D-112 To Accept Reconfiguration Proposals From Community

Members of the community will have the opportunity to submit proposals for district reconfiguration in the North Shore School District 112, the district announced Thursday.

While the board of education still plans on working toward developing and refining plans for the controversial 7-building model that had been presented in recent months, they plan on considering alternative configuration proposals as well.

On March 6, the district will share detailed information about how community members can submit proposals for alternate configuration ideas. Proposals will be evaluated based on criteria developed by the Superintendent’s Citizen Finance and Facilities Advisory Committee (SCFFAC), as well as additional factors to consider that have emerged from new information developed during the architectural study.

Here are some key upcoming dates the district has set aside.

• March 3: At the Board of Education meeting, architects and staff will present details of a proposed timeline and process for the next 12 months.
• March 6: Information available for community members who want to submit proposals.
• March 12: Informational meeting for community members who want to submit proposals.
• March 19: At the Board of Education meeting, architects, staff and advisory committee members will give a presentation reviewing the configuration models examined by the District during the architectural study, and explain why many were ruled out and how the 7-building model was arrived at.
• April 7: Community proposals are due at noon. An update about the proposals received will be given at the 7 p.m. Board of Education Committee of the Whole meeting.
• April 16: Proposal review. Community members who submit proposals will be invited to the Board of Education meeting to present them.
• April 18 and 21: If there are a large number of proposals received, proposal presentations may also be scheduled for this date.
• April 21: The Board of Education will evaluate proposals, and those that are feasible will be passed on to the district’s architects for further review.
• April through July: Concepts for the 7-building model and any viable alternative configurations will continue to be developed
• Mid-July: The Board of Education will select one model with which to move forward