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Northbrook Mulls Legislation Banning Assault Weapons BY LIBBY ELLIOTT DAILYNORTHSHORE.COM
In the wake of national, student-led protests in favor of stricter U.S. gun laws, including large-scale student walkouts at Glenbrook North and Glenbrook South high schools and Maple School - the Northbrook Board of Trustees is taking steps to ban assault weapons and bump stocks within the village. The board discussed options for enacting the ban at its April 10 meeting, where 26 members of the public spoke out -- some in favor and some against tighter controls. The board directed village staff to draft an ordinance banning possession of bump stocks and trigger cranks, as well as large capacity magazines with more than 10 rounds of ammunition, and amending the village’s liquor code to prohibit concealed-carry firearms in businesses with liquor licenses. Those documents will be presented to the board at a May 22 meeting when trustees are likely to take a vote. The board also will begin researching legal options to ban assault weapons in the village, and it will commence studying the Cook County assault weapons ordinance to determine how it might be enforced in Northbrook. Continued on PG 8
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WORK BEGINS ON DISTRICT 30’S NEW MAPLE SCHOOL BY LIBBY ELLIOTT DAILYNORTHSHORE.COM
On April 5 at 9:30 a.m. sharp, 400 Maple School students and staff gathered outside to pose in an “M” formation for a dramatic aerial photo wearing bright orange hard hats they tossed jubilantly in the air. A few feet away, on a large patch of land once used as the school’s athletic fields, seven CAT diggers sat poised next to a heap of fresh earth, ready to resume their work. It was an historic, long awaited moment for the Northbrook/Glenview District 30 community. After more than two years of discussion, preparation and planning, Maple School stakeholders joined together to commemorate the district’s official groundbreaking on a new, $40.6 million, innovative, energyefficient “school for the future,” slated for completion in August 2019. “As we look at the mound of dirt outside, we obviously got a jump start,” said D-30 Superintendent Dr. Brian Wegley, addressing a large crowd assembled for the ceremony inside the school’s balloon-filled gymnasium. “We have already begun the realization of this amazing new school.” Wegley spoke alongside Maple School Principal Dr. Nate Carter at the 30-minute ceremony attended by the entire student body and staff, as well as members of the D-30 school board and local dignitaries, including Northbrook Village President Sandy Frum; Northbrook Village Manager Rich Nahrstadt; State Representative Jonathan Carroll; and State Senator Julie Morrison. Maple School’s fuzzy mascot, Manny the Mustang, was also in attendance. The groundbreaking ceremony took place almost one year to the date from D-30’s April 4, 2017 vote in favor of a bond facility referendum to fund the new, ARCON Associates–designed Maple School. Contracts for the project were approved by
Maple School students and staff formed a giant M to celebrate the groundbreaking of their new school. PHOTOGRAPHY COURTESY OF NORTHBROOK/GLENVIEW SCHOOL DISTRICT 30.
D-30’s Board of Education in early February 2018, and crews from Nicholas & Associates Construction began readying the site in March. “After nearly 76 percent of our community supported the generation of a new Maple School, design efforts kicked into high gear, incorporating the voices of students, staff, parents and community members, as well as engineers, police and the fire department of Northbrook,” said Wegley in a post-ceremony interview. “This school is truly a community creation.” In addition to an innovative, multipur pose “Caf etor ium, ” the ne w 110,000-square-foot Maple School will feature flexible classrooms and common areas that promote student-centered, active learning. The school’s hallways and stairways – traditionally just functional passageways will include collaborative gathering and presentation spaces.
New classrooms will feature furniture that can be quickly configured to support different learning styles, including not only direct instruction, but also group and individual work. Maple School must also be agile enough to adapt to fluctuating enrollment and rapid technological advances. “We’re designing a building that will provide flexibility for the future as educational programs and strategies continue to evolve,” said Wegley. April Voss, an 8th grade social studies teacher at Maple School, said she looked forward to the new school’s flexible classrooms and common areas, as well as the building’s energy efficient heating and cooling system. Maple School’s current 1949 facility, to be demolished once construction is completed, is beset with problems. “When you have temperatures that vary Continued on PG 8
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