In Brief
August 28, 1997

 This is a summary of the actions of the Oak Park and River Forest High School Board of Education at its last meeting on Thursday, August 28, 1997. Board Members are President William R. Cragg, Vice President Chester L. Stewart, Secretary Stephen C. Bruner, Gerard M. Jacobs, Nancy Leavy, John R. McCulloh, and Regina Kwan Peterson.

 

Student Recognition
  • The Board commended Alexandra Evans for winning the Gold Medal in the National HERO Competition in Applied Technology. The Board also commended Peter Jozwiak for winning the Bronze Medal in the National HERO competition in Food Service.
Board Actions 
 
 
 
  •  approved the consent items: minutes of June 26, and July 24, 1997; personnel recommendations; financial reports; FDSE actions; a resolution to transfer of $950,000 from the Working Cash Fund to the Education Fund for the month of June; a resolution transfer of $2,200,000 from the Working Cash Fund to the Education Fund for the month of July; the EAP Contract for 1997-98; the adoption of the 1997-98 Code of Conduct; the following textbooks: History Division – Societies and Cultures in World History, reviewer Mrs. Peterson; and Special Education Division – World History Part 1 & 2; reviewer Mrs. Leavy;
  • ratified the 1997-98 Board of Education Goals;
  • adopted the FY ’98 Budget for District 200;
  • moved to direct the Assistant Superintendent for Business Services to submit the Decennial Life Safety Survey of the Oak Park and River Forest High School, completed by Wight & Co., of necessary repairs and alterations to the Illinois State Board of Education;
  • accepted with gratitude 3 Relisys 14" monitors, 1 Toshiba Satellite 486 Laptop, and 2 Caliber 486 Desktop computers donated by Aspect Telecommunications to our Library.accepted with gratitude 3 Relisys 14" monitors, 1 Toshiba Satellite 486 Laptop, and 2 Caliber 486 Desktop computers donated by Aspect Telecommunications to our Library.
Reports  The Superintendent reported: the first day of school would be August 29; an Institute Day Program was held earlier that day for faculty and staff; 2,728 students are currently enrolled—661 freshmen, 668 sophomores, 690 juniors and 709 seniors with a backlog of 70 registrations that have not yet cleared residency; after a sabbatical leave to study drama, faculty member Paul Noble is starring in David Mamet’s play entitled "Oleanna," and everyone is invited to see it; there was an all-time high number of 22 semi-finalists in the National Merit competition for the class of 1998; the ACT score was 23.3, the highest in the school’s history. 
 
Dr. Stephen E. Lebrecht reported that the construction in the high school would be finished by the September 2 contractual completion date and he is happy with the results. He noted that alternative rooms might be used the first day of school, August 29. This work was equivalent togutting seven homes and then rebuilding them in 10 weeks or redoing about 20 kitchens. This has been a major undertaking. 
 
A video of last year’s state championship winners of the 4X200 girls’ relay race was shown. 
 
Mr. Donald Vogel submitted the summer school report which highlighted some of the successful academic programs, detailed the enrollment and financial statistics and made recommendations for future summer school programs. 
 
Mr. Sye presented the Ombudsman report, the transcript summary, and the attendance statistics for the 1996-97 school year. He noted that in the Class of 1997, 87% of the graduates plan to attend college—69% to four-year colleges and 18.1% to junior colleges. A total of 534 final transcripts had been sent out. Mr. Sye also stated that the attendance statistics for 1996-97 showed the percentage of daily attendance was approximately 83% to 95% with the least daily attendance occurring during the winter months 
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Personnel
Certified
Appointment Mark Collins, part-time Teacher of Art, effective 8/28/97 

Elaine Hlavach, Teacher of Music, effective 8/28/97 
Debra Lowe, part-time Teacher of Spanish, effective 1/26/98 
Richard Perna, Dean of Discipline, effective 8/28/97 
Christyn Senese, part-time Teacher of Mathematics, effective 8/28/97 
Linda Vasicek, part-time Teacher of Home Economics, effective 8/28/97 

 
Non-Certified Staff
 
Call Back Geraldine Nekrosis, part-time Academy Tutor 
Charlotte Neumer, part-time Academy Tutor 
Patrice Wilson, part-time Academy Tutor 
 
Continuing  
Employment		 Continuing Naomi Hildner, full-time Academy Tutor, effective 04/14/97 
Employment Caroline Williams, part-time Academy Tutor, effective 04/22/97 
 
Appointment Jennifer Barber, Academy Freshman Advisory Teaching Assistant, effective 8/28/97 
Patricia Bosek, TEAM Teaching Assistant, effective 8/28/97 
Peggy Buie, TEAM Teaching Assistant Semester 1 only, effective 8/28/97 
Toni Davis, School-To-Career Program, Vocational Coach, effective 8/28/97 
Tina Griffin, TAPP Driver/Childcare Provider, effective 8/28/97 
Linda Hayes, Discipline Center Clerical Aide, effective 8/27/97 
Dennis Matuch, LD Teaching Assistant, effective 8/28/97 
Lynda Puckett, TEAM Teaching Assistant, effective 8/28/97 
Lemuel Rowans, TEAM Teaching Assistant effective 8/28/97 
 
Resignation  Betty Rothfuss, Division Secretary for Applied Arts, effective 8/11/97 
Samuel Taylor, Food Service Program Cook, effective 8/1/97 
 
The next regular Board Meeting will be on Thursday, September 25, 1997, at 7:30 p.m., Board Room. 

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