Spring Has Sprung!

Spring Break has passed and we are back to our normal routines at school. Children are working hard to complete the last weeks of a great school year that will conclude on June 7^th. Spring sports teams are practicing and competition will begin next week. The springtime is a great time to visit our campus and see our students competing in soccer, softball and volleyball. The athletic schedule is available on our website.

We have finally received our first state aid payments for the current year that were vouchered in September of 2010. This is good news as with the exception of General State Aid we have received no state funds for this fiscal year. There is no good news from Springfield regarding a budget for next year. We expect any budget to be very lean and less than this year's budget. A big concern for our District is the projected cut in transportation funding proposed by Governor Quinn. This fund was severely cut last year and he has proposed another drastic cut to this MANDATED program while he funds other pet projects that are not MANDATED. The Governor states he wants to focus dwindling funds into classrooms which is admirable but not practical if there are not funds to bring the children to school. I am traveling to Springfield tomorrow with other DuPage County Administrators to discuss this issue with our representatives.

Thanks to everyone who attended or otherwise supported our PTO Activities last month. They were a great success and raised about $10,000 for our schools. It was great to see such a nice turnout for the Cabana Charlies event! Thanks to our PTO and community for their great support for our schools.