The $1.4 million check didn’t exactly have time to burn a hole in the pocket of the Crete-Monee school district’s director of business affairs.
Bob Koch didn’t waste time in using the state grant to pay off the 2-year-old, $1.2 million loan for the roofs on several District 201-U buildings.
Crete-Monee Board of Education members also decided to use about $33,500 of the money for an additional driveway for the district’s 5th- and 6th-grade center.
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The district also plans to use some of the leftover funds next year to repair the tennis courts at Crete-Monee High School, Koch said.
The grant was obtained by state Rep. Flora Ciarlo (R-Steger), whose district includes the village of Crete, where school district administrative offices are located.