Township High School District 113
Address
1040 Park Avenue West
Highland Park
, Lake County, Illinois, 60035
United States
District information
MottoA Passion for Potential
Grades9–12[1]
SuperintendentDr. Bruce Law
SchoolsDeerfield High School
Highland Park High School
NCES District ID1719080[1]
Students and staff
Students3,386[1]
Other information
Websitedist113.org

Township High School District 113 is a school district in Illinois, with its headquarters in Highland Park.[2] It is made up of two high schools and serves Highland Park, Deerfield, Highwood, Bannockburn, and Riverwoods.

It is governed by a 7-member school board. Dr. Bruce Law currently serves as the district's superintendent. The school board president is Jodi Shapira, the vice president is Ken Fishbain, and the secretary is Stacey Meyer. They serve alongside Gayle Byck, Elizabeth Garlovsky, Michael Pearlman, and Dan Struck.[3]

Capital Improvements

April 2011 Referendum In April 2011, the District 113 school board voted to approve a $133M ballot measure for capital improvements. The plan was defeated with 56.5% of voters voting against the plan.[4]

April 2013 Referendum After the defeat of the initial $133M plan, the District held open recruitment for community members to serve on "study groups" that would assist in evaluating the district's needs, and eventually, how to move forward. This culminated in the development of a Long-Range Master Plan, laying out a blueprint for the next several decades. The study groups were made up of a diverse group of community members from the district's feeder towns, and included both members of CARE for 113 (the "vote yes" committee) and Education 1st (the "vote no" committee). The groups presented their findings at a series of community meetings held in 2012. The ballot measure, a referendum for $89M in funds, was passed on April 9, 2013, election with 52.4% of voters approving.[5]

The total cost of the new project is $114M - $25M will come from the district's existing capital improvements operating budget line item over five years, and the remaining $89M will come from a bond issue.

Schools

Feeder School Districts

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Search for Public School Districts – District Detail for Twp HSD 113". National Center for Education Statistics. Institute of Education Sciences. Retrieved 2022-03-05.
  2. ↑ "site_banner.jpg Archived 2011-05-19 at the Wayback Machine." Township High School District 113. Retrieved on October 9, 2011. "1040 Park Ave West | Highland Park, Illinois 60035"
  3. ↑ "Board Members and Contact Information". Township High School District 113. Retrieved March 29, 2021.
  4. ↑ Voters Reject High School Referendum, Deerfield, IL Patch http://deerfield.patch.com/articles/district-113-school-referendum-fails April 8, 2011
  5. ↑ "After referendum win in District 113, five years of work on the agenda – Chicago Tribune".


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