retirement<br />
Fund $200,000, Social Security<br />
$200,000 and working<br />
cash $500.<br />
A public hearing on the<br />
proposed levy is scheduled<br />
to be held at 7 p.m. Thursday,<br />
Dec. 20, in Winkelman<br />
School prior to the<br />
regular board meeting at<br />
which the finalized version<br />
of the extension will be<br />
voted on.<br />
District schools earn<br />
‘commendable’ grade<br />
Field and Winkleman<br />
received grades of “commendable,”<br />
third-highest<br />
of the four assessments<br />
ROUND IT UP<br />
A brief recap of Board of Education action on Thursday,<br />
Nov. 29:<br />
• The board accepted a $76,800 bid from Chicagoland<br />
Paving Contractors, of Lake Zurich, for an<br />
asphalt fire lane at Winkelman School. The board<br />
rejected higher bids from Abby Paving and Allstar<br />
Asphalt, as well as a nonconforming bid from Superior<br />
Paving.<br />
• Members approved payments of $2,081.881.14<br />
and $874,769.77 to cover warrants for the second<br />
half of October and first half of November,<br />
respectively. They also approved payments of<br />
$439,560.54 and $432,281.10 to cover payroll for<br />
the second half of October and first half of November,<br />
respectively.<br />
• Fifth-grade teacher Kelly Alleya and speech and<br />
language pathologist Karen McGrath had their<br />
requests for family medical leave approved by the<br />
board. Alleya’s leave will run from the beginning of<br />
May 2019 through the end of the school year, while<br />
McGrath’s will begin in May 2019 and end in mid-<br />
October 2019.<br />
• Board members accepted the resignations of<br />
Winkelman library media specialist Judith Lopez and<br />
Field instructional assistant Akhila Lakkamsani.<br />
on the new Illinois School<br />
Report Card to evaluate<br />
public schools in the state.<br />
Field’s grade was 79 and<br />
Winkelman’s was 76.<br />
Traffic study for Field,<br />
Winkelman approved<br />
Acting on the recommendation<br />
of Arcon, the<br />
architectural firm engaged<br />
in the construction projects<br />
at Winkelman and<br />
Field, the board approved<br />
the hiring of Kimley-Horn<br />
to conduct a traffic study<br />
in hopes of alleviating<br />
student drop-off and pickup<br />
problems and traffic<br />
congestion on Landwehr<br />
Road.<br />
Laurie said even though<br />
numerous adjustments<br />
have been made over the<br />
years in an attempt to rectify<br />
the situation, safety remains<br />
a concern.<br />
The district’s renovation<br />
plans include improvements<br />
to the parking lots at<br />
both schools.<br />
Three other school districts<br />
in the area — Northbrook/Glenview<br />
District<br />
30, Glenbrook High<br />
Schools District 225 and<br />
High School District 211<br />
— have used Kimley-Horn<br />
and all three provided positive<br />
feedback when contacted<br />
by Arcon.<br />
Kimley-Horn representatives<br />
have visited District<br />
225 for an initial meeting<br />
and to observe morning<br />
and afternoon traffic patterns<br />
and practices.<br />
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