SCHOOL BOARD TO SPEND $15,000 ON SPECIAL SERVICES DIRECTOR SEARCH

The Board of Education tonight plans to approve spending $15,000 on an outside consultant to find a new director of special services

See the agenda HERE.

It includes a resolution authorizing the district to hire Atlantic Research Partners of Chicago to conduct the search for $14,500, with $500 allocated for travel.

See the resolution HERE.

Also on tonight's agenda is a resolution to withdraw from the Horizon private health plan that the district has been using and switch back to the state-run program. The resolution states that the Horizon plan is due for a 29% cost increase, while the state plan is set to increase by just 15%, a rate already included in the district budget.

The meeting is set for 7:30 p.m. in the Columbia High School auditorium.