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Dear Community Members 5_13_11 Spanish

Education that inspires…Opportunities for all
GURNEE SCHOOL DISTRICT 56
900 Kilbourne Road
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Gurnee, IL 60031
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847-336-0800
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www.d56.org
13 de mayo de 2011
Estimados Miembros de la Comunidad del Distrito 56 de Gurnee:
1. Por primera vez en el D56, el concierto de la banda de la escuela intermedia fue was
transmitido en vivo a través de Internet. Si te perdiste el concierto y fue genial, se puede ver
mediante el acceso a este sitio:
http://www.ihigh.com/d56
El Sr. Hintz me dijo que casi 2.000 personas ya habían accedido a la página. Vamos a seguir
utilizando esta tecnología para futuros eventos.
2. He adjuntado cuatro artículos al final del comunicado que aparecieron en la prensa local esta
semana.
• El primer artículo hablaba sobre el proyecto de construcción y la ceremonia.
• En relación con el segundo artículo, asistí a la reunión del Consejo de la Ciudad de
Waukegan lunes por la noche y se discutieron las preocupaciones de la Junta acerca de un
plan de desarrollo propuesto. El concejal Cunningham pidió a la Junta a considerar la
participación local para el proyecto. Le dije que la Junta se ha comprometido a la
participación local.
• El tercero es otro artículo sobre el proyecto de construcción.
• El cuarto artículo es acerca de “Saldad in the Park” patrocinado por el club de intercambio.
El Club de Intercambio se ha comprometido a la prevención del abuso infantil.
3. El público está invitado a asistir a la ceremonia el 7 de junio a las 5:30 pm. Se les pide a los
asistentes que se estacionen en el estacionamiento de la Iglesia de San Patricio en 15000
Wadsworth Road, cerca de 1 milla al oeste de la obra. El Distrito proporcionará autobuses para el
transporte a la ceremonia. Esperamos contar con su participación.
4. La Srta. Randi Nass, maestra educación de los superdotados en Viking Middle School, me
proporcionó imágenes de los estudiantes de Viking compartiendo sus libros con ilustraciones
originales con los estudiantes Spaulding.
5. La Escuela Viking ha instalado 24 nuevos miembros de la National Junior Honor Society
(NJHS) el miércoles. La Sra. Gutantes es la patrocinadora de NJHS en la Escuela Viking. Aquí
encontrará la lista de los nuevos incorporados:
6to Grado
Raees Ahmad
Cassidy Brooks
Kristina Danos
Mega Hintz
Tyler Horne
Gretchen Nelson
Abigail Oye
Alliyah Parker
Nicole Schlosser
Joel Tapia
Emily Hudgins
Thomas Macheras
Courtney McCawley
Jack Tully
Caroline Velasquez
7mo Grado
Katie Belles
April Johnson
Julissa Navarrete
Mikayla Poehler
8vo Grado
Lily Goluszka
Nicolas Lemus
Melissa Morales
Melodie Rivera
Kyle Schlosser
6. Incluido se encuentran fotos de la celebración bilingüe en May 5 del dia de la madres.
7. Echa un vistazo a la mochila digital para nuevos folletos que se han agregado.
Sinceramente,
John Hutton
Superintendente
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Gurnee District 56 to break ground on new
school
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Gurnee Elementary District 56 plans a groundbreaking ceremony next month for a new school in Wadsworth that’ll
replace a flood-prone building near the Des Plaines River.
District 56 Superintendent John Hutton said the celebration is set for 5:30 p.m. June 7 at the school site near Delany
and Wadsworth roads. Actual construction is to start in July, with occupancy targeted for fall 2012.
Last November, voters gave District 56 an overwhelming ballot-box victory by allowing $28.5 million to be borrowed,
mostly for construction of the new building that’ll replace flood-prone Gurnee Grade School.
Hutton said he was on pins and needles again in the last week when rain caused the Des Plaines River to swell. The
river is a stone’s throw from Gurnee Grade, where a major sandbagging effort last occurred in 2007.
“In the middle of the night, if I hear rain, I wake up,” Hutton said.
Gurnee Grade School houses children in kindergarten through eighth grade. It’ll be replaced by a 600-studentcapacity structure for grades three through five on about 75 acres the district owns in Wadsworth.
Hutton said natural light will be a signature of the new school. He said a courtyard and skylights will be built because
academic studies show children learn better in a brighter environment.
“We’re really trying our best to use natural light as much as we can in every building,” Hutton said.
Plans call for the demolition of Gurnee Grade after the Wadsworth school opens. District officials still anticipate two
federal grants totaling $2.7 million will be approved for the demolition of Gurnee Grade and other structures on
Kilbourne Road, then restoration of the property to wetlands.
Work is set to begin this month on O’Plaine Elementary School adjacent to Gurnee village hall. Some of the $28.5
million loan will go toward reconfiguring O’Plaine to serve kindergarten through eighth grade students.
District 56’s administration office will be on the site where the 80,000-square-foot school will rise in Wadsworth. The
headquarters is slated to open at the same time as the school in fall 2012.
Figures show District 56’s bond-and-interest fund tax rate for property owners will mostly hold steady, although they
will pay off debt on the $28.5 million loan for a longer period of time.
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Gurnee Dist. 56 superintendent questions
Waukegan tax zone
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Gurnee Elementary District 56’s superintendent expressed concern at a public hearing Monday night over the number
of years Waukegan plans to use a special taxing zone to lure businesses to the city’s west side.
Although formal approval hasn’t been granted to the proposed tax-increment financing district, Woodland Foods in
Gurnee already has started rehabilitating a building it plans to move into just a short hop east to Waukegan.
