DIAMOND LAKE, DISTRICT 76
Petition packets for residents interested in seeking election to the School Board are available from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday through Friday in the District Office at West Oak Middle School, 500 Acorn Lane, Mundelein. Five board positions are up for election on April 17. These are made up of four 4-year terms and one 2-year term. The first day to circulate petitions is Nov. 7. For information, call Roger Prosise at 847-566-9221.
GRAYSLAKE, DISTRICT 127
Nominating petition forms for the April 17 School Board election are available from 7:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday through Friday in the District Office, 400 N. Lake St., Grayslake. On the date of election, candidates must be U.S. citizens, at least 18 years old, a resident of Illinois and the school district for at least one year immediately preceding the election, and a registered voter. A board member cannot be a school treasurer and cannot be a child sex offender. For more information, call Karen Miller at 847-986-3441.
LIBERTYVILLE, DISTRICT 70
John McGuan, a 6-year-old pupil at Butterfield School, was named grand-prize winner of the Chicago Bears and Staley the Mascot’s First & Goal School Program. More than 20,000 children throughout the state competed in the program to fight childhood obesity.John will receive tickets to a Bears game, an autographed ball and other prizes.
WARREN TOWNSHIP HIGH SCHOOL DISTRICT 121
Nominating petition forms for the April School Board election are available from 7:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. school days in the District Office at Warren Township High School, 17962 W. Gages Lake Rd., Gages Lake. Three seats on the 7-member board will be filled. The three candidates elected will serve a 4-year term expiring in April 2011. At least one candidate must reside in an unincorporated area of the district. Petitions must be filed at the school between Jan. 29 and Feb. 5. For more information, call Jeanne Love at 847-599-4441.
VERNON HILLS, DISTRICT 73
Residents interested in running for the Hawthorn Board of Education may obtain nominating forms Oct. 31 in District Office, 841 West End Ct., Vernon Hills. Four seats on the 7-member board will be filled during the April 17 election, with candidates serving 4- year terms. For more information, call 847-990-4218.
DEERFIELD, TOWNSHIP HIGH SCHOOL DISTRICT 113
The Counseling Department will host a meeting for junior students and their parents to present information on the post-high school planning process at 7 p.m. Nov. 8 in the auditorium at Deerfield High School, 1959 Waukegan Rd. For information, call Cheryl Smith at 224-632-3053.
LINCOLNSHIRE-PRAIRIE VIEW SCHOOL DISTRICT 103
The program “How Busy Is Too Busy–The Overscheduled Child” will be presented to parents from 7 to 8:30 p.m. Nov. 9 in Wright Junior High School, 1370 Riverwoods Rd., Lincolnshire. Admission is free. For additional information, 847-295-4030.
WOODLAND COMMUNITY CONSOLIDATED SCHOOL DISTRICT 50
The Board of Education will conduct a community stakeholder group to outline items the board should consider in its 3- to 5-year improvement plan from 8 a.m. to noon Nov. 11 in Woodland Middle School, 7000 Washington St., Gurnee. Call 847-856-3607.
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