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Wednesday, November 16, 2011

District 115 Begins Architect Selection Process For YHS Expansion

Yorkville District 115 officials are developing questions to ask architectural firms applying for the high school expansion project.

Yorkville District 115 officials hope results from a questionnaire which will be given to prospective architectural firms will help them determine the best one for the Yorkville High School expansion and remodeling project. During during Monday's Organizational Oversight Committee meeting at the high school, members reviewed the questionnaire. District 115 Superintendent Scott Wakeley said school officials would like to use a local firm. “We don’t want someone from Colorado saying, ‘We want to be your architect,’ and then when we need somebody a year from now they’re nowhere to be found,” Wakeley said. Brian Debolt, the district’s director of building and grounds, said officials also want to work with a firm that has specifically done …

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10:00 pm on Friday, November 18, 2011

It seems as though Illinois needs to set higher standards. Roughly 130 districts had a perfect 4.0. Hopefully the public hears more about expansion ideas before an money is spent. I may be in the minority, but I think it is time to take a step back and have some public discussion. These are publicly funded schools. We deserve and should demand appropriate use of our funds. Yorkville is doing well…   more ›

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