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Wednesday, December 5, 2012

D41 Think Tank Discussions Continue; More Meetings Expected

Officials from District 41 have said additional public meetings will be held to discuss and gather feedback regarding the Think Tank proposals for educational reforms.

Parents gathered Tuesday night to learn more about Glen Ellyn District 41’s plans to implement changes in the 2013-14 school year. The meeting is one of several the district is planning to help educate parents and gather feedback. The district said it will hold more meetings in January. The meeting, originally scheduled as one session to be held at the district’s office, was instead moved to Forest Glen Elementary School and split into two groups; one group for parents who had already attended a meeting held Nov. 26 and one for parents who had not attended any public meetings on the matter. More than 100 parents attended the last school board meeting where the Think Tank presentation was made public for the first time. A large group of …

gerri sopyla

6:17 am on Monday, December 10, 2012

Who will be in charge of monitoring and evaluating the new system? How will the teachers be trained?   more ›

Tuesday, November 27, 2012

Parents Take Issue with 'When' Not 'If' Plans for District 41 Classroom Changes

District 41 officials made a presentation Monday night sharing proposed classroom changes that would be implemented in the 2013-14 school year.

The Forest Glen Elementary School gymnasium was packed full Monday night as parents with students in District 41 crowded the standing-room-only Board of Education meeting. Parents in attendance were concerned that the district is planning changes to how students are educated and how their days are scheduled, going from a classroom experience to split blocks, moving kids from classroom to classroom through the day and for some courses, implementing multi-age classrooms. Knowing parents were planning to attend the board meeting in large numbers, the meeting was moved to the school from the district’s headquarters. The district made its presentation before moving on to its regular business meeting. Think Tank The district convened a group it …

Bruce Currie

12:03 am on Thursday, December 6, 2012

Bruce Currie 12:01 am on Thursday, December 6, 2012 Here is a forum of concerned parents and teachers that want to look closely at the questions that are arising from the Think Tank proposals. They do not all come from me (Bruce Currie) but I am just barely learning how to do this Facebook stuff and we felt the need to get something up quickly. By joining this group, it does not mean that you …   more ›

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