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8 | July 19, 2018 | The Mokena Messenger school
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Summit Hill D161 Board of Education
D161 reorganizes for
start of new school year
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Caitlin Fyfe
Freelance Reporter
The Summit Hill D161
Board of Education unanimously
voted July 11 in
preparation for the upcoming
school year discussing the
preliminary 2018-19 D161
budget, appointed members
of the feasibility committee,
and Dr. Julian Rogus
School’s newly appointed
principal Colin Bradley.
The appointed board
members of the committee
— Board Members David
Faber and Jim Martin,
and Board President Rich
Marron — are tasked with
investigating a D161 K-12
district possibility. Along
with the board members,
the selected committee
members will serve as a
segway between the community
and the board; however,
due to the absence of
board member Jim Martin,
the committee meeting was
postponed for next week,
where the appointed members
will be given more information.
“We will post that to the
website [summithill.org]
as soon as we have the exact
date and time,” Marron
said.
Getting S.M.A.R.T.
As well as making adjustments,
the board also
reinforced the S.M.A.R.T.
Goals Program, which is an
acronym for specific, measurable,
attainable, realistic
and timely as a foundation
for school improvement in
an array of areas.
“I appreciate that we’re
addressing bullying to promote
a safe-learning environment
because I think
that’s still very important
and will continue as times
change,” said Board Vice
President Stacey Borgens.
Funding for hazardous paths
Along with Illinois Department
of Transportation,
the board previously
approved and recognized
the existence of hazardous
transportation routes,
a series of streets or intersections
where children
are within 1.5 miles of the
school and would walk if
not for the existence of hazardous
roadways, which includes
80th Avenue, North
Avenue, and 88th Avenue.
“We approve this and it
allows us to apply for funding
from the State of Illinois
for some portion of the
transportation fund,” Marron
said.
School meals agreement
Marron provided the
board with updates on the
intergovernmental agreement
with Union School
D81 concerning the preparation
of meals under the
National School Lunch Program
beginning the first day
of school.
“Again, this intergovernmental
agreement is with
Union School D81; however,
they do not supply any
services to D161... Union
does not profit from this
agreement, it is simply a
pass-through that allows us
to use the National School
Lunch Program to supply
lunches within the nutritional
guidelines that we have to
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School News
University of Iowa
Jessica Halyko received a bachelor’s of
science in biology; Andrew Lilley received a
bachelor’s of arts in health and human physiology;
Greer Simpson received a bachelor’s of
arts in speech and hearing science, while also
earning certificates in American sign language
and deaf studies, and disability studies; and
Matthew Zielke received a Bachelor’s of science,
engineering in mechanical engineering.
John Carrol University (Ohio)
Allison Abel and Daniel Trudeau both
made the dean’s list.
Knox College
Jason White made the dean’s list.
School News is compiled by Editor T.J. Kremer
III, tj@mokenamessenger.com
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