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Frankfort School District 157-C Adopts 2012 Tax Levy
The levy, including bonds and abatements, totals approximately $29.35 million.
The Frankfort School District 157-C Board of Education unanimously voted to adopt the district’s 2012 operating tax levy of $24.75 million on Monday evening at a district board meeting.
In total, the 2012 levy will be approximately $29.35 million, which is about $10,000 less than the 2011 levy.
The levy approved on Monday does not include the district bond amount because district refinancing for 2012 is not yet complete. The bonds are anticipated to come to about $4.8 million, and will include a $200,000 district abatement.
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“I feel very good,” said Curt Saindon, assistant superintendent for finance operations for the district. “We haven’t had to make major cuts that affect class size, that affect instruction.”
Frankfort School District taxes make up 46-48 percent of property taxes in the village, according to Saindon.
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Saindon said that a homeowner whose house is valued at $300,000 should expect to pay approximately $3,500 in property taxes to the district in 2012.
A public hearing was held prior to the levy vote, but no district residents chose to speak.
Also at Monday’s meeting, several students from Chelsea Intermediate School were recognized for their efforts fundraising for Jump Rope for Heart, a program where students collect donations for the American Heart Association and jump rope during physical education class.
The school received a plaque for placing fifth out of more than 27,000 competing schools nationwide. Chelsea students exceeded their goal to raise $40,000, collecting $43,160 to benefit research on heart and blood vessel diseases.
Janet Goggins, district director of curriculum and instruction, reported that “coffees” held recently to inform district residents about the Common Core State Standards drew about 60 community members. Lincoln-Way High School District 210 representatives also attended the events. The district plans to host similar get-togethers addressing a wider range of topics in the future.
Common Core is a set of statewide curricular standards aimed at preparing students for college and the workforce through a concept-based, integrative approach to education.
On Monday, the district board also discussed how the Common Core-affiliated Partnership for Assessment of Readiness for College and Careers (PARCC) assessment will be held in the district for the first time in Spring 2015.
The PARCC assessment will replace the Illinois Standards Achievement Test as a means of statewide student evaluation. The district plans to align its curriculum to the themes of the PARCC assessment.
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