District 300 Work Session on Budget Cuts This Evening

District 300 will be holding a work session this evening where the school board and administrators will discuss $8.5 million in proposed cuts.

The work session will be held at 6 p.m. in the Professional Development Center at Westfield Community School, 2100 Sleepy Hollow Road in Algonquin. The north entrance of the school at door #5 is the best way to get to the PDC, according to an e-mail from District 300 spokeswoman Alliston Strupeck.

The public is welcome to attend, but the primary purpose of his meeting is for board members and administration to discuss in detail the proposed cuts, according to Strupeck's e-mail.

To learn more about the proposed cuts for District 300, visit the following links:

• LITH Patch's Jan. 14 story on the first proposal by District 300 administration, which outlines initial proposed cuts for the 2011-2012 school year.
• LITH Patch's Jan. 27 story on the the District 300 Community Finance Committee's meeting on proposed cuts and vote on the cuts. 
• LITH Patch's Feb. 15 story on the second revised proposal, which was reviewed at a D300 school board meeting. 
• Recordings of school board meetings are available on the District 300's website. Scroll down to the section called "Audio Recordings of Board Meetings." 
• Check back to LITH Patch this Saturday when we will have a story from a District 300 meeting this past week with area legislators.