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CCSD66 Notes

Thursday, September 24, 2009

Center Cass School District 66 Approves Balanced Budget

The elimination of four full time teaching positions due to declining enrollment and other cost savings coupled with nearly $430,000 of stimulus funds from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) allows Center Cass School District 66 to enter the 2009-2010 school year with a balanced budget. The Board of Education approved the balanced $12.1 million budget at it's September 22, 2009 meeting.

Center Cass is slated to receive nearly $430,000 in ARRA fund over the next two years with nearly $229,000 slated to come during this fiscal year. Center Cass plans to use these funds to offset special education costs for students attending out of district day school programs and add educational technology to support learning by children with special needs
.

Monday, September 21, 2009

Early Dismissal Day – September 22, 2009

Tuesday, September 22nd is the first of four early dismissal days that are allowed under the School Code of Illinois for the training and in-service development of teachers and school personnel. On these days classes are dismissed after 3 hours of instruction to provide time for staff development and professional development activities. This year Center Cass SD 66 teachers will be working in three areas; Writing, RtI and PBIS. Teachers will review and refine the existing District writing curriculum and re-align it with State Standards. Staff will also be working to refine the RtI (Response to Instruction) program instituted last year. Trained external coaches will be working with our staff to refine this program in the area of reading, as well as expand it into the area of mathematics. Lakeview and Prairieview will also be developing their PBIS (Positive Based Intervention Systems) that are required by current legislation. This will be a busy year for our staff!

Dismissal schedule on this day will be: Prairieview at 11:00 am, Early Childhood at 11:05 am, Lakeview at 11:30 am and Ide at noon. There will No classes held for afternoon Kindergartners on Tuesday.

Friday, September 11, 2009

9/11/2009


Today we solemnly remember the events of that horrible day eight years ago. Students at Elizabeth Ide and Prairieview wore red, white, and blue to commemorate that day in history. Lakeview students observed this day with a moment of silence and reflection of the events of 9/11. Let us all remember that day together in memory of those who perished and those responders and ordinary people who performed extraordinary deeds of heroism and honor.

Thursday, September 10, 2009

Schools are in Full Operation




As we enter the third week of school everything is in full operation. Last evening we had football and cross country at Lakeview and Open House at Ide. Last week we had two Open Houses at Prairieview and tonight is the Lakeview Open House. This week begins the annual 4th grade band recruitment and the Lakeview Marching Spartans begin their marching season with the General Von Steuben Parade in Chicago this weekend. Lakeview also hosts its 15th annual Dance-A-Thon tomorrow night to benefit the Lakeview Bands.



It has been good to see the many parents attending these events and hear that they are happy to have their children back in school. It has been great to visit classrooms in each building and see teachers teaching and children learning! Thanks to everyone who has contributed to this fine start of the school year.

Thursday, September 03, 2009

Do You Remember Center Cass ????


Do you remember:
When the original Center Cass School was east of Lemont Road where CVS Drugs is?
When farmers cultivated the land where Water Town Place is?
When 75th Street and 83rd Street were both narrow two lane streets?
When the Lakeview Campus was an empty field?
When Elizabeth Ide was located at 300 Manning Road in Downers Grove?
When the original Gallagher and Henry model homes were on the corner of Parkview and
Drover?
When the original Farmingdale Subdivision was located in unincorporated Downers Grove?
When the Lakeside Club was the recreational center of our area?
When there were no shopping centers at 75th and Main?


Times have changes but it always good to remember the past when there was no traffic congestion and children could walk and ride bikes around the area safely. Happy memories!