The meetings begin Feb. 25 and conclude April 25 (click to see complete list).
A discussion of legal issues will be presented as a panel or breakout session at eight division meetings. “Trends in the Schoolyard” will include teams of legal experts examining student management issues.
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Ralph Martire, executive director of the Center for Tax and Budget Accountability, school board member and a familiar face at division dinner meetings, will present “The Future of Illinois & State Funding” at four of this year’s meetings. Finance will also be the topic for Jim Burgett of Stifel and Michael Jacoby, executive director of the Illinois Association of School Business Officials.
Each Division Dinner Meeting also offers networking opportunities and updates from IASB staff, directors, and resolutions chairs on resolutions, legislative updates, and other Association activities. Some divisions may also offer school facility tours or breakout sessions.
Brochures detailing the 2016 Spring Division Dinner Meetings’ panels, schedules, and locations will be mailed and posted online. Check the IASB website calendar for the brochure and registration links for your division. Please note that beginning with these spring meetings, all division dinner meeting registrations must be completed online.
Here is the list of this year’s spring division dinner meetings:
February 25 Illini Mattoon
CUSD 2
The Future of Illinois & State Funding-Ralph Martire, The
Center for Tax & Budget Accountability
March 1 Abe Lincoln Taylorville
CUSD 3
Legal Experts Panel Discussion: Trends
in the Schoolyard-David Braun & Luke Feeney, Miller, Tracy, Braun
Funk & Miller & Jay Greening, Miller, Hall & Triggs
March 1 Wabash Valley Effingham
CUSD 40
Riding the Sea of School Finance-Jim Burgett, Stifel; Trends in
the Schoolyard: Legal Update on Managing Students-Donna Davis, Miller, Tracy,
Braun, Funk & Miller; Developing Business Partnerships Roundtable-Mark
Doan, Effingham CUSD 40
March 1 DuPage Fenton
HS, Bensenville
Role of Illinois Secretary of Education
in Cradle-to-Career Strategy & Policy-Dr. Beth Purvis
March 2 Three Rivers Troy
CCSD 30C
Community Engagement & the School Board: What &
Why-Angie Peifer, IASB
March 2 Central IL Valley Central
SD 51
Community Engagement-Gary Tipsord, LeRoy CUSD 2; Trends in the
Schoolyard: Legal Update on Managing Students-Donna Davis, Miller, Tracy,
Braun, Funk & Miller
March 2 Southwestern Freeburg
CHSD 77
Legal Experts Panel Discussion: Trends in the Schoolyard-Merry
C. Rhoades, Tueth Keeney; Colette McCarty, Robbins Schwartz & Barney
Mundorf, Guin Mundorf
March 3 Northwest Timber
Creek Golf Club, Dixon
School Funding & the State Budget-Mike Jacoby, IASBO
March 3 Egyptian Irvington
CCSD 11
The Future of Illinois & State Funding-Ralph Martire, The
Center for Tax & Budget Accountability
March 8 Two Rivers Waverly
CUSD 6
Legal Experts Panel Discussion: Trends in the Schoolyard-Dennis
Gorman, Schmiedeskamp; Colette McCarty, Robbins Schwartz & H. Allen Yow,
Rammelkamp Bradney
March 9 Shawnee Carterville
CUSD 5
Riding the Sea of School Finance-Jim Burgett, Stifel; Trends in
the Schoolyard: Legal Update on Managing Students-Brandon K. Wright, Miller,
Tracy, Braun, Funk & Miller
March 9 Lake Charles
J. Caruso Middle School, Deerfield SD 109
Role of Illinois Secretary of Education in Cradle-to-Career
Strategy & Policy-Dr. Beth Purvis
March 10 Starved Rock Senica’s
Oak Ridge Golf Club, LaSalle
The Future of Illinois & State Funding-Ralph Martire, The
Center for Tax & Budget Accountability
March 15 Corn Belt Ridgeview
CUSD 19, Colfax
School Safety: Protecting Our Future Through Information
Sharing-Mia Ray Langheim, Statewide Terrorism & Intelligence Center; Trends
in the Schoolyard: Legal Update on Managing Students-Brandon K. Wright, Miller,
Tracy, Braun Funk & Miller
March 29 Kaskaskia Greenville
College, Greenville
In partnership with IASA: Illinois Legislator Panel Discussion
March 29 Western West
Prairie SD 103, Colchester
School Safety: Protecting Our Future Through Information
Sharing- Mia Ray Langheim, Statewide Terrorism & Intelligence Center;
Schools as Learning Organizations-Bridget Sheng & Sandra Watkins, Western
Illinois University
March 31 Blackhawk Sherrard
CUSD 300
Trends in the Schoolyard: Legal Update on Managing
Students-Brandon K. Wright, Miller, Tracy, Braun, Funk & Miller; Crisis
Management Requires Readiness-Mark Twomey, Macomb CUSD 185
April 5 North Cook Café
La Cave, Des Plaines
Improving School Security-Paul Timm, President, RETA Security,
Inc.
April 6 Kishwaukee Huntley
CSD 158
School Funding & the State Budget-Mike Jacoby, IASBO
April 14 South Cook Silver
Lake County Club, Orland Park
The Future of Illinois and State Funding-Ralph Martire, The
Center for Tax & Budget Accountability
April 25 West Cook Ridgewood
CHSD 234
The Power of Educational Technology-Nick Polyak, Leyden CHSD
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