Illinois / School Boards / Berkeley SD 87
Facilities staff reported on winter operations, custodial floor work, and an unresolved moisture issue under MacArthur’s gym floor; the board approved a reunification drill and consented to a confidential partner-site agreement for emergency reunification.
Illinois / School Boards / Berkeley SD 87
The board approved a consultant agreement to expand coaching for special-education teachers and created a new director-level position focused on teaching and learning supports for students with disabilities.
Illinois / School Boards / Berkeley SD 87
Students and staff from MacArthur School presented their school improvement plan, described restorative circles and community-building activities, and shared interim academic and social-emotional metrics with the Board of Education.
Illinois / School Boards / Berkeley SD 87
Finance staff presented fund-balance analysis referencing Public Act 103.0394; the board authorized preparation of the 2026–27 tentative budget, authorized offering student accident insurance, approved authorization to lock utility rates between meetings, and carried routine motions including minutes and personnel approvals.
Illinois / School Boards / Berkeley SD 87
Administrators described ongoing work to shift to a dual-language kindergarten entry model, expand restorative-practices training (including a repair-the-harm pilot), roll out the Panorama culture survey to staff and students, and host a district institute Feb. 7 with a keynote and 17 staff-led sessions.
Illinois / School Boards / Berkeley SD 87
District administrators told the board that enrollment in accelerated math and higher-grade math courses has grown across grade levels; administrators said staffing and class-size balancing keep pushing some students into online, self‑paced options while a small in-person cohort is being supported.
Illinois / School Boards / Berkeley SD 87
At its recent meeting, the Berkeley SD 87 Board of Education approved routine minutes and a series of personnel actions, accepted a PTO fundraiser, accepted a first reading of a harassment policy update, authorized staff to prepare the 2025–26 tentative budget and adopted a property-tax-year 2024 resolution to allow intervention in appeals.
Illinois / School Boards / Berkeley SD 87
Northlake Middle School presenters reported gains in reading, math growth and reduced chronic absenteeism; the Berkeley SD 87 board approved the 2025–26 school calendar, multiple personnel items and two policy updates.
Illinois / School Boards / Berkeley SD 87
Whittier Primary Center principals reported improved attendance, higher early-reading proficiency and targeted math supports during a school-improvement update presented to the board.
Illinois / School Boards / Berkeley SD 87
The board adopted the 2024 tax levy resolution after a presentation on Public Act 103-0394; administrators reported operating reserves are below the threshold that would require a state reserve-reduction plan.