Friday, November 9, 2012
Voters approved $8 million for the Niles-Morton Grove school district Tuesday, but turned down a tax rate increase.
Golf School District 67 in Niles and Morton Grove lost one of the referendum questions it had placed on Tuesday's ballot, and won the other. Its school board president, Meryl Gale, said the district would come back in a future election and ask voters again to improve the tax rate increase, according to the Morton Grove Champion. Earlier: D-67 wins one of two referendum questions Voters approved a $7.9 million bond referendum that will allow the district to make repairs and improvements to Golf Middle School and Hynes Elementary School. District 67 signed a contract with an architect the day after the election. However, voters turned down the district's request for a tax rate increase by a wide margin. Earlier: D67 asks public for …
Thursday, November 8, 2012
After one referendum question passed and one failed, the Niles-Morton Grove school district will not be able to restore the programs it cut; but it now has money to improve its buildings.
Architect Leanne Meyer-Smith of Wight Architects was at Golf Middle School Wednesday, having just stepped out of a special meeting the District 67 school board called after Tuesday's election. Earlier: One D-67 question fails, one passes Voters approved one of the two referendum questions the district had placed on the ballot. They okayed $7.9 million for repairs and improvements to the district's two school buildings. The other referendum question, to raise the tax rate for operations, including teacher salaries, technology and programs, failed. Like Niles-Morton Grove Patch on Facebook for news, conversation Meyer-Smith confirmed that the board approved a contract with her firm for drawings and specifications for the repairs to be …
Tuesday, October 30, 2012
District 67 made cuts after March referendum failed; the Niles- Morton Grove district is asking for less money now. Voters must decide if they want to pay more in property taxes to improve programs and the buildings in the district.
Voters who live in Golf Elementary School District 67 will be asked to vote on a referendum on their Nov. 6 election ballots (or earlier if they participate in Early Voting). Recently, parent volunteers, administrators and consultants sat in the library at Golf Middle School Open House to explain why they are asking citizens to vote yes. They also explained how much they have cut from the budget, and how much the referendum would cost voters in property taxes, if it gets passed. The district has 550 students, who live in Morton Grove and Niles, at two schools: Hynes Elementary and Golf Middle School. Tom Sikoral, a parent who has three children in the district, was manning a slide presentation that showed how much money the district …
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5:01 pm on Friday, November 16, 2012
Folks should stop picking on the union, after all, look what the union workers did for the Twinkie factory. Errr, nevermind! more ›