Education Matters - Palatine Patch weekly column highlighting D15 and D211

News and Video from the December 8 Board meeting
YouTube, 12/8/11 - Elimination of Class Rank Discussion/Vote
YouTube, 12/8/11 - 2011 Tax Levy Discussion/Vote

Fremd HS Viking Logue, 12/16/11 - District to phase out class rank system
Daily Herald, 12/12/11 - District 211 eliminates class rank
TribLocal, 12/12/11 - Class rank to be phased out at D211
Fremd HS English Ning, 12/10/11-Best to Good Enough - D211 Eliminates Class Rank
Palatine Patch, 12/9/11 - D211 Votes to Eliminate Class Rank

News and Video from the October 27 Board meeting
D211 BOE defeats motion to videotape board meetings 4:3 - October 27, 2011
Video of discussion and vote are available on the D211Spotlight YouTube Channel

Palatine Patch, 11/1/11 - D211 Considers Property Tax Levy
TribLocal, 10/28/11 - D211 won't tape board meetings
Palatine Patch, 10/28/11 - VIDEO: D211 discusses the merits of videotaping meetings
Palatine Patch, 10/28/11 - D211 Votes No on video of meetings
Daily Herald, 10/28/11 - Dist. 211 votes down videotaped meetings

News from the October 13 Board meeting
Video - Agenda item: Broadcast Board of Education meetings
Palatine Patch, 10/13/11 - D211 grapples with how to broadcast meetings
Daily Herald, 10/14/11 - D211 doing more research on broadcasting meetings

News from the June 16 Board meeting
Palatine Patch, 6/18/11 - D211 authorizes raises for administrators
Daily Herald, 6/17/11 - D211 approves performance-based administrator pay raises

News from the May 26 Board meeting
TribLocal, 5/31/11 - D211 term limit proposal proves unsuccessful
Daily Herald, 5/27/11 - D211 program helping teachers improve students' growth

News from the April 28 Board meeting
Daily Herald, 4/29/2011 - New D211 board takes seats

News from the April 14 Regular Board meeting
Palatine Patch, 5/6/2011 - Is D211's grading system broken?
Agenda Item: District 211 Joint Grading Committee
PowerPoint Presentation - 16 slides    Spotlight on the Board notes - (9 pages)

Daily Herald, 4/15/2011 - Should D211 students be docked for truancy?

District 211 Board of Education Meeting Schedule/Agendas
All meetings are held in the Anne Koller Board of Education Meeting Room at the G. A. McElroy Administration Center on Roselle Road, Palatine beginning at 7:30 p.m. unless otherwise noted.
http://www.d211.org/BoardofEducation.shtml#boardmeetingschedule

District 211 Board of Education Meeting Recaps
Recaps generally contain short summaries of important items that were presented or acted upon at a meeting.  Recaps are usually posted within three days following a Regular Board of Education meeting.
http://www.d211.org/BoardofEducation.shtml#boardrecaps