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Township High School District 113 Capital Improvement Plan

Wednesday, January 9, 2013

113 Board Votes on $89 Million Referendum Monday

If measure is approved, voters will decide the fate of capital improvement projects at Deerfield and Highland Park High Schools April 9.

A $114 million renovation project for Highland Park and Deerfield High Schools funded in part of an $89 million referendum bond will considered by the Township High School District 113 Board of Education at 7:30 p.m. Monday at the Administration Building. The remaining $25 million will come from current budgets, according to a news release from the District. Earlier: 113 Board Tackles Funding of Renovation Plans If the Board approves the measure Monday, citizens will have their say April 9. In part, this plan is a scaled down version of a $133 million proposal rejected by 56 percent of the voters two years ago. The proposed improvements include $47.8 million to update infrastructure including mechanical systems at both schools, $26.1 …

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Eddie Jacobs

10:47 pm on Thursday, January 10, 2013

Phylis-feel free to call me on Friday and I would be happy to discuss your questions with you. I appreciate your comments.   more ›

Thursday, November 29, 2012

District 113 Renovation Plan Gets Closer

Community is shown potential work at both Deerfield and Highland Park High Schools while scope of project and funding remain unclear.

Final decisions are still a couple of months away, but local residents are beginning to get an idea as to how much a renovation of Deerfield and Highland Park High Schools will cost and by which method. Architects and construction managers laid out in detail the options for giving a facelift to each school and for the first time assigned some costs to the project at meetings Tuesday and Wednesday at Highland Park High School. Earlier: District 113 Holds First of Three Improvement Plan Meetings Because the District 113 board has the option to cherry pick many individual options from a four tier plan ranging in scope, there was no total cost estimate released. “There is no point in adding it up because there is no plan,” Walter Hainsfurther…

Larry Jones

1:00 pm on Monday, December 3, 2012

if 113 goes first and passes, 112 will never get one to pass   more ›

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