Public Forum to Consider Barrington 220 Calendar Changes

Barrington school district parents, community invited to participate in changes to school calendar, Tuesday, May 14.

Classroom of the Future, Climbing Walls, Mural Coming to Barrington 220

Barrington 220 Educational Foundation to fund innovative programs through ongoing fundraising efforts.

Each year, the Barrington 220 Educational Foundation approves a list of major projects to fund.  These projects are submitted to the Foundation by District 220 administration after seeking ideas from staff.  A committee of members of the Foundation board and various community members are charged with making a recommendation for approval to the Trustees. The approved projects for this year are: High School Prototypical Classrooms of the Future:  The district has been in discussions with distinguished architect, Amy Yurko, owner of Brain Spaces about classroom concepts which rely on brain research, encourage learning, and provide increased flexibility for collaborative work.  These redesigned spaces would involve changes in lighting, color, …

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Input 220 Considers Calendar Shift

Barrington 220 advisory council weekly meetings are open to the public.

  Input 220, an advisory council to the Barrington 220 board of education, will meet Monday, April 29, at 7 p.m. The council is studying whether both semesters should align with the winter break and end at winter vacation starting in the 2014-15 school year. At the last meeting, April 25, the council agreed to eliminate some options:   One of the options still being considered is the Naperville calendar in which school starts on Aug. 20 in 2014 and ends May 28. In a survey of parents, it was determined that parents, staff and students wanted the start of the school year to be as late in August as possible; parents prefer to end school in June, but teachers and students preferred May. The weekly meetings are open and all documents can be …

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Barrington Future Chefs Challenge Finalists Named

Wannabe Wolfgang Pucks pick their best salad recipes to toss in first-ever Future Chefs challenge

  This weekend, 16 fourth- and fifth-graders representing each Barrington 220 elementary school will put their best lettuce leaf forward in a unique competition sponsored by the school district’s food service provider, Sodexo. Two students from each of the eight grade schools were selected from 90 original recipe submissions. They will now face-off in preparing their healthy salad recipes for a panel of distinguished local and regional culinary judges. The contest is Sodexo’s third-annual Future Chefs National Challenge, but it is the first time the event has been held in Barrington 220. The challenge will take place in the Barrington High School cafeteria (616 W. Main St., Barrington) beginning at 10:45 a.m., when the students will don a …

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Barrington 220 Board of Education: 2013 Election Results

Penny Kazmier, Wendy Farley, Sandra Ficke-Bradford and Christopher Geier elected.

Penny Kazmier, Wendy Farley, Sandra Ficke-Bradford and Christopher Geier have been elected to the Barrington 220 Board of Education. See results below:  Results do not include early voting, vote by mail or provisional ballots.   Background information: Six candidates are running for four open seats on the Barrington 220 Board of Education. All candidates were sent questionnaires. Click the candidate’s name to read the profile.  Penelope “Penny” Kazmier Wendy Farley Sandra Ficke-Bradford  Sophia Chen-deVries Christopher Geier Jerry Keaton

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Letter to the Editor: Change Needed on Barrington 220 School Board

Resident supports Christopher Geier and Jerry Keaton.

We need a change in our Barrington 220 school board.  As residents, parents, and taxpayers, I’d like to know that our input is valued.  It doesn’t appear to be. Requesting community input, our Barrington 220 Board of Education conducted a survey in 2012.  The questions related to issues the community would most prefer regarding several topics.  The results- 57% of staff and parents requested the implementation of an all day kindergarten program.  Down the list, was realigning the school calendar to allow the high school students to take first semester finals before Christmas break instead if in mid-January. 40% chose this issue as most important. Results are here-http://www.barrington220.org/domain/2367   The district created a panel …

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Sandra Ficke-Bradford: Barrington 220 School Board Candidate

There are six candidates running for four seats on the Barrington Community Unit School District 220 board of education.

Name:  Sandra Ficke-Bradford Age: 45 Family: Married 19.5 years, 3 children ages 13, 11, and 7 Education: Occupation:  Director Legal Operations, Law Department Motorola Solutions, Inc., 17 years. Previous Elected or Appointed Offices (please include years of service): Barrington 220 Board of Education Member 2009-present   Other community involvement: Barrington 220 Enrollment Monitoring Committee 2007-2009 Barrington United Methodist Church Position sought:Board of Education Member Campaign E-mail address:bradfordfamily@ameritech.net Campaign Website: http://re-electpennyandsandrafor220.org/ Campaign Facebook:http://www.facebook.com/pages/Re-Elect-Penny-and-Sandra-for-220-School-Board/395858940510535  Why are you running?  I am dedicated…

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Barrington 220 School Board Candidates: Election Guide

There are six candidates running for four seats on the Barrington Community Unit School District 220 board of education.

  Six candidates are running for four open seats on the Barrington 220 board of education. All candidates were sent questionnaires.  Click the candidate’s name to read the profile.  Penelope “Penny” Kazmier Wendy Farley Sandra Ficke-Bradford  Sophia Chen-deVries Christopher Geier Jerry Keaton

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