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The teachers of Tremont District #702 continue to provide an outstanding learning environment in each of our buildings for the students of this community. What a privilege it is for me to walk through the halls of each school observing the engagement level that our children enjoy. Our staff adamantly believes that a successful educational experience begins with the foundation of establishing excellent RELATIONSHIPS with the students and families we serve. That baseline makes RIGOR (increasing the level of thinking in a more sophisticated and complex manner) and RELEVANCE (the level of real world application) possible. In partnership with an exceptionally supportive community, the children of District #702 are well served. 

Our main challenge at the present time continues to be school funding and excessively expensive mandates from Springfield. In the past two years, general state aid has been prorated significantly below the established foundation level costing the District $408,000 in lost revenue. We will monitor the situation as the discussions on educational funding continue in the General Assembly. While it’s still too early to predict the final verdict, a cost shift to the district regarding pension responsibilities appears to be a real probability and an example of an added liability that we must assume.
Locally, we’ve made reductions the last four years and continue to seek ways to trim costs without any additional hardships to our program. We encourage you to familiarize yourself with the County Facilities Sales Tax that will be on the ballot April 9. In the next few weeks, we’ll have information available designed to educate our community on the issue. 

Thanks!

Jeff Hinman

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