Third Ward Alderman Kristen Lash will hold a town hall meeting next Wednesday, August 31. So far, participants are: Kristen Lash, 3rd Ward Alderman Jim Luebke, DeKalb Township Trustee Paul Stoddard, County Board, District 9 Julia Fauci, County Board, District 9 Alderman Lash hopes also to include a representative of the District 428 school board.…
Category: Dist 428
Error Correction: FY2011 TIF Surplus
In “City & School District TIF Surplus Budget Surplus Budget Estimates”, I put up a chart showing a City of DeKalb TIF 1 surplus for FY2011 (to be budgeted for FY2012) of $221,000. While this part is correct, I somehow at the time failed to understand that this was only the amount of the surplus…
City & School District TIF Surplus Budget Estimates
[table id=13 /] The school district is allocating its share for debt service, while the City of DeKalb’s will be dropped into the General Fund. One might ask why the city has projected $670,000 for FY2012 since the October estimates came in $528,200 under its preliminary estimates. At least two factors must be at play:…
FY2011 TIF Surplus
Per an intergovernmental agreement, the City of DeKalb promised to declare a 50% surplus of the Central Area TIF (aka TIF 1) increment for each of the 12 years of the extended and amended TIF district. The surplus will be paid to all taxing bodies in the same proportions as the regular property taxes are,…
TIF & Schools
The Daily Register has reprinted a recent article by the AP’s Zachary Colman. LA SALLE, Ill. (AP) — One of the most popular rooms at LaSalle’s Dimmick Elementary School is the library-turned-computer-lab-turned-classroom. Children jostle for elbow room and can’t use the library at all when class is in session. Down the hall, the school counselor…
Cohen Barnes for School Board PAC
[Update 4/7: Do not miss the comments on this story.] Cohen Barnes for School Board Committee: Schedule A-1, Report of Contributions of $1000 or more.
Letter to the Chronicle
The letter to the editor published April 1 in the Daily Chronicle is here for the moment. What follows is the version I sent to the paper originally. Cohen Barnes is a sharp cookie, a local success story and a civic Energizer Bunny. We need all three. However, my aim with this letter is to…
FPC Discussion of High School Track Expansion & Stadium “Infrastructure”
This is Part 3. Current candidates are highlighted. Click on any image to access larger versions and the whole album.
FPC Vote on High School Core Capacity
As noted earlier, District 428 cannot find a way to fully staff the new DeKalb High School with custodians. Decisions made in 2008, as detailed in the following Facilities Planning Facility meeting minutes below, helped lead to today’s failure.
New High School Going Short on Custodians
So begins systemic neglect at the new high school — my interpretation of an article in the Daily Chronicle today: The all-day kindergarten would also be paid for by not filling four custodial staff positions at the new high school until the district has more revenue. In 2008, the Facilities Planning Committee (FPC) voted to…