Pleasantdale School Board Meetings Now Online!

The Pleasantdale School Board meetings are now online!

The September meeting starts at approximately the 7:00 minute mark. Click the link to view the meeting!
 http://www.d107.org/media/Board/video/2012-09-19-allbrowsers.html

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BoeAylBwL7g&feature=youtu.be

A Goal Achieved!

 SIDEWALKS FINALLY A REALITY!


Three years after being awarded over $399,530 in grant money through the Illinois Safe Routes to School Program, the goal of  former Village of Willow Spring Public Works Director Jim Chevalier and Administrative Assistant Gina Scaletta-Nelson to build sidewalks and safe crosswalks on the route to Pleasantdale Elementary School has finally been achieved!



Grant money was awarded for sidewalks to both Willow Springs School and Pleasantdale Elementary School. The grant money for Pleasantdale Elementary School was requested for:

• Sidewalk construction on the west side of School Street from German Church Road to the school, on the south side of German Church Road from Wolf Road to Willow West Drive and on the east side of Wolf from Stratford to German Church Road.
• A striped crosswalk on German Church Road at School Street.
• Flashing beacons/lights to slow traffic on German Church Road east and west of School Street. (While these have not been installed yet, we understand that this is being looked into.)

A big thanks goes out to the following Safe Routes To School team members who were a part of this grant effort:

Former Willow Springs Public Works Director Jim Chevalier, Former Willow Springs Public Works Administrative Assistant Gina Scaletta-Nelson, Former Willow Springs Trustee Bob Mesec, Former Pleasantdale Park Director Rosalyn Epting-Wendt, Willow Springs Police Chief Roger Alexander,  Principal Matt Vandercar,  local residents Sharon Rak, Linda Thorell, Karen O'Halloran, former resident Brad Martin and students Sierra and Aubrianna Nelson,  and Abagail, Isabel and Kenny Carlson.

Thanks also goes out to the Village of Willow Springs for doing the right thing and seeing this project through despite the delay. Here's hoping the parents, students and SRTS team members at Willow Springs School will see their goal achieved as well!

We're Back!

An open mind allows you to explore and create and grow. Remember that progress would be impossible if we always did things the way we always have. 
~Dr. Wayne Dyer