Schools
New LW-North Principal Named; Board Talks Finances
Mark Cohen, the associate principal at Lincoln-Way Central, was announced Thursday as the successor to North Principal Michael Gardner, who is retiring at the end of the 2012-13 school year.
The successor to Principal Michael Gardner was announced Thursday at the District 210 school board meeting.
Mark Cohen, who is currently the associate principal at , will be promoted to the position when Gardner retires after the 2012-13 academic year.
"You've got big shoes to fill, but I'm confident you'll do well," Supt. Lawrence Wyllie said during the meeting.
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Cohen, of Tinley Park, was hired by the district in 1999 and worked as a physics and chemistry teacher at until being hired as an assistant principal at Central.
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He has coached track and scholastic bowl and also served as a dean. He's currently seated as the president of the Tinley Park Lions Club.
"Lincoln-Way North has established a solid foundation of academic intensity and extracurricular excellence," Cohen said in a news release. "I am delighted to have the opportunity to perpetuate and build upon the traditions that have been created."
Cohen's education includes a bachelor's degree in physics education from Illinois State University, a master's degree in educational administration from Governors State University and a doctorate from Loyola University. In 2003, he was named the Teacher of the Year by the Illinois Education Association.
Tax Anticipation Warrants
The board also unanimously approved a resolution allowing the district to put together paperwork needed in case it needs to issue tax aniticpation warrants, which are short-term "payday" loans of sorts that are given to the district in the understanding that it will be able to pay them back when they receive state money.
Because the state has failed to make its categorical payments, the district's cash flow could be running low, in which case D210 would need to issue the warrants.
Wyllie said during the meeting that the district wouldn't know whether it needs to take that step until late April or May, but this authorization is a necessary step to be prepared.
If the district did indeed issue warrants, it would be asking for $3 million. Wyllie said that amount likely would be paid back within 30 days.
—Frankfort Patch editor Joe Vince contributed to this article.
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