Johnsburg Junior High gets donation

From the Thursday, November 27, 2008 edition of the Northwest Herald:

Johnsburg Junior High gets donation
JOHNSBURG – Johnsburg Junior High School has received a $1,000 anonymous donation to increase security at the school.

The donor requested that the money be spent to buy an additional camera system for the school, Principal Travis Lobbins said.

The school bought a security system with 16 cameras last year, Lobbins said; however, it doesn’t allow school officials to see every aspect of the building. Officials have been looking into buying an additional 11 cameras, which could cost about $6,500, he said.

“This anonymous donation was an effort to help us get to that point,” Lobbins said. “It’s a great sign of our community supporting us and helping out any way they can.”

Lobbins said the Johnsburg District 12 school board likely would address the request for more cameras at its Dec. 9 meeting. The donation will help defray the cost of the proposal.

“It’ll take a bit of the sting away,” Lobbins said.

– Diana Sroka