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January 3, 2012
Students in North Greene Unit District No. 3 seem to have returned for the second semester ready to learn, if one day is of any kind of indicator. It’s hard to believe the school year is half over already. Just twenty (20) weeks of school remain in the 2011-2012 school year.
Soon eighty (80) iPad2’s will be made available to North Greene High School students. Principal Keppen Clanton is excited about the prospect of seeing high school students engaging with content on the Internet and making use of these extremely useful devices. These devices will not be going home with students, unlike the MacBooks we have made available to our Roodhouse students, primarily because we have not been able to acquire enough iPad2’s for each and every high school student. We want all those students, however, to make some use of them during the school day. Until such time that circumstances allow for a one-to-one initiative, we’ll make due with what we have and add devices as circumstances allow.
The State of Illinois continues to experience some rough economic times and school districts across the state will be asked to bear more of the fiscal burden until the economic picture brightens. This is particularly tough on districts such as ours that are heavily dependent upon General State Aid.
With transportation reimbursements taking a huge hit by the powers that be, we’ll really be impacted simply because we are a relatively large district – 176 square miles.
I will try this winter and spring to update this space more routinely and bring you news from the district about which I’m sure you and your families will be interested to learn more.
Les Stevens