BOE Meeting Notes 10/17/05
I am finally getting around to typing up my notes from the Board meeting. Please let me know if there are any corrections that need to be made. My comments are in italics. There is a school board conference in November. Cheryl was asking for volunteers to be the voting delegate form the district. Jill [...]
Bond Article in Daily Herald
There is an article in todays Daily Herald concerning the Bond Decision from last night BOE meeting. UPDATE: I have received several questions about this issue today. The tax increase was expected. This is the .59 increase that was approved last November for the building of Madrona. We were not taxed on it this tax [...]
No-Bid Contract Games
UPDATE: In the course of a conversation with Jill Rohrer after the meeting I discoverd there was another VMI purchase that took place last week. I will be FOIA’ing the details today. This is a very interesting purchase because of the following timeline: Oct 6 – I spoke with Envirox Oct 8 – Envirox representatives [...]
Late Posting
Sorry about the lack of posting the past fews days. The real world has been getting in the way. I’ll try to post tomorrow night after the BOE meeting if it is not too late, otherwise I will definitely by Tuesday night. Click here for the meeting agenda.
Babysitter Analogy
I found this anonymous analogy at the GoFlo website during the Winthrop Harbor Tax Referendum discussions. It is an analogy about what a babysitter might do if they had the same benefits/unions reps as Big Ed. Whoever wrote it should take credit for it. It is very funny. Mrs Tenure: “Thanks Sally for coming [...]
D-46 Bond Costs
There is the story today in the Daily Herald. Mike does a good job of explaining how much this issuing of bonds will cost each taxpayer. I have been at the last 2 meetings (10/4/05 and 9/19/05) where this issue has been discusssed to hear the presentations by Elizabeth Hennesy. After listening to the logic [...]
Lakeview Negotiations Finalized
There have been continued negotiations between the District 46 Administration and BOE with Westlake Christian Academy who won the bidding on 6/28 to purchase the property. An underground tank was discovered during the inspection process forcing these negotiations. I am happy to report that these proceedings have now been finalized. Closing is currently scheduled for [...]
D 127 Support Staff Contract
The support staff in Grayslake High School District 127 is close to getting their first contract. This contract will run to the end of the school year and then be renegotiated next summer along with the teachers contract that expires that time as well. Read the article below in the Daily Herald about it: [...]
Extreme Wisdom Plan for an Illinois Renaissance
October 11, 2005 by admin
Filed under Funding Reform
Everyone in Illinois needs to read The Extreme Wisdom Plan for an Illinois Renaissance. Please pass this along and make sure it gets to every politician running for office to see if they will support it. I will just do the highlights here. It would be an understatement to say that this document represents [...]
Winthrop Harbor Results
October 11, 2005 by admin
Filed under Winthrop Harbor
The voters of Winthrop Harbor have spoken loudly once again. They have resoundingly defeated this referendum for the third time in the past year. The voter turnout was very heavy for a special election at over 52%. The intimidation and threats backfired again. Read more about the tactics of the friendly educators and their supporters [...]
