Homer District 33C: May 28 Board Meeting Briefs

HOMER GLEN, IL — The Homer District 33C school board met on May 28 and the district recently shared some happenings and information from the meeting. The next meeting for the board will take place Feb. 27. According to the district website, here's some of what happened at the last board meeting:

Retirees Recognized

• The board recognized 12 retirees in the district: Loraine Creedon, Cindy Denton, Jane Fiedor, Deirdre Galvin, Dawn Johnson, Beth Packo, Pam Piwowar, Arlene Siefert, Ann Christie, Maureen Domke, Mary Ann Johnson and Judith O’Hare.

Hirings

• Jared McCarthy - 8th grade PE/Health teacher at Homer Junior High School
• Cary Fotopoulo - Home Economics teacher at Homer Junior High School
• Amy Ebeidalla - Transitional Program of Instruction at Homer Junior High School
• Jennifer Jeffries - 7th grade language arts teacher at Homer Junior High School
• Patrice Kimzey - bus driver at Transportation
• Douglas Kazmierczak - custodial summer worker at Goodings Grove School
• Raymond Holland - custodial summer worker at Hadley Middle School
• Jamie Hansen - custodian summer worker
• Jessimarie Harris - bus driver at Transportation

Reports

• Arlene Seifert, Director of Technology, reported new Chromebooks were coming out. Her team is getting Powerschool ready for the rollover which will happen after July 1.
• Craig Schoppe, superintendent, reported that the staff at Hadley Middle school are working hard to pack things up in preparation of the summer HVAC project.
• Al Kirkus, Assistant Superintendent for Business, presented the FY20 draft tentative budget.
  

Lastly, the board approved the hiring of Bridget Withrow, Assistant Director of Special Services at Administration, with an annual salary of $90,000, effective July