Day: September 24, 2024

Niles Township High School District 219 teachers and staff are starting off the school year with a new contract that guarantees raises for the next four years, smaller classroom sizes and improved benefits. The board of education approved the teachers’ contract at its meeting on Tuesday. According to district documents Pioneer Press obtained through an open records request, teachers will receive a 5% raise for the 2024-2025 school year, a 4.75% raise in the 2025-2026 school year, a 4% raise for the 2026-2027 and the 2027-2028 school year. “There is a renewed sense of optimism in our schools that we […]

With interviews of applicants seeking to become the next New Trier High School superintendent set to start next month, an executive search firm has provided the school board information a report containing stakeholder perceptions of the school and priorities for the next administrative leader. At their Sept. 16 meeting, District 203 school board members formally received a leadership profile report from the Hazard, Young and Attea (HYA) the search firm retained to facilitate the hiring process to replace Paul Sally, who has announced his retirement at the end of the 2024-25 school year. HYA representatives said almost 1,000 people completed […]