Board Update October 2024

• Attend the Community Engagement Workshop from 6-8 p.m. Monday, October 28th at Northbrook Junior High gymnasium, 1475 Maple Ave. The public is welcome. RSVP

• Take a building tour to see targeted areas of need firsthand.

• 11/13/24 - Westmoor Building Tour, 6-6:30 p.m.

• 11/14/24 - NBJH Building Tour, 6-6:30 p.m.

• 11/20/24 - Greenbriar Building Tour, 6-6:30 p.m.

• 11/21/24 - Meadowbrook Building Tour, 6-6:30 p.m.
  

• Participate in the electronic survey. All parents and workshop participants will receive an email with a link to the survey. The survey link will also be sent via text message to registered voters. A postcard with a QR code to access the survey will be mailed to district homes. A link to the survey will also be posted on the district website and shared on our social media channels.
  

Every year, the district must adopt a tax levy to request the maximum dollar amount that can be received from property taxation. Local property tax revenues fund about 85 percent of the district’s operations.

The tax levy is subject to the limitations of the Property Tax Limitation Law (PTELL), otherwise known as the tax cap, and restricts the growth in property tax revenue to the lesser of 5% or the annual change in the Consumer Price Index (CPI) for the previous calendar year. The 2023 CPI was 3.4%

This year, the district will receive new property tax revenues from the Skokie/Dundee Tax Increment Finance (TIF) district that the Village of Northbrook terminated this year. With the combination of the terminated TIF, the unknowns, such as changes in equalized assessed valuation and new property, and a CPI of 3.4%, the district is proposing a levy increase of 9.97% over the prior year’s extension.

However, the actual amount the district will receive is calculated by the assessor’s office within the Truth in Taxation Law constraints. The Board of Education will hold a public hearing on November 19 before adopting the new levy.

View the 2023 Estimated Tax Levy

Charity Davis is a long-term substitute for Northbrook Junior High. She most recently worked at Evanston-Skokie School District 65 as a 7th-grade special education teacher. She has a bachelor’s degree in elementary and special education from Indiana University.

Please welcome the following support staff:

• Deepti Bansal, classroom assistant at Westmoor;
• Grace Bush, special education assistant at Greenbriar;
• Kathleen Corcoran, special education assistant at Greenbriar;
• Nicholas Crain-Flor, administrative assistant at District Office;
• Claudia Daniluk, classroom assistant at Meadowbrook;
• Alyssa Incrocci, classroom assistant at Greenbriar;
• Marisa Martin, special education assistant at Meadowbrook; and
• Carla Smith, special education assistant at Greenbriar.