Round Lake District 116

To answer a lot of visitors inquiries the Round Lake Area Schools will have their
first day of school on Wednesday, August 18th.

Winter Break will be from Monday December 20th through Friday, December 31st

Spring Break will be from Monday, March 28th through Friday, April 1st

The last day of school will be Friday, May 27th, providing there are no make-up days. 

For a more detailed schedule CLICK HERE

Now, go back and enjoy the summer and quit worrying about when school starts.  :-)

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It was reported in the Daily Herald by Bob Susnjara yesterday that the Avon Center School, which many Round Lake students attend, was considering the possibility of installing air conditioning for the next academic year.  They claim that the design of the windows and hallways prevents good air flow.

What is interesting is that it’s being discussed about a building that has gotten by without A/C since 1950. I can remember when my 42 year old daughter attended Beach Elementary and we simply asked her teacher if she could bring a 20″ box fan to school to help cool the room. I still have that fan with our family name still written on the top and it served her classmates well for several years until she went on to the Junior High School.  Most schools, other than the old Chicago ones, only have a small crank-out window at the bottom of the larger window to allow them to be opened during the rain, so Avon may not be unique in its design.

What really caught my attention in the article was the comment by School Board President Mary Garcia when she reportedly said “It’s the new lockdown procedures. We have to be able to close that door in an instant and lock it. And you cannot do that with a prop.” when responding to why doors couldn’t be opened in an effort to allow fresh air to flow into the room.

Just what type of ‘prop’ was she referring to? Most of us would simply use a rubber doorstop that could easily be kicked out of the way. Or how about a big old U.S. history book that Glenn Beck claims are  not being used? Maybe she is thinking more in terms of a prop like the one shown below:

Avon Center School's Door Prop?

(Information does not include both Middle Schools)

Information obtained from FindYourSchool.info

….When It Comes To What They Pay Their Superintendent.

With details being released regarding Round Lake Area Schools District 116 contract with new Superintendent Dr. Constance Collins it shows that District 116 will be paying an amount equal to what areas such as Barrington and Wheaton Warrenville are paying their superintendents.

Dr. Collins base salary will be $207,000 plus benefits paid into her pension plan which may come very close to matching the total package of $243,000 she was earning at Oak Park Elementary District 97. In addition she will receive $500/month for automobile expenses to cover in-district travel expenses whether it be using her own vehicle or a leased one.

The students in the Round Lake Area Middle Schools should be all ‘a twitter’ over the awarding of $850,000 in stimulus money for upgrading the schools technology. Through the outstanding efforts of the administration these funds, which are part of a $10 million federal stimulus grant, will be used to purchase new laptops for every student in the middle schools. That means that each student in the sixth through eighth grade will hopefully have access to a school owned computer during the 2010-2011 academic year.

These grants were awarded to school districts who showed a substantial need for improved technology as well as having a higher than average number of low-income households. Only fifteen schools across Illinois received a portion of this grant money, so our hats are off to everyone at Round Lake School District 116 that played an important role in securing these funds.

Back on March 26th a visitor to this site asked me if the Constitution, George Washington, Abe Lincoln etc. were being taught at Round Lake District 116 Schools. My advice to the questioner was to contact the school direct and ask them. When I was in high school it was a requirement to pass the Constitution test in order to graduate.

Here was that persons latest email to me:

I emailed Ben Martindale of R. L. School District twice asking him if
the Constitution or Washington, Lincoln etc were being taught at the
schools. So far I have not received any answer at all. Anyone know
about the history or lack of that is being taught at the schools ?

Maybe someone from the Round Lake school system could post an answer here so we ALL know the answer. Hopefully Dr. Ben Martindale will stop by to respond as well since he failed to directly reply to TWO requests from a concerned residents question!

But not the type of “Show and Tell” you might think would be going on at your students school. In this case it was several boys who decided to “show” their private parts to a few female students who in turn decided to “tell” their parents about it. This went much further than what one might think to be considered as “boys will be boys” type of activity. It reportedly happened on more than one occasion which got the boys involved bounced from the District 116 system.

The incidents apparently happened, unbeknown to the teachers and staff, during classroom changes over the last couple of months. Police were not made aware of the situation by the school administrators until one of the students parents contacted them. Once an investigation took place, three boys were charged with disorderly conduct and referred to the Lake County Juvenile Prosecutors Division on March 25th.

Studies have shown that over a third of students between the ages of 11 and 18 years old have experienced some form of sexual harassment or inappropriate behavior while in school. Exposing oneself goes to the extreme according to the studies.