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12 | August 22, 2019 | The Northbrook tower NEWS
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Glenbrook High Schools D225 Board of Education
Principals provide brief staffing
updates in 15-minute meeting
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Neil Milbert
Freelance Reporter
With all of the preparations
for the beginning of
the 2019-20 school year
at Glenbrook North and
Glenbrook South completed,
the District 225 Board
of Education’s Monday,
Aug. 12 meeting was a
study in brevity.
The district’s new superintendent,
Dr. Charles
Johns, told the board that
earlier in the day he’d
dropped in on the start of
practice for the GBN boys
soccer, girls volleyball
and boys golf teams and
planned to check out their
counterparts at GBS the
following day.
GBN Principal Dr. John
Finan reported his school
has 11 new certified teachers
and six interns, and
ROUND IT UP
A brief recap of Board of Education action on Monday,
Aug. 12:
• Board members approved the appointments of
Katherine McKeown and Dimitra Balaskas to the
support staff at GBN and the appointment of David
Bajjalieh to the GBS support staff. The board also
approved the resignations of GBS special education
teacher Kelly Baker and GBN special education
instructional assistant Debra Presser.
• The board authorized a payment of $919,503.28
to cover accounts payable and a payment of
$995,508.54 to cover payroll for the second half of
July.
GBS Principal Dr. Lauren
Fagel told the board her
school has 14 new certified
teachers and five interns.
Both said their schools are
fully staffed with teachers,
but they expect to hire
some instructional aides
and paraprofessionals to
augment their faculties.
Dr. R.J. Gravel, assistant
superintendent for
business services, gave a
thumbnail sketch of the
proposed Board of Education
standing committee
meetings scheduled for the
2019-2020 school year.
The board has three
standing committees: Finance,
Facilities and Technology.
GBN grad leads flyby over football practice
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Submitted Content
Jeff Brown, an activeduty
Air Force pilot and
Glenbrook North graduate,
flew over the GBN
football field on Friday,
Aug. 16, as part of a team
of A10 Warthogs on their
way to practice for Chicago’s
Air and Water show.
The “Warthog” is known
for its aggressive look and
often painted with teeth on
the nose cone.
The fly-over was greeted
by cheers from the
football and cheerleading
teams.
Glenbrook North graduate Jeff Brown, who is an activeduty
Air Force pilot, flew over the GBN football field
Friday, Aug. 16, before practice for the Chicago Air and
Water show. Photo Submitted