GALESBURG Galesburg District 205 will cover $110,000 in school supplies for all students for the upcoming school year to reduce financial barriers to a public education.
The new commitment to provide school supplies for students comes after all registration and participation fees have been waived in recent years.
Absorbing those costs into a balanced budget, the district is on a quest to make public education free and level the playing field for all students.
Assistant Superintendent of Finance Jennifer Hamm said while some students come to school with all the supplies they need, others come with nothing at all.
Hamm said the decision to provide all school supplies for students is an outgrowth of the pandemic, which caused significant financial strain on families.
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GALESBURG The District 205 School Board approved administrator pay raises on May 10.
“It’s something that everybody needs as cost of living increases and the raises were in line with the raises we gave teachers,” said school board president Rod Scherpe.
Raises for administrators were not presented to the board until contract negotiations for teachers were complete.
Administrators receiving retroactive 4% salary increases for the 2020-2021 school year are Tiffany Springer, curriculum director; Jennifer Hamm, assistant superintendent for finance and operations; Tom Hawkins, Churchill Junior High principal; Nick Young, Lombard Middle School Principal, Matthew Lingafelter, Churchill Junior High assistant principal; and Eric Matthews, district athletic director.