This is a sumary of the actions of the Oak Park and River
Forest High School Board of Education at its last meeting on Thursday,
February 24, 2000.
| Recognition |
The Board recognized the following students on their All-State
Musician achievements along with their directors Steve Denny, Scotty Jones,
and Elaine Hlavach: Raquel Aguirre, Steven Cuculich, Matthew Demas, Phil
Doyle, John Harris, Jean McCullough, Ben Pawlowski, Abbie Peters, Katie
Schouten, Tyler Teggatz, Melissa Treinkman, Benjamin Weber, and Evan White.
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Board
Actions |
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approved the consent items: minutes of January 27 and February 4, 2000;
personnel recommendations; financial reports; and FDSE actions;
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adopted Policy 5119, Home-Schooled and Nonpublic School Students;
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approved the textbook Careers for the Special Education Department;
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authorized W.F. Gurrie to conduct the audit for the fiscal year 2000;
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directed the FY 2001 Tentative Budget to be prepared and placed on display
July 24, 2000, and publish all public notices regarding the Tentative Budget
in the Oak Leaves and Wednesday Journal;
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accepted with gratitude from Lee Pilger of the Jackson National Life Insurance
Company donated back issues of Forbes Magazines;
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approved the Sabbatical Leaves for Linda Tibensky for first and second
semester of the 2000-2001 school year and Jeannine DeRose-Ihrig for first
semester of the 2000-2001 school year;
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approved the CPA contract;
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certified thirty mid-year graduates as of January 21, 2000; and
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upheld a three-day suspension of Student SUS 2/4/00-3 and expelled student
EXP 2/24/00-27 for the remainder of the 1999/00 school year and summer
school and recommended that the student obtain verifiable counseling with
proof of such counseling to be provided prior to re-enrollment.
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| Reports |
Superintendent’s Report—Superintendent’s Report—Dr. Bridge reported
that the following 26 teachers had been nominated for inclusion in the
sixth edition of the Who’s Who Among American Teachers 2000: Terry
Anderson, Nancy Bardo, Linda Belpedio, William Boulware, Ellen Boyer, Tom
Cieplak, Lois Goldstein, Maureen Grady, Daniel Greenstone, Sheila Hardin,
Scotty Jones, Peter Kahn, Linda Levine, Bill Lovaas, Lisa Luna, Clyde Lundgren,
Heidi Lynch, Lona McIntosh, Sharon Moyer, JoAnne Roe, Claudia Sahagun,
Patricia Staszak, Marie Urbanski, Mark Woods, Jessica Young, and Barbara
Zahrieh. Dr. Bridge reported on the high school’s participation in
the College of DuPage Personnel Fair of which Dr. Danes is one of the organizers.
Nineteen schools talked with over 1,500 applicants. Dr. Bridge reported
that a second Parent Teacher Conference was scheduled for March 2 from
5 to 8 p.m. Dr. Bridge reported that the comments received
about the 80 parents who had participated in the February 11 Parent Visitation
Day were good. Dr. Bridge congratulated Mrs. Piekarski and the Food Service
staff for enabling Oak Park and River Forest High School to qualify as
one of the recipients of the Johnson’s Restaurant Award which is presented
year by the Oak Park Health and Board of Health to local establishments
for maintaining the highest level of sanitary food service during the preceding
calendar. Four students qualified as finalists in the Competition
for Achievement Scholarship awards to be offered to outstanding African-American
Students in 2000. Twenty-two students have qualified as finalists
in the 2000 Competition for Merit Scholarships.
Mr. Deptuch presented the Academic Catalog 2000-01.
Dr. Lebrecht reported that the school had applied and received a $50,000
grant for summer school maintenance.
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| Personnel |
Certified Staff
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| Appointments |
Matthew Maloney, part-time Mathematics Teacher, effective January
24, 2000 |
Early Retirement
Requests |
Joyce Tucek, History Teacher, effective January 17, 2003 |
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Non-Certified Staff
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| Appointments |
Thomas Clanton, part-time Security Monitor,
effective January 31, 2000
Susan Conley, part-time Security Monitor, effective January
28, 2000
Stephen Miller, Accountant, effective February 23, 2000
Kimborlyn Suddieth, part-time Food Service employee, effective
February 7, 2000
Joshua Willmes, Special Education TEAM TA, effective February
14, 2000 |
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| Resignations |
Erick Campbell, Special Education TEAM TA, effective January
28, 2000
Sheila Land, Community Support Program Secretary, effective
February 4, 2000 |
The next regular Board Meeting will be on Thursday, March 23, 2000
at 7:30 p.m., Board Conference Room.
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