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Wednesday, November 14, 2012

With No Quorum Tuesday, Valley View Reschedules Board Meeting

Too few school board members in attendance meant Tuesday's meeting has to be rescheduled for Nov. 20.

Because of a lack of a quorum, Tuesday night’s Valley View School District 365U Board of Education meeting was canceled and re-scheduled for Tuesday, Nov. 20.  The meeting, which will be held at the Administration Center, 755 Dalhart Ave. in Romeoville. Executive session will begin at 6:30. The public session of the meeting will begin at 7 p.m. A tentative 2012 tax levy is on the agenda for the meeting. The 2012 proposed tax levy is a 4.21 percent increase from the 2011 extension. READ MORE:  According to a report from Assistant Superintendent for Admistrative Services Gary Grizaffi, the requested levy amount will likely be higher than the actual levy. That’s because this year’s equalized assessed valuation (EAV) of all properties within …

Tuesday, November 13, 2012

Proposed 2012 Valley View Tax Levy is 4.21% Higher than 2011 Extension

The Valley View School District 365U board of education will vote on its 2012 tax levy Dec. 10 and then has until April 1 to make adjustments.

Valley View School District 365U board members will review a proposed 2012 tax levy Tuesday night.  The board will vote at Tuesday's meeting to set an estimated 2012 levy. It will then vote Dec. 10 to adopt a final 2012 levy.  The tentative levy request would seek just more than $153 million in property taxes, which make up about 70 percent of the district’s revenues. The amount represents a 4.21 percent increase over last year’s extension of $147 million. While the final levy is scheduled to be adopted on Dec. 10, the district will have until April 1, 2013, to make adjustments. According to a report from Assistant Superintendent for Admistrative Services Gary Grizaffi, the requested levy amount will likely be higher than the actual levy. …

Truth Seeker

2:47 pm on Tuesday, November 13, 2012

Melissa, Maybe you could ask if it's common for other school districts to pay for trainings, seminars, continuing ed classes... for the teachers and staff of private schools. If not, will the payments for St Dominic employees stop when Quigley's kids graduate from there? The public probably doesn't realize that taxpayers have been funding the Catholic school. When it was made public that VVSD was…   more ›

Monday, November 14, 2011

School Board to Vote on 2011 Tax Levy

Proposal is a 4.77 increase over last year's levy, but will likely be adjusted downward once property value totals are known.

Board members are scheduled to vote tonight on the estimated 2011 tax levy for Valley View School District 365U. The tentative levy request would seek just more than $149 million in property taxes, which make up about 76 percent of the district’s revenues. The amount represents a 4.77 percent increase over last year’s extension of $142 million. While the final levy is scheduled to be adopted on Dec. 12, the district will have until April 1, 2012, to make adjustments. According to a report from Assistant Superintendent for Admistrative Services Gary Grizaffi, the requested levy amount will likely be higher than the actual levy. That’s because this year’s equalized assessed valuation (EAV) of all properties within the district and new …

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Kristie

3:15 pm on Thursday, November 17, 2011

peteee363, You haven't answered any of the questions. You said that merit pay "works for everybody in the private sector" but you are wrong. As has already been said, doctors, dentists, nurses...are all paid more when their "students" fail to do what they have been taught to do. You compare private schools to public schools but you forget that private schools get to pick and choose which students…   more ›

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