District 161 petition seeks reversal of school bond sale
Nearly 1,000 signatures from District 161 residents were presented to the board in a community effort to overturn a decision to sell bonds for a classroom addition at Indian Trail. The board kept the bond plan, awaiting Moody Rating and buyer interest for a $385,000 issue. A poll of 680 families found 53 percent favored redrawing attendance, 36 percent supported new boundaries, 6 percent favored leasing an existing building, and 1.5 percent backed the Indian Trail addition.
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Board of Education
Indian Trail
VanKampen
Merritt
Judy Angelus
Frankfort Square School
Arbury Hills
Frankfort Square
Tinley Gardens
Lincoln Estates
Angelus
Indian Trail School
VanDeman to resign school post in 1983
District 161 coordinator of instructional programs Barry VanDeman has resigned effective January 1 1983. His $25 000 a year post will be eliminated at end of the 1982 83 school year as budget cuts take effect. He will become education services coordinator at Chicago's Museum of Science and Industry.
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Barry VanDeman
Summit Hill
Summit Hill Board of Education
VanDeman
Education Services
Chicago
Museum of Science and Industry
Aldo Fanti
Julian Rogus
S. Rogus
Fanti
Frankfort Square
Rex Guintoli
Guintoli
Charles Ramick
Ramick
Grace Carey
Mokena district bids farewell to longtime secretary Peg Mueller
District 159 notes retirement of Mokena School District 159 secretary Margaret Peg Mueller after 21 years of service. Retiring December 31, she received an IBM typewriter and a brass hand bell, plus a hexagonal etched glass candle holder from the PTA. Superintendent Ray Garritano lauded her accuracy, dedication and willingness to go beyond the call of duty in serving students, parents and colleagues. Continued on Page 5.
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Karen Haave
Mokena
Margaret
Peg) Mueller
Board of Education
Mueller
IBM
Kena
Mokena Pta
Carole Sluis
Ray Garritano
Peg
Garritano
District 161 drops plan for education tax referendum
Summit Hill school leaders scrapped a proposed education fund tax increase after residents showed reluctance to support higher taxes. Budgets cuts totaling about 250000 over three years were followed by recent staff losses, while a softened finance outlook and modest teacher pay raises reduced the urgency. The board cited community sentiment and a defunct finance committee report as factors in abandoning the referendum.
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Board of Education
Summit Hill
Julian Rogus
Rogus
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Frankfort
Inside Magazine
Lincoln Way
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Luther North
Joliet Central
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