Schools
D228 Board of Education OKs $1.25M in Spending
The Bremen High School District 228 Board of Education approved a two-year busing contract renewal and capital needs funding at its Feb. 19 meeting.
District 228 board members doled out and earmarked a pretty penny on the future of the district at its Feb. 19 meeting. The board first approved a two-year contract extension with Illinois School Bus and Alpha School Bus, before approving 2014 capital needs funding in the amount of $1.25 million.
Both moves were approved in a 5-to-0 vote, with board president Deb Stearns and board member Marc Turner absent from the meeting.
Assistant Superintendent of Finance Tom O'Malley negotiated the busing contracts, said board member Evelyn Gleason. The contracts call for a 1.7 percent increase in cost for the 2013–14 school year and the lesser of the CPI, or 2.5 percent, for the 2014–15 school year.
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“These are great renewal costs, so the [finance] committee and the superintendent both recommend these moves to the board,” Gleason said.
The board also approved spending approximately $1.25 million for capital needs for the four buildings in the district. The price is approximately $280,000 less than what was budgeted for the 2012–13 school year, O'Malley said.
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