The board meeting that they will take the vote on the Freshmen 6 period day that will effectively end a freshmen's decision to take a selective elective in the arts will take place Monday Dec. 17th at 7:15pm.
You should plan to attend the board meetings on both the 10th and the 17th. The Dec. 10th date (7:15pm) is a hearing of sorts on the proposed new set of cuts to the SD308 budget. Below are the email addresses of your senators and representatives. Be sure to email them about the lack of a budget and the lack of school funding over the past four years. Be sure to include how their decisions to not fund the budget or schools is impacting your student's decisions on what they take and how it financially impacts you through the implementation of various fees that now keep your students out of activities, sports, honor societies, and especially their classes. Phone calls are great too!
"OSD 308 has been battling to offset an anticipated multi-million dollar deficit, having taken steps that include approving more than $7 million in budget cuts and revenue increases in February. The board of education recently approved the district's fiscal year 2019 budget, which has shown an estimated beginning balance of $15.2 million, and a tentative fund balance of $9 million. Chief Financial Officer Christi Tyler has previously pointed out that the state's proration of of transportation payments has lead to the loss of about $14 million in revenue for the district. Tyler has also mentioned that the state still owes OSD 308 $49 million for capital projects. " - KendallCountyNow online newspaper - Oct. 12, 2018 Shae Lazansky reporting.
The next board meeting to discuss the newest budget cuts: Monday, Dec. 10th.
Position/Name Email Phone
Governor Bruce Rauner https://www2.illinois.gov/gov/contactus/Pages/default.aspx 217-782-0244
Comptroller/Susan Mendoza https://illinoiscomptroller.gov/about/contact/ 312-814-2451
Senators for SD308 (present)
Name District# Email Phone
Jennifer Bertino-Tarrant 49th bertinotarrant49@att.net 217-782-0052
815-254-4211
Linda Holmes 42nd lindaholmes42@gmail.com 217-782-0422
630-801-8985
Jim Oberweis 25th senatoroberweis@gmail.com 217-782-0471
630-800-1992
Sue Rezin 38th senatorrezin@gmail.com 217-782-3840
815-220-8720
Representatives for SD308 (present)
David Welter 75th welter@ilhousegop.org 217-782-5997
815-416-1475
Mark Batinick 97th mbatinick@aol.com 217-782-1331
815-254-0000
Linda Chapa La Via 83rd lindachapalavia@aol.com 217-558-1002
630-264-6855
Stephanie Kifowit 84th Stephanie.kifowit@att.net 217-782-8028
630-585-1308
Keith Wheeler 50th office@repkeithwheeler.org 217-782-1486
630-345-3464
Just copy and paste these addresses into your "email recipients" and let them know just how much you care. Please be courteous, but firm. Be sure to include contact information if you wish to be taken seriously. (Yes, I know what that means...) You may also wish to remind them that term limits are a natural selection process to which they belong and you will help to remind them when they are due again. You won't need for it to "come up in the house". We need a budget...now.
You should plan to attend the board meetings on both the 10th and the 17th. The Dec. 10th date (7:15pm) is a hearing of sorts on the proposed new set of cuts to the SD308 budget. Below are the email addresses of your senators and representatives. Be sure to email them about the lack of a budget and the lack of school funding over the past four years. Be sure to include how their decisions to not fund the budget or schools is impacting your student's decisions on what they take and how it financially impacts you through the implementation of various fees that now keep your students out of activities, sports, honor societies, and especially their classes. Phone calls are great too!
"OSD 308 has been battling to offset an anticipated multi-million dollar deficit, having taken steps that include approving more than $7 million in budget cuts and revenue increases in February. The board of education recently approved the district's fiscal year 2019 budget, which has shown an estimated beginning balance of $15.2 million, and a tentative fund balance of $9 million. Chief Financial Officer Christi Tyler has previously pointed out that the state's proration of of transportation payments has lead to the loss of about $14 million in revenue for the district. Tyler has also mentioned that the state still owes OSD 308 $49 million for capital projects. " - KendallCountyNow online newspaper - Oct. 12, 2018 Shae Lazansky reporting.
The next board meeting to discuss the newest budget cuts: Monday, Dec. 10th.
Position/Name Email Phone
Governor Bruce Rauner https://www2.illinois.gov/gov/contactus/Pages/default.aspx 217-782-0244
Comptroller/Susan Mendoza https://illinoiscomptroller.gov/about/contact/ 312-814-2451
Senators for SD308 (present)
Name District# Email Phone
Jennifer Bertino-Tarrant 49th bertinotarrant49@att.net 217-782-0052
815-254-4211
Linda Holmes 42nd lindaholmes42@gmail.com 217-782-0422
630-801-8985
Jim Oberweis 25th senatoroberweis@gmail.com 217-782-0471
630-800-1992
Sue Rezin 38th senatorrezin@gmail.com 217-782-3840
815-220-8720
Representatives for SD308 (present)
David Welter 75th welter@ilhousegop.org 217-782-5997
815-416-1475
Mark Batinick 97th mbatinick@aol.com 217-782-1331
815-254-0000
Linda Chapa La Via 83rd lindachapalavia@aol.com 217-558-1002
630-264-6855
Stephanie Kifowit 84th Stephanie.kifowit@att.net 217-782-8028
630-585-1308
Keith Wheeler 50th office@repkeithwheeler.org 217-782-1486
630-345-3464
Just copy and paste these addresses into your "email recipients" and let them know just how much you care. Please be courteous, but firm. Be sure to include contact information if you wish to be taken seriously. (Yes, I know what that means...) You may also wish to remind them that term limits are a natural selection process to which they belong and you will help to remind them when they are due again. You won't need for it to "come up in the house". We need a budget...now.