School Funding Compromise Plan

This letter to the editor from the yesterday’s Daily Herald has a compromise to the school funding in Illinois.            A compromise plan for funding schools Even the most selfish and greedy of parents and school board members who demand the very best for the children must sometimes wonder how retired, fixed-income homeowners can cope [...]

CCSD 46 Board Meeting Agenda 5/1/2006

The agenda for the school board meeting Monday night is up on the D46 website. I have the agenda portion copied below:            TENTATIVE AGENDA BOARD OF EDUCATION COMMUNITY CONSOLIDATED SCHOOL DISTRICT 46 MONDAY, MAY 1, 2006 MIDDLE SCHOOL 7:30 p.m. A. Call to Order B. Roll Call C. Establishment of Quorum D. Pledge of [...]

Tax Bills Are Coming

The Q & A below appeared in todays Daily Herald. It provides useful information about how tax bills work and why they continue to rise. It is a reminder that tax bills are just around the corner. According to the Lake County Treasurer bills are due June 6th and Sept. 6th. Since bills in the [...]

Mosshamer Working From Home

Dr. Mosshamer, who resigned in March, was working out the final months of his contract. Early last week, after the school board meeting on April 17th he was asked to work the remainder of his time from home. The article below from the Daily Herald has Dr. Mosshamer claims that this was directed by the [...]

E-Rate: A Pit of Waste, Fraud and Abuse

What do you think happens to a program designed to bring the internet to the neediest schools in the country and provide zero accountability? You guessed, you get a “pit of waste, fraud and abuse“. There have been bribes, kickbacks, overcharges, faulty equipment, billing for no equipment, and many other abuses. A conservative estimate shows [...]

Math Today

This is an old math joke. It is funny because there is a grain of truth to it. I hope you enjoy it as much as I did.            Last week I purchased a burger at Burger King for $1.58; the counter girl took my $2 and I was digging for my change when I [...]

Chicago Matters

The Chicago Matters: Valuing Education Series in underway. I had a friend email me to let me know that the first programs name had been set as Education Matters. It appears that they decided to use the name of my blog to kick off their series. How do I know that? I don’t 100%, but [...]

Glen Ellyn District 41 Update

How ironic is the timing of this? Glen Ellyn District 41 has just hired a new Superintendent. The new Superintendent will be making 54% more than the outgoing Superintendent who made this statement a few days ago about why it’s legal to overtax the district taxpayers. The following quote is from the Daily Herald Opinion [...]

Regulating Free Speech in Winthrop Harbor?

After another defeat this spring, Winthrop Harbor Supt. James Tenbusch is getting the Illinois State Board of Education to help find ways to regulate the free speech of the citizens who speak out against tax increases. Here is the quote from today’s Chicago Tribune.            Tenbusch on Thursday accused some tax-increase opponents of making false [...]

Yes, I Can Legally Take Your Money

Why are so many school districts so arrogant they don’t listen to the taxpayers anymore? They believe they are entitled to taxpayer money and they show this each and every time they take more than the voters approve. This is currently happening here in Grayslake at both the elementary and high school districts. Links are [...]

Next Page »