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14 | March 26, 2020 | the new lenox patriot school newlenoxpatriotdaily.com Reach more than 88,000 homes and businesses! New Lenox School District 122 Superintendent speaks on positive start to E-Learning Publishes: THURSDAY, APRIL 9, 2020 VENDORS WANTED PRESENTED BY 22ND CENTURY MEDIA 2020 GUIDE NEW DATE! Space reservation deadline: Wed, March 25 Ad approval deadline: Tues, March 31 22ndcenturymedia.com Call 708.326.9170 to reserve your Ad today! Join the LARGEST women's VENDORS expo in the southwest suburbs! WANTED Derek Swanson Freelance Reporter Following the first day of state mandated E-Learning to curtail the spread of CO- VID-19, the District 122 Board of Education was happy to report positive feedback from parents and students. E-Learning and purchase of technology Students logged in March 17 morning to begin their first round of E-Learning exercises to continue their course work, though most were adequately prepared. The district had prepared E- Learning exercises back in November in case of snow days, and their early efforts have proved beneficial to students as well as other districts in the area, who have taken careful notes on the work prepared by District 122. “I feel we are very prepared for this situation, even though we never anticipated it,” said Dr. Peggy Manville, district superintendent. As the days between March 17 and April 6 are deemed “Act of God” days by the Illinois State Board of Education, the days will not need to be made up at the end of the year. Eight total days of E-Learning are planned, with Friday, March 27 being scheduled as an institute day, so no E- Learning will take place. A few hiccups did happen with logging in on the first day, as some of the school websites experienced slowdowns due to unusually high traffic. To prevent this, a “splash” page is being designed to draw web traffic away from the school websites and prevent slowdown frustrations upon logging in. The board as a whole commended parents for their continued support during this unprecedented shift to digital learning. “I’m impressed by our parents, it seems like everyone is taking it in stride,” board member Aaron Raatjes said. The board then approved the purchase of a new set of iPads and laptops for $1,671,889 to enhance E- Learning. Business Manager Robert Groos gave an update on the districts budget, explaining that they had garnered $56.3 million in revenue and have spent $55.6 million of that, so the technology purchase would be a fitting investment. Additionally, the board added that Spring Break would take place as usual beginning March 30, with standard classes resuming on April 6, given the duration of E-Learning is not expanded. Manville also discussed the response to IAR testing, which has not officially been suspended yet, though there are talks to either delay the tests or forgo them for the year. Other business • The board approved a contract with Indicom Electric, as well as a milk contract with Clover Leaf and a food service contract with Quest. • The board approved one-year administrator contracts for three assistant principals, along with multi-year contracts for district office administrators. Deadline Deadline 6-10 p.m. Wednesday, June 17 Tinley Park Convention Center, 18451 Convention Center Drive, Tinley Park O<strong>NL</strong>Y 10 SPOTS LEFT! WEDNESDAY, MAY 27 10 a.m.–2 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 22 WEDNESDAY, Northbrook Court - Lower Level, FEB. For more 5 information, 1515 Lake call Cook (708) Road, 326-9170 Northbrook, ext.16 IL or visit 22ndCenturyMedia.com/lady For more information, call (708) 326-9170 ext. 16 or visit 22ndCenturyMedia.com/camp isolation From Page 6 One New Lenox resident is operating her own online garage sale and donating the money to her family’s favorite restaurant: El Cortez in Mokena. Julie Harris said the idea just came to her. Harris is a teacher so is stuck at home for the time being. “I’m a teacher and off and one of our plans is to kill time and get the house in order,” she said. We’re going to be empty nesters soon. Going through some of the stuff, we found some old longaberger baskets.” She said she is going to find more items around the house that could be sold to help out the employees at El Cortez. “We go once a week and our servers are like family,” she said. “They know our orders and we enjoy going there. It’s horrific. We went up there [March 16] afternoon and we left our servers a tip and it’s been on my mind since.” She said she is going to keep the garage sale going for as long as she can. “They are always so sweet and the man who is the owner,” she said. They are just our friends and they are the first people that I thought of.”
