Oak Lawn Community High School Dist. 229 superintendent admits he's not overly optimistic of district's efforts to reduce deficit spending without take drastic steps at first of two public forums.
D229 officials floated a plan to possibly cut the number of classes that student is allowed to take in an attempt to stem deficits in the 2013-14 school year. Subscribe to the Oak Lawn Patch newsletter and breaking news alerts. The measure was unveiled last week during the first of two public forums to discuss budget planning and rising deficits at Oak Lawn Community High School. The district is also considering a bond sale to help offset $500,000 in deficits when school reconvenes next month. Referring to a PowerPoint presentation, assistant superintendent Rick Hendricks told parents, teachers and community members that the district could start running up annual deficits of $1 million beginning next year unless drastic steps are taken. …
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Oak Lawn Community High School students will no longer to be able to access their phones during school day after board votes to go back to old policy.
Students at Oak Lawn Community High School will have to go back to turning off their cell phones during the day and keeping them out of sight in their lockers starting next phone. Over the strenuous objections of some parents, board members voted 4 to 3 to return to the former cell phone policy starting in the fall of 2012 during their board meeting on March 21. We want to hear from OLCHS students: Did the board act correctly in reverting back to the former cell phone policy? TELL US IN THE COMMENTS. OLCHS has currently been operating on a policy of allowing students to use their cell phones such as between classes or during lunch in the cafeteria. The school’s discipline committee comprised of administrators, teachers, parents and …
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Concerned Oak Lawn Resident
2:02 pm on Tuesday, August 14, 2012
Who eliminated the position of Principal at OLCHS yet assumed the role himself on top of his existing position as Superintendent and simply paid himself the extra salary associated to the role. Does a single school in one district community even need a Superintendent? This at the same time his teaching staff was asked (and agreed) to take an overall 6% cut from their already approved contract … more ›