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Multiple U-46 proposals await board attention

By Seth Hancock
  The Board of Education in School District U-46 is set to vote on $413,020 in expenditure proposals at its upcoming meeting on Monday, Feb. 26.
  The items were presented at the Feb. 5 meeting.
  The largest proposal is $148,960, from the education fund if approved, with Corwin to send “up to 40 team members,” the proposal states, to the Visible Learning Annual Conference from July 8 to July 11 in San Diego, California.
  “The Visible Learning Conference is a four-day conference created to bring together teams of educators to explore the theme of Quality Implementation to enact the research,” the proposal states. “Educators will learn how to galvanize their learning through Visible Learning research and evidence as well as explore opportunities for student growth and achievement in the teaching landscape of today.”
  Costing $105,543 (education fund), the district is seeking a three-year contract renewal with Raptor Technologies which provides the district’s visitor management system.
  The board will vote on $88,000 in funding for the Alignment Collaborative for Education (ACE).
  ACE, comprised of business and government entities with a stated purpose to serve U-46, was founded in 2013 with an original promise that it would be fully funded through private donations. But U-46 taxpayers continue to be the largest individual funders of ACE.
  Costing $68,517 (education fund), the district is seeking a contract renewal with the AVID Center. AVID, or Advancement Via Individual Determination, has been offered in the district since the 2009-2010 school year.
  “AVID is a nonprofit college and career readiness system designed to help students develop the skills they need to be successful in college…. In U-46, Advancement Via Individual Determination (AVID) is a school-wide college and career instructional system for students in grades 7-12,” the proposal states.