Teacher's Letter To The Editor
The following is a letter to the editor that ran in the Daily Herald: School board must live up to its contract As a District 46 staff member, I am privy to the details surrounding the contract issues, and I can therefore state that the staff would not have agreed to the contract as [...]
Charity vs. Taxes
I am continually seeing arguments from pro-referendum people that we should be paying taxes for the kids. They say it is our duty to help out those less fortunate and to provide for the next generation. If you don’t agree with them on this you are called selfish, greedy and a “godawful right-wing-republican to not [...]
BOE Meeting Notes 2/6/2006
I am finally typing up my notes from the last board meeting. Please let me know of any additions or corrections. My pen ran out of ink right before the discussion of board goals. As always my comments are in [italics]. During the public comment seesion there were several parents of second graders at Prarieview [...]
Pension Obligations
CRAFT has a great article today written by Bill Zettler showing the pension obligations of the taxpayers of Illinois. I have a few excerpts below, but you should really read the entire article. The top pension in 2005 was $357,800 as opposed to last years measly $314,000. “
Why The 65% Solution Is Not A Good Solution
February 19, 2006 by admin
Filed under Funding Reform, General
The Thomas Fordham Foundation has a nice piece this week about the good intentions of the 65% solution and why it is a bad idea. The ”65 Percent Solution” A well-meaning young business entrepreneur has started a well-meaning organization called ”First Class Education,” (www.firstclasseducation.org) whose sole mission is to get states to enact laws [...]
Union Set to File More Grievances
The Daily Herald is now reporting the teachers union here is wil be filing grievances for over half the teachers employed by the district. But now Lake County Federation of Teachers negotiator Arnavaz Mistry says a different health care issue could bump that number up to 150, more than half of the district’s 281 [...]
Unions, Common Sense and Rubber Rooms
John Stossel is continuing to turn up the heat on the Public Education System. In this installment he focuses on the Unions. Bosses, have I got an idea for you: Don’t pay your best employees more, don’t ease out your least productive workers, and for crying out loud, never fire anyone, not even for [...]
Teacher taking bribes
There is a teacher in Florida who has found a new way to make some extra money. He started taking bribes from the kids to sit out of his gym class. Emphasis mine. (AP) A middle school gym teacher let children sit out his class if they paid him $1 a day, collecting perhaps [...]
Commenting
I am opening up comments again on all new posts. All comments will be moderated for the time being. All comments adhering to the rules below will be approved. I would like to thank those commenters who have consistently abided by the rules. Your opinion is greatly valued. Commenting is not a right, it is [...]
CCSD #46 Education Foundation
I was notified that Education Foundation has selected it’s board members. They are as follows: John Badovinac – President Jane Landers – Secretary Jeff Isaacson – Treasurer Mindy Young-Stanczak Cindy Trabulsy Tom Meskel Terri Madalinski According to the email, they have nothing scheduled until their vision statement is in place.
