Date & Time:               Friday July 24, 2009
                                                Noon Shot Gun Start                              
                                                Registration Begins at 11:15 am                                
Location:                        Piper Glen Golf Course
Format:                       Four-Person Scramble                                        Registration Fee:     $100 per golfer includes~
                                                18 Holes of Golf with Cart
                                                Lunch
                                                Prizes, Raffles, Drawings
                                                Beverages on the Course
                                                Dinner following Golf at Piper Glen 
 

For more information Contact: Scott McAdams:  217-483-6158

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News from the June 22nd Board of Education Meeting:
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   Superintendent Gillum and the Board recognized the following in the “Good News” report:
   The Spring athletics season was a huge success.  Fourteen athletes represented Glenwood in the IESA State Track Meet and three teams competed in the State final four series.  The GHS Baseball and Softball teams advanced to the State Championship game and each earned runner-up honors while the GHS Girls Soccer Team brought home a third place trophy.
   Board Recognition of IESA State Track Athletes -   The following students received a medal at the IESA state track meet in May: 7^th grade girls 4X100 5^th place (Anika Webster, Nikki Hogan, Makenzie McClintock, Haley Johnson, alternate Lexi Weakley); 8^th Grade girls 4X100 1^st place (Malina Murphy, Crystal Lee, Taylor Copp, Jazmine Jackson, alternate Rachel Crowley); Pole Vault 7^th place Katelyn Eike; Pole Vault 6^th place Raquel Ellison; Hurdles 3^rd place Taylor Copp; and 800  5^th place  Hannah Johnson.
   Chris Becker and Susan Nation, who were instrumental in developing a student military support group, were awarded the “Employee Excellence” awards.
   The district has been named once again a SchoolSearch “Bright Star Award” recipient. The award is presented to districts whose students’ academic performance rank in the top one-third but whose per pupil expenditures rank in the lower one-fourth of Illinois School districts.  Sixty-eight (68) of the eight-hundred sixty-eight (868) Illinois Districts are being honored with Bright Start Awards.
   During the Budget Hearing, the Board approved three resolutions:

   *  To Abate Working Cash Fund in the amount of $4,000,000 and to transfer such amount to the Educational Fund on or before the close of business on June 30, 2009.
   *  For Transfer from Educational Fund to Operations and Management $15,000,000 before the close of business on June 30, 2009.
   *  For Permanent Transfer from O & M to Capital Projects Fund $15,000,000 from the District's Operations and Maintenance Fund to the Capital Projects Fund on or before the close of business on June 30, 2009, which Fund shall be used for the development, construction, and equipping a new K-4 elementary school.

·       Carolyn Green, representative from Ittner Architects, presented on their work with Action Team 24. The team was charged with taking the new elementary school’s design “from wish list to reality.” They were able to come to a consensus on a building that was approximately 70,000 sq. ft., with future building expansion options for a larger gymnasium, cafeteria and classrooms. Superintendent Gillum presented another option that would increase the size of the gymnasium, cafeteria and classrooms at this time, rather than wait until it is urgently needed in the future and building costs are higher. The Board agreed and voted to approve the superintendent’s recommendation bringing the total square footage to 74,416.

·       The Board viewed a Ball-Chatham promotional DVD, created by GHS students, now graduates, Matt Hartzler and Zach Weinhoff. The impressive DVD will be available for viewing online in the very near future.  

l  Superintendent Gillum reviewed a preliminary FY10 Budget. Due to the ongoing changes in the ISBE formulas and the lack of legislative action to fund several categorical budgets the FY10 revenue picture is still unclear. However, at this point, FY10 revenue projection estimates are at $41.5 mil. and FY10 expense projection estimates are at $44.3 mil.

l   The Board authorized the sale of 43 acres on Southwind Road for $569,750.

 ·         Dave Murphy, Action Team 32 team leader, reported that 97 of all district evaluators have been trained on the new ESP evaluation tool.

 ·         Michelle Bulinski, Action Team 33 team leader, reported that all ESP staff have received the new evaluation tool and their revised job descriptions.

 ·         The Board approved the proposal from Indiana Insurance to renew the Property, Casualty, and Workers’ Compensation Insurance at a 0% increase in premiums for the Commercial Package Policy, Auto Policy and Umbrella Policy.

 ·         The Board approved a change in the district’s gas supplier, from Ameren to the Illinois Energy Consortium, for Ball, GIS and GMS, with the expectation that the district could save thousands of dollars in doing so.

 ·         The bid for $61,500 from R.L. Vollintine to repair the GHS Press Box was approved.

 ·         July’s Regular Board Meeting was moved from July 27^th to July 20^th, and a Special Board Meeting to discuss construction management was set for June 30^th at 6 p.m., at the District Office.

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Ball-Chatham's on Twitter!
What is Twitter? Twitter is a one-way communication tool using short messages that allows information to be shared between people. You can access Twitter from a computer or a range of mobile devices including mobile phones and pdas (a great way to keep up with school information).

To follow Ball-Chatham news on Twitter, you can find us at www.twitter.com/BallChatham5. If you are not using Twitter yet, sign up, and follow us. Our district will be posting "Tweets" regularly to keep our parents and community even better informed.

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GHS announces Summer Sports Camps.  Get the brochure and register early!

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Pay for lunches now through Skyward Family Access on each school website

To add money to your child’s food service account please to go Skyward Family Access at any of our schools’ websites, or click on the link below.

https://skywardfamilyaccess.iscorp.com/cgi-bin/wspd_cgi.sh/WService=wseduballchathamil/fwemnu01.w

 While in Family Access you may view your balance, what your child has been eating, AND make a payment. Parents will need to have their child's seven digit student ID number in order to gain access. Please note that there will be a small processing fee charged to your credit or debit account with each transaction made.

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