11 Aug 1966
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Newspaper
Mokena News Bulletin
Location
Mokena, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Aug 11, 1966
Page
1
Summit Hill School District 161 faces acute financial strain from rising enrollment and space needs. The board authorized Supt. William Avila to push a referendum on boosting the educational tax rate from 96 to 117 cents per $100 of equalized assessed valuation, with voting set for Sept. 24.
In a special referendum, Mokena voters approved creating a library district 218 to 114 with 335 total ballots cast and three spoiled. A six cent per hundred tax may fund the district, which expands access to state library resources and regional centers. The board will serve until 1968.
With under three weeks left before opening, Mokena public schools plan to start August 31 and St. Mary Parochial School on September 6. Principal Sister Theresa Clair returns to St. Mary, enrollment is projected at 440 with 15 classrooms, and staff includes lay teachers Dolores Barenz Patricia Flynn Marion Kruzich Josephine Purateri Helen Van Fleet Charles Van Slyke Jr. Thomas Durkin Jr. Perry Friedman. Superintendent James Ennis reshuffles grades into Carpenter Street and Willowcrest buildings. total enrollment forecast around 600. A part time police vacancy, book rental $9.50 and milk $5, and Happy Hour Kindergarten opens September 6 with 25 pupils.
A public hearing is scheduled for August 22 at Willowcrest School in Mokena to consider closing two roads Maple Ave west of US 45 and Sarton Ave south of 183rd St due to I-80 construction. The Illinois Division of Highways issued notice.
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