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Busy summer of school construction nears completion
Todd Marver
Freelance Reporter
Glencoe School District
35 students will see many
changes to their buildings
when they return to school
later this month, including
security glass installation
(district-wide), corridor
flooring (South and West),
cafeteria/multi-purpose
room and art room upgrades
(South and West),
auditorium renovation
(South) and more.
Director of Finance and
Operations Jason Edelheit’s
biggest worry before
the project started
was the corridor flooring,
but he said it turned out
well at the school board’s
Thursday, Aug. 8 meeting.
“Probably the biggest
concern I had at the beginning
was the flooring
prep and leveling for the
corridor flooring project
because that was the key
to the whole project,” he
said. “Thankfully, the
team really got that right.
That’s led to a very successful
installation for the
flooring and for the balance
of the project.”
Edelheit was also complimentary
of the finished
product of the South and
West School cafeterias.
“The cafeterias at both
South and West really
look amazing,” he said.
“We haven’t had 100
some kids in there yet, but
for the people we’ve had
in there it really seems to
be improving the acoustics.”
Other projects this summer
included: teacher
office upgrades (West),
front entrance upgrades
(Central and South), security
system upgrades
(district-wide) and locker
installation (South and
West).
There are some aspects
of the project, however,
that won’t be complete
by the first day of school,
such as the front entrance
benches and precast
curbs. But, the front entrance
will be open for the
first day of school.
“The benches out here
for the front entrances and
the precast curbs won’t
be in before the start of
school,” he said. “We will
of course be able to open
the front entrance.”
Another aspect of the
project that won’t be complete
by the first day of
school is carpeting in the
lower level offices at West
School.
“Some carpeting down
at the lower level of West
in some offices that we decided
to replace because
we were so concerned
about the transitions from
the corridor to the offices
and the carpet was in poor
condition anyways so we
decided to add those offices
to the project, but
we just found out that
carpet is on backorder, so
that won’t quite be in,” he
said.
Other D35 news
The district’s reoccupancy
inspection from the
North Cook Intermediate
ROUND IT UP
A brief recap of School Board action from Aug. 8
• The personnel report was approved including
employment of a licensed teacher, teacher
associate and support staff, leave of absence
for licensed teachers and resignation of licensed
teacher, teacher associate and support staff.
• The post collective bargaining agreement and
administrative compensation was approved.
Service Center is scheduled
for Aug. 15.
The district’s enrollment
for the 2019-2020
school year is 1,144, as of
the school board’s Aug. 8
meeting, plus 16 pending
registrations.
The 1,144 students includes
99 kindergarteners,
126 first-graders,
125 second-graders, 151
third-graders, 130 fourthgraders,
120 fifth-graders,
155 sixth-graders, 114
seventh-graders and 124
eighth-graders. The district
ended last year with
1,169 students.
Superintendent Catherine
Wang expects that
the district’s enrollment at
the start of the school year
will be slightly under the
enrollment at the end of
last school year.
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