The Community Consolidated School District 181 Board has until Jan. 12 to decide on whether to extend the school day 16 minutes, as teachers have proposed, to fit daily physical education into students’ schedules.
According to the report on the school plan in The Doings, the Hinsdale-Clarendon Hills Teachers Association also must come up with a plan on how to extend the school day with the least impact on the budget.
Last year, the state passed a mandate requiring schools to incorporate daily physical education into the curriculum by the 2009-2010 school year. However, that poses a problem in District 181 where, according to The Doings, daily foreign language classes in middle school are a high priority for district parents, making the addition of PE a tight squeeze.
The school district serves Hinsdale and Clarendon Hills, as well as parts of Burr Ridge, Oak Brook and Willowbrook.
Kids ages 4 to 8 can make gifts for family members from 10 a.m. to noon Saturday, Dec. 13, at Pleasant Dale Park District, 7425 S. Wolf Road, Burr Ridge. Each participant can make and wrap four gifts and wrap them. Cost is $15 for residents; $18 for nonresidents. Call Pleasant Dale Park District at (630) 662-6220 for additional information.
Despite what appeared to be an earlier deal sparing them, the fate of hundreds of Burr Ridge trees remains in doubt. According to a report in The Doings, the village has now offered ComEd a compromise to the utility’s tree-trimming proposal as it seeks to end the dispute over the company’s wish to remove more than 400 trees near a transmission line.
The village is suggesting a survey to determine the health of the trees in question, as opposed to simply their proximity to the transmission line. Stay tuned.
Plans to cut down more than 400 trees in Burr Ridge as a way to limit power outages were shelved for at least one year as part of a deal between the village and ComEd, according to a report in the Doings-Weekly. Under the deal, ComEd will leave the trees standing and follow up with annual trimming for at least one year.
The problem: A transmission line along Garfield Avenue between Interstate 55 and 97th Street is surrounded by trees, a situation that can lead to power outages during severe weather. Chopping down the trees rather than keeping up with trimming to limit the trees’ impact during a storm was seen by ComEd as a more cost efficient option. Financial details of the deal are still being worked out, according to the Doings.
How long do Burr Ridge residents spend commuting? According to statistics from real estate search engine Trulia most, 15.45 percent, spend 30 to 34 minutes traveling to work with the second biggest group (14.94 percent) clocking 45 to 59 minutes in the car.
The lowest percentage (1.32 percent) commute less than five minutes, and 1.36 percent must sit behind the wheel for 90 minutes or more.
The Village of Burr Ridge says it has received word from the Postal Service that its request for a unique ZIP code was denied. The village share its 60527 ZIP code with Willowbrook.
Families who know how to put the fun into fitness won’t want to miss the Fit ‘n Fun Fair from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Saturday, Aug. 16, at the Burr Ridge Park District Center, 15W400 Harvester Dr., Burr Ridge. The event, featuring such highlights as a pancake breakfast and a rock-climbing wall, is sponsored by the Willowbrook/Burr Ridge Chamber of Commerce.
The American Planning Association Illinois Chapter presented a Silver award for to the Village of Burr Ridge in recognition of the Burr Ridge Village center. The award presented at the ILPA state conference in Peoria.
