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 Through continuous improvement

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 of our curriculum community engagement

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 new capital projects and

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 managing district finances

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 Calumet City school district

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 155 is here

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 for you with new and improved

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 curriculums goals and state

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 of the art technologies We have

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 successfully turned all our classrooms

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 into exciting 21st century

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 learning environments with increased

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 partnerships We've created new

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 learning opportunities for eighth grade

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 students who qualify to take honors

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 algebra and Spanish The district

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 has also increased extracurricular

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 opportunities by adding two

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 new membership districts to our conference

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 expanding conference sports

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 and adding new after school

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 activities Our goal is

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 to create a fresh environment where

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 we can focus on our students

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 their success and their future

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 We do so inside and outside

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 of the classroom Our various

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 extra curricular activities and

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 student trips provide students

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 with opportunities to learn beyond

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 the traditional classroom Our commitment

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 to excellent education extends

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 to excellent educators

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 We pride ourselves in our hard

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 working hands on and compassionate

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 teachers We have partnerships with

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 several local universities

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 opening the door to build relationships

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 with student teachers Calumet

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 City School district 155

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 has taken great strides in advancing

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 equity and inclusion practices

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 Our partnership with better lesson

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 provides comprehensive professional

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 learning pathways to improve

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 such practices We've strengthened our financial

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 profile We've increased our cash

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 on hand significantly abated

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 more than $1 million in property

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 taxes and refinanced

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 the district's debt saving taxpayers

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 more than $1.25

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 million in each of the past

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 three years We've received recognition

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 status on our financial profile

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 score The highest rating

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 awarded by the Illinois State

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 Board of Education Forever

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 growing forever improving

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 and forever learning city

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 school district 155

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 is continuing to make aggressive strides

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 towards academic excellence and

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 building trust within the community

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 We are doing so by providing

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 more opportunities for involvement

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 for all of our stakeholders while

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 practicing sound financial

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 stewardship