The Geneva School Board sets a policy saying picketing will not be allowed on school property and violations could result in disciplinary proceedings. Talks will continue Tuesday.
For the first time since late August, no teacher or Geneva Education Association member spoke publicly at a Geneva School District 304 board meeting. Six people stepped to the podium during the brief comments session of Monday night's special meeting at the Coultrap facility, where Geneva board members established a new policy on picketing, then adjourned to executive session. On Oct. 26, the Geneva Education Association filed its intent to strike. A teachers strike could take place as soon as Friday, Nov. 9. The two sides are scheduled to resume talks at 4 p.m. Tuesday. School District 304 sent an e-blast Oct. 31, saying Geneva schools would remain open in the event of a teachers strike, although regular classroom work and most …
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The Geneva School Board OKs very modest increases for school lunch fees and registration—but fees still lower than several neighbors.
Parents of Geneva public school students will pay 10 cents more per lunch next and $5 more a year to register students for high school. The School District 304 Board of Education OK'd two modest fee increases at Monday's board meeting. Assistant Superintendent for Business Services Donna Oberg said the district has been monitoring the lunch fees closely for several years. There has been no lunch-fee increase since 2008, while the cost of food, labor and especially transportation have significantly gone up. The district ran a $15,000-plus deficit in the lunch program for the 2010-11 school year and is trending about that same this year. "We don’t want to make a profit on the lunch-fee program, but we do want to break even," Oberg said. The …
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6:53 pm on Thursday, November 8, 2012
Update-after I pointed out how ridiculous this answer was the GEA changed it. The verbiage may sound better but they are still out of touch with reality. more ›