The Park Ridge-Niles School District 64 Board of Education will be “on the road again” as it rotates its monthly business meetings to visit all eight neighborhood schools during the 2014-15 school year now getting underway.
“The District 64 Board has a lengthy tradition of meeting in each school at least once every year to better connect with the communities in each neighborhood,” according to Superintendent Laurie Heinz.
“Not only does it make it convenient for local residents as well as parents to attend, it also lets the Board hear from each school community about special points of pride and learning initiatives and for students to be involved in leading us in the Pledge of Allegiance,” Dr. Heinz added.
“We invite community members to come by your local school to attend a meeting and watch your school Board in action,” she noted.
A special sign outside each school alerts local residents a week ahead of the upcoming meeting. The District also offers an email service that sends an advance summary of Board meeting agendas and other news. Subscribe to the “District 64 eNews” via the website: www.d64.org.
The Board will make its official annual visits to neighborhood schools on Mondays at 7:30 p.m.:
- Roosevelt, 1001 S. Fairview, Park Ridge – September 22
- Field, 707 N. Wisner – October 27
- Franklin, 2401 Manor Lane – November 17
- Jefferson, 8200 N. Greendale, Niles – January 26, 2015
- Washington, 1500 Stewart – February 23
- Lincoln, 200 S. Lincoln – March 23
- Carpenter, 300 N. Hamlin – April 27
- Emerson, 8101 N. Cumberland, Niles – May 18
Additional meetings are held throughout the year at Jefferson School or at the District 64 Educational Service Center, 164 S. Prospect Ave., Park Ridge. A full Board meeting calendar is available on the website and is updated frequently.
For those unable to attend in person, District 64 offers full-length videos of all Board meetings via its website. The videos are posted typically within 48 hours after the meeting, and include a handy counter to pinpoint discussion on any agenda item. The District 64 eNews alerts subscribers when the videos have been posted.