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Deerfield board approves withdrawal petitions as True North cooperative faces possible reorganization
Summary
The District 109 Board on Aug. 21 approved superintendent recommendations to accept withdrawal petitions for three member districts as the True North Educational Cooperative explores dissolution or reorganization; staff warned services, assets and costs remain uncertain and a special meeting is planned for September or October.
Deerfield Public Schools District 109’s Board of Education on Aug. 21 approved the superintendent’s recommendation to accept petitions from three member districts seeking to withdraw from the True North Educational Cooperative amid ongoing discussion about the cooperative’s future. The board voted to approve withdrawal resolutions for Northbrook District 27, Northbrook-Glenview District 30 and Bannockburn District 106.
The action follows weeks of meetings and a lengthy committee report that described two possible paths for True North: full dissolution over a multiyear wind-down or a reorganization that would leave a smaller cooperative serving fewer districts. Both pathways were presented to member districts, and board members said a special leadership-council meeting is planned between mid-September and October to gather clearer options before final decisions.
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