It's Full Speed Ahead with Education Planning for '98-'99

Byline: Marvin Edwards

All the signs are there. First semester final exams are over, report cards have been sent home, parent/teacher conferences are scheduled and second semester classes have commenced.

Indeed, although it's hard to believe, we are halfway through another school year.

That means schools will start preparing students for the spring testing season when ITBS and IGAP exams are given. Students and staff soon will be focused on the promise of spring break. And parents will start thinking ahead about ways to keep their youngsters busy during summer vacation.

Meanwhile, a lot of behind-the-scenes work will be under way to get ready for the 1998-99 school year. That's right. Although we are still in the middle of one school year, it's time to begin preparing for another.

While there are many promising and …

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Publication information: Article title: It's Full Speed Ahead with Education Planning for '98-'99. Contributors: Not available. Newspaper title: Daily Herald (Arlington Heights, IL). Publication date: January 29, 1998. Page number: 5. © 2009 Paddock Publications. COPYRIGHT 1998 Gale Group.

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