Vacant building in Palatine will be leased for $1 to park district
The second floor of 150 W. Wilson St. in Palatine will be leased by the village to the Palatine Park District, which will use it for office space for the CARE program that offers before- and after-school care for students in Palatine Township School District 15. Mark Welsh | Staff Photographer
Posted4/14/2021 5:00 AM
The Palatine Park District will rent the second floor of a vacant building owned by the village of Palatine as part of changes to the before- and after-school program offered to students of Palatine Township School District 15.
The program, called CARE, has been a collaboration between District 15 and local park districts, which jointly provided staffing and supplies, and shared profits. Parents pay a fee to enroll their kids.
Palatine Township Elementary District 15 is seeking input from families as the next step in its three-year "Beyond Just Boundaries" project to realign school attendance borders and modernize facilities.
Palatine Township District 15 to check students residency more often Laurie Heinz
Posted2/22/2021 5:30 AM
Palatine Township Elementary School District 15 will be checking the residency of more students starting next year to determine if they live within the district s boundaries.
The district currently doesn t require families to annually verify where they live, which is a fairly atypical practice, according to Superintendent Laurie Heinz, who discussed the policy change during a school board meeting last week.
Most area districts require families to reverify each year, officials said. District 15 only checks families residency when students begin kindergarten or are new to the district. If you register somebody when they re (5 years old), they stick with us all the way through eighth grade, Heinz said.