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use of an electrolyzed water and mineral solution, which creates a highly functional sanitizer and
disinfectant that, is applied through a misting machine used by the custodial staff.
Information Technology

Due to these unprecedented times, the district continues to issue devices to support our families and
the Remote Learning process. The number of devices is listed below:
1,463 Cell phones (Sprint 1 Million) cell phones with hotspot capabilities

813 Chromebooks of these 69 devices have been issued to seniors

The technology department will continue to support our students with their technology needs during
the Remote Learning days.

Students may contract the technology department by emailing technology@rich227.org or by
leaving a message at (708) 679-5704. The call will be returned within 24 hours.

Various virtual meetings continue to be conducted, including master schedule, campus
consolidation, and online registration.

Food Service

The Rich Township School District 227 will serve five days of meals every Monday in May at Rich
East only from 9:00 am until 1:00 pm. In observance of Memorial Day, there will be no food
service on Monday, May 25, 2020.

For information about other food service sites, you may visit the interactive map at:
https://www.fns.usda.gov/meal4kids

Business Office

The 2020-2021 requisitions are open for processing in the purchasing and payables module of
Infinite Visions. The secretaries at the schools may now enter requisitions for the next school year.
Now, we are working on closing the current year. Therefore, in this module, we are simultaneously
working in two fiscal years. The other modules have not been opened for the 2020-2021 fiscal year.

During the month of April 2020, the district collected $916,441.43 in property tax revenue.
The Illinois Teacher Retirement System (TRS) announced the federal rate for FY21. The rate is
10.41%. The rate is a decrease when compared to the federal rate of 10.66% from last year.

As of May 7, 2020, the vouchers awaiting processing by the controller totals $803,504.16 for FY20.
It is expected that these payments will be received by June 30, 2020.

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