'Mistakes in past,' district in good position for capital projects
By Anne Cook
Sunday February 26, 2006
Darrell Hoemann
Attendance secretary Becky Restad, center, holds the words to the Garden Hills Elementary School pledge as fourth-graders Tyler Burch, left, and Lara Orlandic read it over the PA system while John Picken III, student services coordinator, holds the microphone as the school day begins. The Champaign school district says it will have no financial issues staffing new schools should its request for more tax money be approved. And better yet, faculty, administrators and support staff such as Restad and Pickens will get some much-needed room to work in.
CHAMPAIGN – Gene Logas and other Champaign school administrators know they must restore their credibility to sell a $66 million building bond proposal to voters March 21.
Logas, chief financial officer for the district since May 2005, said administration and school board members laid the groundwork for the referendum by taking financial actions that include:
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