In these districts, tax revenue generated by a property’s increasing value is diverted to a special fund that pays for
certain public and private improvements. The proposed zone in Waukegan is near Sunset, Delany and Green Bay
roads.
Tax increment financing districts are controversial because government agencies such as schools do not receive the
increased property tax money for up to 23 years.
At Monday night’s public hearing before the Waukegan city council, District 56 Superintendent John Hutton asked that
the taxing zone length be about 15 years instead of 23. He said he understands that Waukegan views the district as a
way to spur development.
Parts of Waukegan are within District 56’s boundaries. In a letter, Hutton also questioned whether the area designated
for the business tax incentives qualifies as blighted.
Woodland Foods Chief Executive Officer David Moore said his company has had a need to consolidate operation
because it’s been using buildings through five or six leases in Gurnee. The specialty foods distributor is on Swanson
Court near Route 41 in Gurnee’s east side.
Moore said he was approached last year by Kenosha Area Business Alliance Inc. representatives after they learned of
his company’s desire for a bigger building. He said incentives from the state of Wisconsin and Kenosha County were
being dangled before Waukegan entered the picture.
Waukegan’s proposal to place Woodland Foods in the special taxing area has led the company to already spend more
than $1.9 million on construction for what will be an “absolute state-of-the-art food plant,” Moore said at the public
hearing.
At least 140 jobs will move from Gurnee to Waukegan when Woodland Foods’ new plant opens. The company plans
to have more than 130,000 square feet in Waukegan for distribution of nuts, chiles, salts and other items.
“Woodland Foods is very strong,” Moore said. “The project is moving along very well.”
In 2002, the company gained Gurnee village board permission to expand its facility on Swanson Court. Along with
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District 56, the proposed special taxing zone in Waukegan is within the boundaries of Gurnee-based Warren Township
High School District 121.
Joseph Pilewski, a Duff & Phelps consultant for Waukegan on the tax-increment financing plan, said the city has 90
days from Monday’s public hearing to finalize an agreement with Woodland Foods. He said the city council also must
hold a final vote on the tax incentives within 90 days.
Pilewski said Waukegan meets the state’s Industrial Jobs Recovery Act in creating the tax incentives for the area. The
standards include Waukegan’s lack of growth and higher unemployment rate compared to the rest of the suburbs.
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New District 56 school on track
By Beth Kramer
[email protected]
Last Modified: May 10, 2011 09:01PM
GURNEE — Progress on the new school in Gurnee Grade School District 56 is right on schedule,
according to Superintendent John Hutton.
“We think we’ve done a good job of keeping it right where we want. So far, so good. We’re hoping it
will continue in a smooth way,” Hutton said.
Although construction is still a few weeks away, the bidding process is under way, Hutton said. So far,
contracts for about $1 million of work have been awarded to 19 contractors. Bids for $2 million to $2.5
million of site work are being accepted through June, he said.
The replacement for flood-prone Gurnee Grade School will be built on a 75-acre site on Wadsworth
Road, between Delany and Green Bay roads, in Wadsworth. Voters approved the $28.5 million project in
November.
Gurnee Grade School was built on the east bank of Des Plaines River in Gurnee in the 1950s. Flooding
there has caused mold and other damage, and each flooding has cost about $300,000 in repair.
Hutton estimated 25 days of site preparation in advance of construction.
“What we’d like to do is get dirt rolling shortly after June 7,” Hutton said.
It will take about 16 months to complete the school, tentatively scheduled to open on Oct. 1, 2012,
Hutton said.
The most challenging aspect of the project is getting all the permits, he said. But that was anticipated,
Hutton added.
“We think the process has gone well. The community is .really excited about it. We’re going to have a
good turnout (at the groundbreaking) on June 7,” Hutton said. “This truly is a community project. We’re
just going to keep doing everything we can to get that building finished.”
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Leafy Breakfast Exchange lunch raises $8,000
By Beth Kramer
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GURNEE — Because one good turn deserves another, a director of Arden Shore Child and Family
Services was serving soup and salad Tuesday, part of Breakfast Exchange Club of Gurnee’s annual Salad
in the Park fund-raiser.
Arden Shore is one of the beneficiaries, and director of development Molly Bougearel was one of about
30 volunteers on the crew in Viking Park.
“Since these are people in the community coming together and wanting to give back, as an organization
in the community, I feel we should be giving back to the community,” Bougearel said.
It was a green day on the plate and off. Mike Shrake, the club’s president-elect, said about 1,000 salads
were served throughout the day and raised about $8,000.
Bougearel described Exchange as one of Arden Shore’s “stalwart supporters.” Arden Shore puts the
grant money it receives from the club into its general operating funds. The contribution helps the
organization serve 1,200 children a year who have been abused or neglected or at are at risk for abuse,
she said.
The desire to support the community attracted Pam Ainslie of Lake Villa, Jane Ahrens of Gurnee and
Kelsey Becker of Gurnee.
“I said, it’s for a good cause, so let’s meet here (at Viking Park) for lunch,” Ainslie said.
She said she has attended Salad in the Park five of the 23 years Exchange has held the event.
“I thought it was really good,” Becker said.
“It’s a nice community event to help raise awareness of our goal of preventing child abuse,” Shrake said.
The proceeds will be distributed among several local causes, including Arden Shore and scholarships for
high school students, Shrake said.
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“This is the one (event) where we always have a good turnout. There are very faithful people who come
out every year,” said Penny Dagley, event chairwoman.
Local sponsors including TGIF donated all the food for Tuesday’s soup-and-salad buffet lunch, Dagley
said. Leftovers were donated to a food bank in Zion.
In addition, the club donated 120 lunches to Winchester House, Lake County’s senior living facility in
Libertyville.
“In these economic times, you worry about getting people to show up. But that’s not a problem for Salad
in the Park,” Dagley said.
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