The briefs

Send in your pick for best decorations

The village of East Dundee, through the Community Events Committee, will hold the annual holiday decorating contest.

Light your home or business between Monday and Dec. 21, and you are entered to win. Three homes and three businesses will be chosen. Winners will be awarded at the regular board meeting held on Jan. 21, and be featured in the spring village newsletter.

For details, stop by the village hall, 120 Barrington Ave. or call Gail Ellis, village community information specialist, at (847) 426-2822, ext. 1.

Join in boundary discussion today

The Community Unit District 300 Attendance Boundary Committee has voted to send three proposals to the public and the school board for changing middle and high school boundaries.

During a public meeting on Nov. 28, 43 committee members cast votes to select the group's three favorite proposals from among the 10 scenarios they had developed this fall. The three proposals are only recommendations; no decision has been made about new boundaries. On Nov. 29, the district mailed out letters to all households being considered for a possible change of middle and high school attendance boundaries. Among the three proposals, a total of about 1,400 households are being considered for possible changes.

District 300 officials will be available at hearings to try to answer individual questions. The hearings are scheduled as follows, and residents may attend whichever date and location is most convenient. No appointment is necessary. Drop-ins are welcome.

• Today from 6 to 9 p.m. at Dundee-Crown High School annex/media center, 1 Charger Country Drive, Carpentersville

• Monday from 6 to 9 p.m. at Hampshire Middle School gym, 560 S. State St., Hampshire

• Jan. 12 from 9 a.m. to noon at Jacobs High School media center, 2601 Bunker Hill Drive, Algonquin.

For details, visit www.d300.org or call David Scarpino, associate superintendent, at (847) 426-1300, ext. 310.