KSD140 Connection

At the May 9 Special Board Meeting, C&H Educational Consultants provided the Board of Education with a report detailing the input gathered from community and staff members at the April 21 and April 28 superintendent search meetings. Interview questions and a rubric will be designed around this feedback. Thanks to all who participated and contributed to the process. We appreciate and value your input!

Please click here to review the report in its entirety.

Upcoming dates and a timeline of events relating to the search process are listed below:

• May 16, 2022 - D140 Superintendent post closes
• May 19, 2022 - Board of Education Meeting - C&H Educational Consultants presents the Board of Education with six finalists (Closed Session)
• May 24, 2022 - Board of Education interviews three candidates (Closed Session)
• May 25, 2022 - Board of Education interviews three candidates (Closed Session)
• Week of June 6 - Board of Education interviews the final two candidates
• Week of June 13 - Board Attorney provides a Superintendent contract
• June 16, 2022 - Board of Education Meeting - Official introduction and appointment of new Superintendent (during the Board Meeting)

Please visit ksd140.org/board-of-education/superintendent-search for more information.

Kirby School District 140 is holding an informational meeting for District families at Fernway Park Elementary School on Tuesday, May 17 at 5:00 pm. The District is proposing the construction of a new school building on the western portion of the existing Fernway school property. If approved by voters, this new building will replace the current Fernway Park School.

Details of the project include:

• Estimates for retrofitting and modernizing Fernway Park Elementary School's current infrastructure for HVAC, electrical, plumbing, data, and classrooms were approaching the cost of a new school. The Kirby School District 140 Board of Education believes a new building is a better long-term solution.
• The proposed new school will be built on the western portion of the existing Fernway School property and replace the current Fernway Park School. This design will also create a District Early Childhood Center within Fernway, allowing us to centralize services for our preschool-age students and free up classroom space at our other elementary buildings.
• NO ADDITIONAL TAX IMPACT - D140 will pay for the Fernway project entirely out of cash reserves. If voters approve this project, it will allow D140 to construct a new school building using money already saved and earmarked for the maintenance and care of our facilities.
• VOTE - Illinois law requires D140 to secure voter permission to spend part of our cash reserves to construct a new school building. A referendum will appear on the Tuesday, June 28, 2022 Gubernatorial Primary Election ballot asking for voter permission to construct a new school building on the western portion of the existing Fernway property. The exact question that will appear on the ballot is, “Shall the Board of Education of School District 140, Cook County, Illinois, build one new school building on the Fernway Park School site to replace the Fernway Park School?”

We hope you will consider attending this meeting to gather additional information and ask any questions you may have regarding this project. Your feedback is greatly appreciated!

Online Registration and Residency Verification for the 2022-23 school year ends Wednesday, May 18. Parents/Guardians should register incoming kindergarten students, and current students enrolled in preschool through seventh grade by May 18.

Please log in to your Infinite Campus Parent Portal to begin registration and residency verification today!

Ten outstanding fifth-grade students from Kirby School District 140 recently received Awards of Excellence at the Illinois Principals Association’s Student Recognition Breakfast. Nominated by their classroom teachers and accompanied to the ceremony by District administrators and parents, the students were honored for their citizenship, academics, character, and integrity at a breakfast held at The Odyssey Venue on Friday, May 6.

Congratulations to Bannes Elementary’s Bentyn H. and Elizabeth C.; Fernway Elementary’s Kyle H. and Luxi V.; Keller Elementary’s Naomi B. and William B.; McAuliffe Elementary’s Abby L. and Liam G.; and Millennium Elementary’s Avery H. and Timmy O.

Kirby School District 140 brought home 13 awards from the annual South Cook Math Bowl held at Prairie State College on April 28 - 29. Congratulations to our mathematicians!

D140's Symphonic and Cadet Bands received SUPERIOR ratings at the Illinois Grade School Music Association (IGSMA) State Contest held at Lockport High School on Saturday, April 23. Congratulations to all of our outstanding musicians!

• May 11 - Cadet and Jazz Bands Spring Concert - Grissom @ 7:30 pm
• May 18 - Registration and Residency Verification for the 2022-23 school year - Please log in to your Infinite Campus Parent Portal to begin registration and residency verification
• May 19 - Board of Education Meeting @ 7:00 pm
• May 30 - No School - Memorial Day
• June 3 -- Last day of classes for eighth graders
• June 4 -- Grissom graduation at 10:00 am @ Andrew HS / Prairie View graduation 1:00 pm @ Andrew HS
• June 7 -- Last day of school. This is a Half Day. Elementary schools will be dismissed at 11:10 am and middle schools will be dismissed at noon.

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Website: ksd140.org
Location: 16931 Grissom Drive, Tinley Park, IL
Phone: (708) 532-6462
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