Illinois / School Boards / Grayslake CCSD 46
The Grayslake CCSD 46 Board on Feb. 25 approved several purchases and personnel actions — including Chromebooks and a new assistant superintendent of finance — heard a food‑service participation update and discussed media‑center designs, a middle‑school lighting retrofit and strategic‑planning facilitator selection.
Illinois / School Boards / Grayslake CCSD 46
Students from Park Campus’ 'Leader of the Pack' program updated the board on recent service and SEL activities, including a Feb. 21 volunteer trip to Avon Food Pantry, paw-print reward system, No Place for Hate book projects and author visits.
Illinois / School Boards / Grayslake CCSD 46
The District 46 Board on Feb. 11 approved the 2026–27 school calendar (waiving certain legal holidays), awarded a rooftop-unit contract for Prairie View to Premistar, and passed Press Plus policy updates while removing policy 2:150 for further review. All actions passed on vocal roll calls.
Illinois / School Boards / Grayslake CCSD 46
Administration recommended buying a scale computing server environment (adding $52,000 while removing $30,000 from an intercom line item) to create redundancy supporting intercoms, access control and cameras. Staff said funds are available in the 2025–26 budget; the board will revisit the item Feb. 25 for action.
Illinois / School Boards / Grayslake CCSD 46
Board members urged the Village of Grayslake to treat schools as essential infrastructure, asked for early consultation on annexations and rezoning, and proposed a governance mechanism to track development impacts on enrollment, facilities and tax revenue.
Illinois / School Boards / Grayslake CCSD 46
Grayslake Middle School students were recognized by the CCSD 46 board for athletics and presented their Way of the Panther leadership priorities — No Place for Hate, career exploration and a community garden — describing survey results and near-term activities.
Illinois / School Boards / Grayslake CCSD 46
Board approved an intercom project with Forward Edge, internal door access control and awarded the media‑center renovation bid after a facilities update showing a roughly $55 million long‑range need and a 1–2 year priority column near $18.9 million.
Illinois / School Boards / Grayslake CCSD 46
Finance staff updated five‑year projections showing the district operating fund below the board’s 25% threshold and noted a roughly $15 million adequacy gap; staff explained how moving into Tier 2 under Illinois EBF reduces incremental state contributions.
Illinois / School Boards / Grayslake CCSD 46
At its Dec. 17 meeting, the Grayslake CCSD 46 Board of Education approved a probationary employee termination, FY2026 student fees, bid awards for media-center construction at four schools, a certified/PSRP seniority list and furniture purchases for new media centers. The board also scheduled related follow-ups and moved to closed session.
Illinois / School Boards / Grayslake CCSD 46
At its Dec. 17 meeting, Grayslake CCSD 46 celebrated Park Campus volleyball and cross country teams and announced the Grayslake Early Childhood Center achieved Accelerate Illinois’ Gold Circle quality rating following ISBE monitoring. Students and staff were publicly thanked by district leaders.