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Shorewood superintendent previews scenarios as task force weighs school-configuration options

Shorewood School District School Board · April 14, 2026
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Summary

Superintendent Laurie Burgos reported the task force considered multiple configuration scenarios to address fiscal sustainability, noting no single scenario reaches the district's $5.5 million annual target and calling for more board workshops, a community conversation on May 18, and possible future referendum planning.

Superintendent Laurie Burgos told the Shorewood School District board on April 14 that a 40-member task force has evaluated several school-configuration scenarios as part of a long-term financial-sustainability effort and that none of the scenarios alone meet the $5.5 million annual savings target reflected in the district's current operating referendum.

Burgos summarized the task force's work: after six meetings and a rubric-based evaluation the group removed some options from consideration and identified leading scenarios that include (a) maintaining two elementary schools (K–6) with a combined middle/high school; (b) a 4K–4 configuration at Lake Bluff with Atwater serving…

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