D159 Board Passes $13M Levy
The 2012 levy is approximately $300,000 more than the amount the district levied for in 2011.
The Mokena School District 159 Board of Education voted unanimously to adopt the 2012 tax levy for approximately $13 million at a meeting on Dec. 19. The board held a public hearing prior to approving the levy. Multiple residents attended the hearing and spoke about the impact the levy could have on Mokena. “I appreciate the people that have come out here,” said Board President Patrick Markham. “We’re in this together and we all need to pull together.” Robert Swale, a Mokena resident of five years, announced during the hearing that earlier in the week he filed to run for the district school board in April. Swale also said that in an economy where many have taken pay cuts, he would like to see teachers in Mokena forego their Consumer Price …
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R.W.Voter
7:05 pm on Thursday, December 20, 2012
Was this before the new system went into effect? They denied that it was going on last year, maybe one incident. Now the reporting procedures are in and it is much better. It is impossible for a child to concentrate on schoolwork if he is scared to go to school. They need all the help they can get. Thank you. more ›