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March 8, 2023 Vol. 43, No. 32
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OPRF finance group hints support for referendum
School board decision on funding scenario still ahead By BOB SKOLNIK Contributing Reporter
Four of the five community members of the Oak Park and River Forest High School District 200 Community Finance Committee (CFC) apparently favor sending the financing of the school’s approximately $102 Project 2 to a referendum. The 12 person CFC, which also includes five OPRF employees and two school board members including president Tom Cofsky and member Kebreab Henry, met on Feb. 28 to discuss financing options for Project 2 and other matters. Cal Davis, Petra Guerrero, new CFC member Kathleen Odell and CFC chairman Steve Miller all favored financing Project 2 primarily with referendum bonds, which are only issued after voters approve the borrowing in a referendum, rather than with debt certificates, a kind of borrowing that doesn’t require a referendum. “We are the community finance committee so we do need to listen to the community I feel,” said CFC member Guerrero said. “And it is the right thing to do; I would
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