This year's Fall Housing Report was presented to the Board of Education by Barry Reilly on Wednesday, October 13th.
Althought the report shows a slight decline in enrollment over the past couple of years this trend will likely level off next year and will remain constant.
• Sarah E. Raymond Early Childhood Center currently enrolls 148 students
• Bent School currently enrolls 310 students
• Irving School currently enrolls 388 students
• Oakland School currently enrolls 443 students
• Sheridan School currently enrolls 447 students
• Stevenson School currently enrolls 524 students
• Washington School currently enrolls 410 students
• Elementary enrollment equals 5,557 students
• BJHS currently enrolls 1,348 students
• BHS currently enrolls 1,539 students
• Teaching staff equals 187, down from 200 last year
• FTE staff equals 387, down from 408 last year and 427 in 2002-2003.
District Audit information
At the Oct. 13th Board of Education meeting, Tim Custis of Gorenz & Associates presented findings of the District 87 audit for school year 2003-2004.
• Education Fund revenue was $37,031,921 and expenses were $37,878,055, which is 101.47% within actual budget
• Operations & Maintenance revenues were $4,229,416 and expenditures were $4,214,648
• Transportation Fund expenses were $1,804,769
• Total Operating Funds expenses were $43,897,472
• Average Daily Attendance was 5,137 students
• Operating Cost per pupil was $8,263
• Total cash revenue equalled $43,897,472
• Revenue came from Real Estate taxes (63%); Other Local Sources/Corporate Personal Property Replacement taxes (11%); Other State Sources (9%); General State Aid (8%) and Federal & Flow Through (9%)
• Expenses included: Salaries and Benefits (75%); Purchased Services (10%); Supplies and Materials (10%); Capital Outlay (2%) and Other Objects/Tuition (3%)
• Assessed Value is $739,679,556 - up from $702,503,679 the previous year
• Tax rate dipped slightly to $4.43 per $100/EAV
• Operating Fund Balances now equals $12,107,577 - down $200,000 from the previous year.
Artwork from show available for sale
Artwork from the Details of Architecture in Downtown Bloomington and its Surrounding Areas photography exhibit is now on sale. The exhibit features interior and exterior photos of Bent School and exterior photos of the old BHS/BJHS building. Click HERE for more info.
United Way at work in District 87
Of the 29 agencies receiving funding by our local United Way office, 21 are at work each day in our schools helping our students and their families. Last year, 421 employees of District 87 benefitted from services funded by the United Way. By contrast, however, only 147 employees donated in last year's campaign. If each staff member who did not donate last year were to give just $1.00 per paycheck this year, an additional $12,000 could be raised to help our staff and our students and their families.
Welcome new staff
Joshua Halls - Computer Technician - Tech. Dept.
Pat Graham - Classroom Asst., AVC
Shelly Weniger - Program Asst., BHS
Thursday, October 21
• BJHS Orchestra Fall Concert 7:00 p.m. Cafetorium.
Friday, October 22
• Oakland School's "OK Land Corral" will feature a wiener roast, caramel apples, storytelling and games. 1:30 t0 3:00 p.m.
• End of 1st grading period.
Monday, October 25-29
• National Red Ribbon Week.
Wednesday, October 27
• Board of Education meeting. 6:30 p.m. at the ESC, 300 E. Monroe St.
Thursday, October 28
• Washington School's Annual Halloween Parade.
Friday, October 29
• Parent Teacher Conference Day. No School for students.
Sunday, October 31
• Halloween.
• Daylight Savings Time Ends. Fall back one hour.
Coming up...
Saturday, November 6
• BHS Band Annual Craft Show. 9:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. at BHS. Free parking and admission.
Sunday, November 14
• Chili Fun Fest benefit for Rachell Lovell. 9:00 a.m.-4:00 p.m. at the Interstate Center.
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Bloomington's now defunct Liberty Loan Campaign was comprised of local citizens who insisted on 100 percent Americanism from every individual and every institution. What action did this group once successfully persuade the District 87 Board of Education to immediately adopt?
a) the placement of an American flag in every classroom throughout the district along with mandatory daily recitings of the Pledge of Allegiance
b) a complete ban on the further hiring of school teachers with German or Italian ancestry until the War's end.
c) allow school children conduct door-to-door tin can salvage drives one-hour per week during the school year
d) rid the BHS curriculum of German language classes
5 correct answers have been received! Thanks for participating.
The first 5 people who answered correctly won a Yankee Candle "Mom's Apple Pie" votive candle!
The correct answer, along with a historical background on this topic can be found HERE and on District's homepage.
Connie Mueller, Director of Food Services received the 2004 Award of Excellence from the American Dietetic Association (ADA). This national award, given by the ADA's School Nutrition Services Dietetic Practice Group, honors a member who has demonstrated strong leadership, management and innovation.
Student success!
• The BHS Boys Golf team won the Sectional Championship this past week and are currently participating at the State AA finals this weekend. Team members include: Matt Bova, Brandon Holtz, Grant Milling, David Strand, Dusty Thompson and Alex Titlow. Click HERE to see how they are doing!
• Molly Aper (BHS) and Megan Hosack (BJHS), both received Honorable Mention for essays written during Banned Books Week. Their essays, "Responses to Controversial Literature", spoke of how the community should respond to literature that is viewed by some to be controversial, offensive, inappropriate and even dangerous. The contest was sponsored by the Pantagraph, The Indy, and the Bloomington Public Library. Two of the top three winners were District 87 students!
• BHS' Varsity Scholastic Bowl Team, captained by senior Alex Whitworth and junior Vikram Karandikar, won the Consolation Bracket the National Academic Quiz Tournament (NAQT) Early Bird Tournament at the University of Illinois/Champaign.
• BHS' Megan Rozboril and Mackenzie Clemens won the No. 1 doubles at the Big 12 Conference Tournament. It was Rozboril's fourth championship in four years.
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