KANELAND—The Kaneland School Board on Monday voted 6-0 to approve the final 2011-12 budget for the Kaneland School District and Fox Valley Career Center.

The Kaneland Foundation is a non-profit organization that has contributed for decades to the educational needs of the students of Kaneland District #302.

KANELAND—The Kaneland School Board spent the first half-hour of its meeting on Monday discussing the Tax Increment Financing (TIF) district public hearing that will take place during Sugar Grove’s regular board meeting on Tuesday, Aug. 16.

Sugar Grove holds first meeting to discuss proposed economic development plan
SUGAR GROVE—Sugar Grove’s Joint Review Committee, created in conjunction with the village’s Tax Increment Financing (TIF) district proposal, held its first meeting at Village Hall on Monday.

MAPLE PARK—The Kaneland School Board on Monday voted 4-0 to approve a health insurance renewal that will allow the board to eschew its grandfathered status within the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act of 2010 in order to eliminate any unnecessary financial burden.

KANELAND—After nearly three months of financial projections, targeted cost centers and budget analysis, the Kaneland School District on Monday presented the School Board with its finalized cost reduction plan for the 2012 fiscal school year.

The Kaneland School Board on Monday voted 6-0 to approve the donation of a PS810 Picture Scanning System to the Fox Valley Career Center.

KANELAND—It’s becoming clearer which areas the Kaneland School District will target in order to reduce its budget.

District seeks to limit student impact; expects to cut staff positions
KANELAND—The financial belt-tightening continues for the Kaneland School District.

The School Board, at its meeting on Monday, discussed a budget reduction process for the 2012 fiscal year, which is currently projected to have a deficit of $1 million.

KANELAND—The Kaneland School Board on Monday approved final calculations for the 2010 tax levy with a vote of 7-0, though feelings of dissatisfaction with the levy were voiced by Board member Deborah Grant and at least two residents in attendance.

SUGAR GROVE—The Sugar Grove Village Board on Tuesday delayed a vote that would renew the village’s Intergovernmental Agreement (IGA) with the Kaneland School District.

Officials consider waiting another year for 8-period days
KANELAND—Kaneland School District officials have set a plan in motion which, if carried out, will push the change to an eight-block schedule at Kaneland High School to the 2012-13 school year.

Proposal for 8-period days has opposition
KANELAND—The average class period will be much shorter for Kaneland High School students under a more traditional schedule slated for 2011-12.

KANELAND—The Kaneland School Board has set aside land on the high school’s campus for a new training tower for the Fox Valley Career Center (FVCC) fire-science program.

KANELAND—The Kaneland School Board on Monday unanimously elected Board Secretary Cheryl Krauspe as the new board president.

KANELAND—A meeting with State Representative Kay Hatcher (Dist. 50) on Monday confirmed what Kaneland School District officials already knew—school funding from the state will be severely cut.