South Cooperative Organization for Public Education
Linking Schools to the Illinois Legislature

  Welcome to SCOPE      

        Mission Statement            Members           Legislation           Funding   

        SCOPE Senators            State Reps        Legislator's Addresses*

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SPECIAL SCOPE AWARDS RECEIVED AT DINNER

Dr. Jim Steyskal, Superintendent of Reavis High School District 220
receives SCOPE Leadership Award for 2009

Matt Jensen, a junior at Oak Lawn Community High School, wins SCOPE Logo Contest

     Shown above, left to right:  Jim Steyskal, Chris Slowik, Matt Jensen and Kurt Staehlin                                                     Matt's winning Design
 

With over 120 people attending the SCOPE Spring Dinner on March 30, 2009 at the Doubletree Hotel in Alsip, our award winners accepted their awards and recognition.

Dr. Jim Steyskal won the SCOPE Leadership Award for his outstanding leadership in advancing SCOPE's goals on multiple levels.  Jim serves on the SCOPE Executive, Membership, and Budget Committees and is the Chairperson of the SCOPE Finance/Legislation Committee.  Congratulations to Dr. Steyskal!

Matt Jensen's design was the first-place winner out of 40 designs submitted from 19 schools in 13 school districts.  Matt and his parents, Kim and Paul Jensen, attended our dinner.  Matt did a great job of designing our logo and SCOPE will be using the new logo on all communication tools.  Congratulations Matt!!

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SCOPE Finance/Legislation Committee Meetings: Mondays -  1:00 PM
Petersen Academy, 10701 South Kilpatrick Ave in Oak Lawn
April 27, 2009, May 18, 2009

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Words of Wisdom from Abraham Lincoln:

"A child is a person who is going to carry on what you have started.
He is going to sit where you are sitting, and when you are gone, attend to those things which you think are important.  You may adopt all the policies you please, but how they are carried out depends on him.  He will assume control of your cities, states and nation.  He is going to move in and take over your churches, schools, universities and corporations ..... the fate of humanity is in his hands."

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SCOPE was founded in 1987 to act as a unified source of information regarding educational issues.  A group of public school districts came together to join forces for better representation for public schools in south suburban Cook County.  In 1996 membership was extended to school districts in neighboring Will County with similar interests.

SCOPE is a grassroots local organization focusing on the needs of school districts in south and southwest suburban Cook and Will Counties.  Our major goal is to provide schools with legislative information and to provide legislators and the Governor with educational information.  We also encourage member school districts and the community to become involved in the legislative process through regular communication with their local legislators.

SCOPE works to identify school problems and seek solutions.  SCOPE is recognized as the voice for public schools in the south and southwest suburban area.

Our office is located in the Community High School District 218 Administrative Center::     
                           10701 South Kilpatrick Ave., Oak Lawn, IL. 60453
                            Telephone:  708-424-3715
                            Fax:  708-424-3924
                            Peg Agnos, Legislative Director
                            Chris Slowik, Organizational Director. 
To contact SCOPE by E-mail:  ChrisScope@AOL.com

Click on the links below for related sites.

www.isbe.state.il.us   Illinois State Board of Ed
www.ilert.org  Illinois Education Roundtable
www.ilga.gov  Legislation Information
www.iasb.com    School Board Members Association
www.iasaedu.org    Superintendents Association  
www.iasbo.org    Business Officials Association
www.cook.k12.il.us    Suburban Cook Regional Supt.
www.will.roe.org    Will County Regional Supt.
www.ctbaonline.org  Center for Tax and Budget Accountability
www.betterfundingforbetterschools.com  School Funding Coalition