Saratoga school board approves salary increases
The Saratoga Community Consolidated School District 600 board, after an executive session, unanimously approved salary hikes for teachers, the principal Arden Wills, and superintendent Robert Chord. Highlights include a base teacher salary of 8000 plus 100 yearly fringe, an 11 month superintendent term with annual increases, and a transportation director plan with state 80 percent reimbursement. Resignations of two teachers were accepted and in-service days for conferences and institute time were set. The board noted space constraints for a hot lunch program and reviewed achievement test results, finding Saratoga scores align with county and national trends.
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Saratoga Community Consolidated School Board District 600
Thomas Harr
Saratoga
Robert Chord
John Nedle
Robert
Becky
Chord
Sheldon Thompson
Citizen's Committee
Wills
Mission Hills subdivision hearing continued to April 3
Morris Planning Commission kept public hearing on a 42.5 acre Mission Hills pre annexation and zoning petition, west of Lisbon Road, north of Harmon Acres, to April 3. Developers were asked for more engineering data and a sewer water facilities letter and to consider a Planned Unit Development.
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Mission Hills
Lisbon Road
Harmon Acres
Morris Planning Commission
First National Bank of Morris
Commission
Joliet
M. Victor Scott
Richard D. Tyler
James A. Tyler
Mission Lake
Grundy County Soil and Water Conservation District
SWCD
Allen Kracower
Kracower
Atty. Wilson
Public Works
Wilfred Dix
Environmental Protection Agency
Wilson
PUC
Atty
Hynds
Weather update forecasts sunshine and warmth ahead
The report notes mostly sunny skies today with a high in the mid 40s and a fair night with a low in the low 30s. Thursday is expected mostly sunny and warmer with a high in the lower 50s. Tuesday’s high reached 46 at Dresden Island Locks and Dam and the low 28, 7am readings show 30 degrees and downtown Morris 11am at 42.
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Dresden Island Locks and Dam
Morris
Seneca Rural Fire District election set for April 10
Voters in the Seneca area will decide on a proposed Rural Fire District on Tuesday April 10 from 6 AM to 6 PM. Polling places are Milton Pope School in Miller Township for north of the Illinois River and Brookfield Town Hall for south of the river. Absentee ballots available from Lawrence Whalen at LaSalle County Courthouse Ottawa, with mail by April 5 and in person by April 7. ballots returned by April 9. The district spans parts of Grundy and LaSalle counties, including Erienna Vienna Norman Nettle Creek and Brookfield Miller Manlius townships. Joe Perry chairs the Seneca Community Fire Protection Association.
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Seneca Rural Fire District
Illinois River
Milton Pope
Miller Township
Brookfield Town Hall
Brookfield Township
Lawrence Whalen
LaSalle County
Ottawa
Grundy County
Marseilles
Serena
Newark
Seneca High School
Ransom Fire District
Erienna
Vienna
Norman
Nettle Creek
Brookfield
Miller
Manlius
Joe Perry
Seneca Community Fire Protection Association
Goodwill Truck to Stop at Plattville Grade School
Goodwill Industries will host a clothing drive at Plattville Grade School on Thursday. Items may be left inside the south door at the main entrance for pickup.
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Plattville
Goodwill Industries
ICC hearing continued on Rock Island crossings to June
The Illinois Commerce Commission postponed a Tuesday hearing in Chicago on permanently closing the Brisbin Road crossing in Saratoga Township and delaying automatic signals at the Bungalow Gun Club and Ashley Road crossings. The session is rescheduled for June 20 at 10 a.m. No reason was provided by an ICC spokesman.
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Illinois Commerce Commission
Rock Island
Brisbin Rd
Saratoga Township
Bungalow Gun Club
Ashley Rd
Chicago
Supreme Court upholds local property taxes for schools
In a 5 to 4 ruling the Supreme Court allows local property taxes to finance public schooling, saying education is not an explicit or implicit constitutional right. The decision reverses a lower court stance that Texas' school financing violated the 14th Amendment and discriminated against the poor, with Justice Powell authoring the majority and Justice Marshall dissenting.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Texas
Lewis F. Powell Jr
Powell
Yorkville Board Limits Free Bus to Distant Students
Yorkville Community Unit District will offer free bus transportation only to students living more than 1.5 miles from an attendance center starting next fall. About 30 students will be affected. within 1.5 miles students must cover costs. The district also approved a high school addition plan and new math courses, while announcing salary changes, resignations, and field-use grants for Little League.
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Yorkville
Charles Garrison
Gil Rios
Bristol
Yorkville High School
AEC hearings continue on Seneca plant in Illinois
The Atomic Energy Commission began hearings on radiation aspects of Commonwealth Edison proposed nuclear plant in LaSalle County near Marseilles. The session faced initial delay as lawyer Joseph Karaganis objected to reading preliminary statements. hearings are expected to run through Wednesday.
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Marseilles, Ill
Atomic Energy Commission
Commonwealth Edison Co
LaSalle County
AEC
Illinois Commerce Commission
Joseph Karaganis
Edison
Brookfield Township
Marseilles
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Dan
Ann) Venters
Northern Illinois Gas
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Illinois and Michigan Canal
Jugtown Rd
White Tie Road
Ancona
Commonwealth Edison
Pine Bluff Rd
M-Gas
American Lutheran Church
Scott
Planning Commission
Richard Bauer
Alex Crowther
Donald Johnson
Morris Daily Herald
Illinois
Rotary
Terrence Danek
Hendley Matteson
Morris Rotary Club
Morris Rural Fire Truck Fund
John Black
Morris Rural Fire Protection Corp
Northern Petrochemical
Herald
Ill
Ronald Johnson
Bolingbrook
Fred Michael Flynn
Rita
Flynn
Johnson
Oak Park
Harold Miller
Dan D
An H. B. Price Co., Inc
Ent
Seneca Fire District
Mali
Thurgood Marshall
Hawaii
Harry Hyatt
Briar Lane
Morris Grade School Board of Education
Kendall County
Gordon Campbell
Campbell
Gary
Olfalfa Falfa
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