newlenoxpatriotdaily.com news the new lenox patriot | March 26, 2020 | 15 Police Reports Arizona woman arrested after attempted attack on officer, striking a nurse Kyleigh Kennedy, 21, 2897 Highway 24, Camden, Arizona, was arrested for DUI and aggravated battery on March 14. Police said an officer was dispatched to Route 30 and Old Hickory Road to investigate a traffic accident. Occupants from both vehicles had to be transported to Silver Cross Hospital for treatment, police said. The officer continued to investigate at the hospital and learned that Kennedy was driving under the influence of drugs at the time of the crash. While at the hospital, Kennedy reportedly charged at the officer and attempted to strike the officer. Kennedy had to be restrained and struck a nurse during the attack. March 15 • Three male subjects reportedly stole more than $600 worth of electronics from Walmart, 501 E. Lincoln Highway. March 13 • Kaile Rudy, 32, 235 Elm St., Frankfort, was charged with retail theft. Police said an officer met with the employee/complainant and learned that Rudy purchased several items at the self-checkout, but had several items concealed in her purse which she had not purchased. Rudy attemptd to leave the store with approximately $120 worth of clothing and clearning products. March 12 • A resident in the 600 block of Gibbons Drive reportedly had their front passenger window of their vehicle broken while it was parked in their driveway overnight. March 9 • A male subject reportedly stole more than $40 worth of alcohol from Jewel, 475 Nelson Road. • A resident in the 1900 block of Heatherway Lane reportedly had a package stolen off their front porch. • A resident reportedly had their personal information and numerous fraudulent lines of credit were opened. • Dva M. Sullivan, 27, 1106 Gardener St., Joliet, was charged with retail theft. Sullivan reportedly purchased several items at the self-checkout line at Walmart, 501 E. Lincoln Highway, but intentionally didn’t scan several other items. She attempted to leave the store with the unpaid items valued at approximately $10. Sullivan also had an outstanding Will County Warrant out for her arrest for failure to appear in court on a traffic offense. EDITOR’S NOTE: The New Lenox Patriot’s Police Reports are compiled from official reports found online on the New Lenox Police Department’s website or releases issued by the department and other agencies. Anyone listed in these reports is considered to be innocent of all charges until proven guilty in a court of law. Man arrested for recording up unaware teenage girl’s dress Sean Hastings, Editor A Tinley Park man was arrested at Target in New Lenox for allegedly recording a video up a teenage juvenile girl’s skirt March 13. David A. Grzeslo, 49, 19330 Carrick Way, Tinley Park, was arrested by New Lenox police. Police said the incident happened at approximately 3:20 p.m. fricilone From Page 11 Republican Primary! Full speed ahead to victory in November! #IL03” First elected to the Will County Board in 2012, Fricilone, 65, had said prior to the primary he ran to uphold Republican values, noting Jones, a self-avowed neo-Nazi and Holocaust denier, had also run in the same primary in 2018, then unopposed and ultimately representing the party. Despite Jones’ extremist views, he was still able to garner roughly 10 library From Page 11 She added that they are “over the moon” excited. “Even with the CO- VID-19 going on, the community came out we were beyond grateful for the support,” she said. “I’m still in shock. It’s been months and years of planning. It’s good working with community and From March 16 Grzeslo was charged with one felony count of unauthorized video recording. Grzeslo Grzeslo was held on $5,000 bond and was released after posting bail. Police said that Grzeslo aimed his cellphone percent of the overall vote in this year’s primary. Fricilone earned 3,110 votes (73.80 percent) in Will County, outpacing opponents Catherine O’Shea, who had 783 votes (18.58 percent), and Jones, who finished with 321 votes (7.62 percent), with all 43 precincts reporting, according to unofficial results from the Will County Clerk’s Office. The highest number of votes was in suburban Cook County, where with 249 of 252 precincts reporting, Fricilone captured 5,096 votes, good for 54.34 fellow organizations We want to be connected with everyone. We can do more outreach. We can serve them more.” The only downfall, she said, is that the benefits of the referendum passing will not come in until May 2021 because of the levy process. Though, the library will begin to tackle smaller and immediate projects by dipping into its reserves, as well as try BUY IT! SELL IT! percent. O’Shea had 3,280 votes (34.98 percent) and Jones 1,002 votes (10.68 percent) there. The Board of Election Commissioners for the City or Chicago, with 202 out of 203 precincts reporting, had O’Shea with 1,125 votes or 46.18 percent, with Fricilone at 1,025 votes or 42.08 percent and Jones at 286 votes or 11.74 percent. Finally, in DuPage County, Fricilone had 22 votes (61.11 percent), O’Shea 10 votes (27.78 percent) and Jones with 4 votes (11.11 percent) with all precincts to open one Sunday per month. “We can visibly show the public that we are committing to the promises that we made,” she said. Staff from the library spoke at approximately 25 different community gatherings to get the message across. Krooswyk and other staffers could not tell people how to vote, but could tell voters the affects that voting yes or no FIND IT! IN THE CLASSIFIEDS CALL 708.326.9170 under the dress of the unaware teenage girl in the store. The teen’s friend witnessed the act, police said. The girl was above the age of 15, but below 18, police said. After meeting with the girl, the witness and store security, officers located Grzeslo in the store. He was taken into custody and evidence was recovered from the store and his cellphone which supported the complaint made by the witness, police said. “We’re just thankful that the witness was observative and notified a store employee who called us,” Deputy Chief Louis Alessandrini said. reporting there. Fricilone will now take on progressive Marie Newman come November, who upset longtime incumbent Dan Lipinski on the Democratic side of the Congressional District 3 primary. All election results are considered unofficial until a canvassing of votes is completed, and absentee, provisional and grace period ballots are counted. Congressional District 3 includes all or portions of Orland Park, Tinley Park, Homer Glen, Lockport and New Lenox. would have. “It’s a good thing that I am a library director because I love advocating for us and letting people know we are more than just books,” Krooswyk said. “We are a place to meet. We are a center of the community.” It has taken lots of planning, but Krooswyk said she and the rest of the staff is excited to know which direction they are headed.
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