Board RECAP

The Class Size Committee reviewed enrollment data from the first semester of the 2025–2026 school year, which included 3,423 course sections across five high schools serving nearly 12,000 students. Less than 1 percent of sections exceeded class size guidelines, and each by only one student, even as the District welcomed 300 additional students within the first month of school. This review underscores District 211’s commitment to equitable access, high-quality learning, and responsible resource management. Monitoring class size is essential to ensuring that every student in District 211 has access to high-quality learning experiences in alignment with our mission and Strategic Plan goals of academic growth, college and career readiness, and on-time graduation. By maintaining balanced class sizes, we uphold our values of equity and inclusion by providing students with equitable opportunities for engagement, individualized support, and success.

In accordance with Public Act 97-0256, this information must be reported to the ISBE each year no later than October 1. The October 1 deadline complements other financial and reporting deadlines and allows for the reporting of actual salary and benefit information from the prior school year. Therefore, the salary and benefit data that must be reported to the ISBE by October 1, 2025 reflects the actual base salaries and benefits provided to all licensed or certificated staff for the period of July 1, 2024 through June 30, 2025.

District 211’s 2025 summer school program offered students valuable opportunities for academic learning, enrichment, and exploration across two semesters. Thousands of students participated in academic courses, activities, and athletic camps designed to extend learning beyond the regular school year. The program required significant involvement of staff, facilities, and resources, reflecting the district’s commitment to supporting student growth.

The report is available for review here.

Starting in 2022 Township High School District 211 created a strategic plan that set priorities, goals, strategies, and targets for five years of innovation. Developed by a Steering Committee of staff, parents, students, community members, and Board of Education members, and reviewed by the Board, the plan incorporated feedback from hundreds of community members through surveys and focus groups.

This strategic plan is vital because it aligns resources, unifies stakeholders, and drives progress with purpose and accountability for the goals outlined for student success in D211.

Section 5/17-1 of the School Code of Illinois requires that each school district adopt an annual budget before the end of the first quarter of each fiscal year (September 30).

The Board of Education adopted the resolution to establish the fiscal year of the School District to begin July 1, 2025 and end June 30, 2026, and that the budget as presented for the fiscal year 2025-2026.

The resolution is available here, the budget summary is available here, and the budget is available here.

Each year, taxing districts determine the amount of revenue necessary through property taxes for the following year’s budget. The amount of taxes requested by each taxing body is called a tax levy. Each year, the tax levy must be filed with the Cook County Clerk who determines the tax rate necessary to assess property taxes in order to generate the amount of the levy filed by each taxing body by the last Tuesday in December. All Cook County taxing districts operate under the Property Tax Extension Limitation Law (PTELL) commonly referred to as the “Tax Cap.” The Tax Cap limits the rate at which a taxing body may increase its levy from the prior year’s levy amount. The limitation at which this portion of the total levy may increase is established by the change in the Consumer Price Index for Urban Consumers (CPI-U) from the previous calendar year.