School District 220
Barrington Community Unit School District 220 was formed in 1973 as a consolidated unit, combining two elementary districts and a high school district into one unit that educates students from pre-kindergarten through high school. Located about 35 miles northwest of Chicago, District 220 encompasses 72 square miles. It covers 12 villages: all of Barrington, Lake Barrington, Tower Lakes; and portions of Barrington Hills, Carpentersville, Deer Park, Fox River Grove, Port Barrington, Hoffman Estates, Inverness, North Barrington, and South Barrington. In addition, District 220 is geographically located in 4 counties: Cook, Lake, McHenry, and Kane.
District 220 has one high school, two middle school campuses for grades 6-8, eight elementary schools, and one early childhood center.
To read more about Barrington School District 220 and its activities, go to the District 220 website at www.barrington220.org.
School District 220 Issues
School Budget
Exchange at District 220 Board Meeting on February 3, 2011
"In this time of economic distress by so many taxpayers should the school budget be cut or at least held to no increase? Should teachers again receive pay/benefit increases much greater than that received by the taxpayers?"
— comment from taxpayer
"—and because we’re — we’re very closely coming into negotiating a new teachers contract this — this comes at a very — ah — critical time as well. I guess what I’d want to add is that — you know — for the teachers who might be listening in or somehow hear about our discussion —it’s not —we wouldn’t want to freeze their wages or lower their wages just because other people may be having their difficulties with their job security and so forth or having their coverage’s for some reason —it’s a reaction to our reality here in our school district — right —what monies we have available — that’s what would determine how we would negotiate a contract — not based on some kind of overall reaction to our national situation. Am I right about that?"
— Trustee Tim Hull response transscribed from Comcast Access broadcast, February 3, 2011