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District 211 board ratifies NSSEO budget amid facility and staffing concerns
Summary
The Township High School District 211 Board of Education voted to ratify the Northwest Suburban Special Education Organization’s amended 2024–25 budget and approve the proposed 2025–26 budget after a presentation that highlighted modest tuition increases, a one‑time HVAC project and recruitment challenges for clinical staff.
The Township High School District 211 Board of Education ratified the Northwest Suburban Special Education Organization’s (NSSEO) amended 2024–25 budget and approved the proposed 2025–26 budget following a budget presentation by NSSEO leaders.
NSSEO Superintendent Dr. Mike Schnoor and Gavin McGinn, NSSEO Assistant Superintendent of Business Services, told the board that the cooperative’s tuition rates for member districts will increase modestly next year — the Kirk School tuition rose about 3.8% and the deaf and hard‑of‑hearing program rose about 3.2% — and that the organization is removing one‑time capital items to show a roughly 1.5% operational increase year over year.
Why it matters: NSSEO serves District 211 students with significant disabilities through programs such as Kirk School and the deaf and hard‑of‑hearing program at Hersey, and the cooperative’s budget changes affect District 211’s special‑education spending and placement capacity.
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