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Superintendent reports storm outages, safety alerts and $5 million in gun-violence prevention grants
Summary
Superintendent Mike Simic updated the board on an Aug. 28 storm that knocked out power to five district buildings, new safety concerns including 'swatting,' local consortium work on inclusive practices, facility upgrades and a Lake County initiative that secured $5 million in state and federal grants for gun-violence prevention.
Superintendent Mike Simic used his September report to brief the Deerfield School Board on operational and safety matters stemming from recent events.
Simic described a large storm on Aug. 28 that caused widespread power outages affecting five of the district's six buildings and prompted the recommendation to make up the lost day on March 3, 2025. "We had massive, massive power outages. 5 of our 6 buildings were out," Simic…
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