Saturday, March 30, 2013
Previous event was canceled due to snow storm.
District 202 will host an IEP and 504 College Night for special education students and their families from 6 to 8 p.m. Tuesday, April 16, at Plainfield South High School, 7800 W. Caton Farm Road, Plainfield. This event was originally scheduled for March 5, but was canceled due to inclement weather. This free event will provide important information for special needs students who want to attend college, including required documentation; entrance requirements; college expectations; and student responsibilities. Representatives will be on hand from several colleges and universities including Joliet Junior College, Southern Illinois University, Lincoln College and Aurora University to help answer questions for families and students. PSHS …
Wednesday, February 27, 2013
Plainfield South High School will add another AP Calculus course and Computer Science to its repertoire in the fall as part of a grant from Google.
Plainfield South High School has been awarded a grant made possible by Google to help develop additional Advanced Placement math, science and technology courses. Plainfield South was selected as one of 14 schools in Illinois and 800 in the nation to participate in the AP STEM Access program to develop Advanced Placement, or college-level, courses aimed at getting girls and minorities interested in the science, technology, engineering and math fields, District 202 officials announced this week. The AP STEM Access program is being funded by a $5 million grant from Google to DonorsChoose.org as part of Google’s global impact awards to help encourage African-American, Latino, American-Indian and female students to pursue science and technology…
Thursday, December 6, 2012
Lane Abrell will become superintendent upon John Harper's retirement in 2014.
The Plainfield School District 202 school board on Thursday announced it has selected former Plainfield High School - Central Campus principal Lane Abrell to succeed Superintendent John Harper. Abrell will begin serving as an associate superintendent for a year-long transition period from July 1, 2013 until Harper’s retirement in July 2014. An Oswego resident, Abrell will make a base salary of $168,000 in 2013-14 during the transition period. The district will cover his salary, in part, through about $158,000 in savings this year by hiring newer staff members at a lower salary to replace newly retired administrators, district officials said. According to District 202 documents, Harper's base salary for the 2011-12 school year was $270,446…
Tuesday, November 20, 2012
Non-personnel cuts and additional revenue has reduced a once-anticipated $8.9 million operating fund deficit down to $1.8 million.
Plainfield School District 202 administrators have a clearer picture of the 2012-13 budget, which now projects a $1.8 million deficit, district officials said Monday. The District 202 board adopted the budget in September with a projected $8.9 million operating fund deficit. While the board was required by law to file a budget in September, it also knew that work needed to be done to reduce the deficit and an amended budget will be filed this winter. The district was able to save about $5.2 million in non-personnel cuts, Angela Smith, assistant superintendent of business and operations, said. The biggest reduction – saving about $3 million – came by eliminating about 200 vacant teaching, administrative and support positions that were kept …
Wednesday, November 7, 2012
The change lowers the number of high school deans and guidance counselors in District 202 under the new plan adopted Monday.
The Plainfield School District 202 school board on Monday made some slight adjustments to the district’s student to staffing ratios based on Supt. John Harper’s recommendations. Staffing changes will go into effect for the 2013-14 school year. Harper said the change could mean layoffs, but it's too early to tell. Whether job cuts are in the future will depend on final enrollment numbers for next school year and, ultimately, the decision will rest with the board of educaton. On Monday, board members voted to lower to ratio of guidance counselors to students at the high school level from one guidance counselor per 375 students to one guidance counselor for every 350 students while raising the ratio of students to deans. Currently, the high …
Wednesday, October 10, 2012
District Supt. John Harper and board of education president Roger Bonuchi said they respect PCHS administrators' decision to halt production on student version of the Broadway musical.
Emphasizing the play's themes of love, tolerance and acceptance, several students and supportive friends and family members pleaded their case to the Plainfield School District 202 school board on Tuesday, asking officials to overturn a decision by administrators to nix a spring performance of the musical "Rent." Students had hoped to perform a "school edition" of the play that they acknowledged is edgy, but said is a toned-down version of the Tony Award-winning original. READ: Students Fight Back After School Shuts Down 'Rent' In the end, district administrators praised their passionate speeches, but sided with Plainfield High School – Central Campus administrators, who rejected plans to stage the show. Plainfield Central students told …
Tuesday, September 11, 2012
District 202 posts record ACT scores, beat state and national composite scores for the first time since 2005, officials announced Monday.
Seniors at the four high schools in Plainfield School District 202 posted a record-high district score on the ACT college entrance exam, marking the fourth consecutive year test scores rose, district officials announced Monday. “Congratulations to our high school students, staff and families for this tremendous achievement, school board president Roger Bonuchi said at Monday’s school board meeting. “It’s a big deal.” The 1,726 graduating seniors from Plainfield Central, North, East and South high schools taking the test recorded a 21.3 composite score, up from 20.7 the year before. The six-tenths of a percentage point increase is statistically significant because of the relatively small size of the pool of test-takers, Bonuchi said. For …
Tuesday, July 31, 2012
School board members want to see what kind of non-personnel cuts can be made and what impact those cuts will have on students.
Plainfield School District 202 board members have big budgetary decisions to make in the coming months. On the one hand, the district is expected to see a roughly $7.8 million surplus from the 2011-12 budget thanks to more efficient transportation routes, decreased utility bills and other cost-control measures. An audit, which will determine the exact surplus, is scheduled to begin next month, but district officials said the revenues should exceed expenses by between $7 million and $8 million. On the other hand, the district is anticipating an $8.1 million deficit in the upcoming 2012-13 budget. Superintendent. John Harper said at a special school board meeting on Monday that the school board needs to decide if it is willing to adopt a …
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