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Westmore teacher urges board to pause plan that would remove small gym
Summary
A Westmore physical education teacher asked the Northbrook SD 28 board to pause a construction plan that would convert the school’s small gym into one classroom, saying the change would permanently remove valuable flexible space and would not meet projected enrollment needs tied to nearby developments.
Rachel Slesinger, a physical education teacher at Westmore Elementary, urged the Northbrook SD 28 Board of Education on March 10 to pause or reconsider plans that would convert the school’s small gym into a single classroom.
“Eliminating the small gym just to create one additional classroom from what we currently have does not address our long larger need,” Slesinger said. She told the board the gym provides flexibility for programming and daily activity that a converted room or using the cafetorium cannot…
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