Arlington Heights Elementary District 25 school board members haven t yet decided if they ll implement full-day kindergarten, but if they do, it ll mean building additions to existing schools or a new centralized school, and a ballot question that ll ask voters to increase taxes either way.
Citing work on curriculum and diversity, District 59 board hires new superintendent Terri Bresnahan
Updated 1/26/2021 4:38 PM
The Elk Grove Township Elementary District 59 school board has hired Terri Bresnahan as its new superintendent, citing her work on curriculum, as well as diversity, equity and inclusion issues.
Bresnahan, currently superintendent in West suburban Berkeley Elementary District 87, will become the 10th superintendent in the 75-year history of District 59, and the first woman to lead the district. Her three-year contract, which had not yet been released by district officials on Tuesday, begins July 1.
School board President Janice Krinsky said Bresnahan will be paid a base salary of $235,000 and receive raises of 2.5% in the second and third years of the contract. She will also receive 20 vacation days, an automobile allowance, phone stipend, and standard district benefit package for administrators, under terms of the agreement.
Reopening debate fuels school board candidacies in Northwest suburbs
School board candidates from across the suburbs lined up early Monday to be among the first to file paperwork with the Cook County clerk s office at Old Orchard Country Club in Mount Prospect. Rick West | Staff Photographer
Updated 12/15/2020 7:40 PM
Amid the heated debates in recent months over school reopenings, some Northwest suburban school districts are seeing larger-than-usual fields of candidates who intend to run for their local school boards in April.
More than 480 school board candidates submitted paperwork on the first official filing day Monday across four locations set up by the Cook County clerk s office. That included 140 candidates who stood in line to hand in their petitions at Old Orchard Country Club in Mount Prospect.