The Green Party Candidate for Governor, Rich Whitney is supporting the tax swap planHB 750. (Hat tip: Proviso Probe)
The Greens are making HB 750 central to the campaigns for governor and the legislature.
The concept of HB 750 is to increase income taxes while reducing property taxes to fund schools more equally. The liberal [...]
The school board in Cary District 26 passed a new policy this week aimed at preventing any pay to play politics with the school system. This was introduced by school board member Chris Jenner.
Vendor/Contractor Conflict of Interest
Any company or individual doing $10,000 or more in business with the District within a fiscal year shall [...]
COSLA, a watchdog group for Waukegan School District 60, is using technology to bring truly open access to the people of Waukegan. They are videotaping the school board meetings and placing them on YouTube for all to see.
Now, with a camcorder, free editing software and an Internet connection, a local [...]
Bill Zettler wrote a letter to the editor that appeared in todays Daily Herald. In it he confirms who is to blame for the high taxes and fees in schools. It is partly the teachers’ union that hold the children hostage to get better raises than the taxpayers who pay their salaries. [...]
In Batavia, the schools and park district are working together to force the Mooseheart owners to give up their land. The problem is, the Mooseheart owners do not want to sell. You would think that if the land is not for sale the schools and park district would look elsewhere. But no, [...]
Bob Shelstrom, guest columnist in the Daily Southtown points out where the real blame lies for high taxes and fees charged by schools in his column entitled “Overpaid teachers, school system greed are cause of high taxes, fees“. (Hat tip: Students First)
High taxes and fees are due more to school system “greed” [...]
Citizens in Jersey County have been fighting against the school district who levied bonds and built 2 new schools even though voters defeated the bond referendum 71% to 29%. Below is the letter I received about the case being dismissed because the judge said they waited too long. Please pass this information along [...]
In a followup to the ballot question analysis from yesterday, the Daily Herald is reporting that voters’ ballots will stay wrong.
Lake County Clerk Willard Helander said incorrectly worded tax-rate increase questions will remain on the Nov. 7 ballot, despite calls for their removal.
Helander said unless a judge issues an injunction, voters will have to decide [...]
The Grayslake Highschool District 127 Teachers and Staff agreed to a 5 year contract last week. The only nubmers given in the paper are a 2.25% raise each year.
GRAYSLAKE — Parents and taxpayers of Grayslake Community High School District 127 students can look forward to five years of harmonious teacher-support staff labor relations following [...]
Several of the fall referendum questions are in doubt. The Daily Herald has done the analysis and found several Lake County School Districts and other suburban taxing bodies used incorrect figures in their questions. This could lead to judges getting the final say.
Judges — not voters — may cast some of the deciding [...]
Below are my notes from the Sept. 18th school board meeting. As always please send me any corrections or additions and my comments are in [italics].
Agenda Board Of Education
Community Consolidated School District 46
Monday, September 18, 2006
Avon Schol 7:00 p.m.
Budget Hearing
Ursala – Ending balances vs starting balances this year are not the same; [...]
The annual See at the Pole event is Wednesday, Sept. 27th at both the Grayslake Middle School and Grayslake High School. If you have never heard of See at the Pole here is an excerpt from their website.
See You at the Poleâ„¢ is a student-initiated, student organized, and student-led event. That means this is [...]
The U.S. Constitution was signed 219 years ago. For those of you who were taught Everyday Math/Fuzzy Math/New Math, that would mean it was signed in 1787. This document was birthed the most radical form of government ever conceived. It gave the people the chance to govern themselves.
This Sunday night the movie, [...]
Kevin Killion of the Illinois Loop alerted me to about how the National Council of Teachers is encouraging teachers to start teaching the basics in math. I wish this would have happened before the Antioch District 34 chose to start using Everyday Math.
The nation’s math teachers, on the front lines of a 17-year [...]
There are many decisions will have to be made before the opening of the Madrona School next year.
Here is a picture of the Madrona School Site via Mayor Bill Gentes’ blog. Click on the picture for a larger view.
I have rearranged the snippets to make it easier to discuss.
And though officials say it will [...]
Below are my notes from the Sept. 5th school board meeting. As always please send me any corrections or additions and my comments are in [italics].
Board of Education
Community Consolidated School District 46
Tuesday, September 5, 2006
Closed Session – Open Meetings Act 83-378 – To consider information regarding real estate & the probability of [...]
I have been having a conversation with a teacher, Dave Smith, on my Stupid in America post. I think you will enjoy the discourse. Please join in if your feel like it. If I have time tonight I will pull the comments out into a new post to make it easier for [...]
School expansion plans are on the agenda for the school board meeting Tuesday night.
Grayslake Elementary District 46 will lay out options next week for expansion of its schools to deal with projected growth in the area.
Superintendent Ellen Correll Tuesday will present some background to the district board to help it review its options.
Correll said the [...]
This is a tragic story from April. It is back in the news because the family has filed a lawsuit against the school who ignored the 7 year old first graders health problems until she died (Hat tip: Back Yard Conservative). This story was in the Chicago Sun-Times this week.
Hours later, she was [...]
Stupid in America is being aired again, tonight at 10 p.m. in the 20/20’s usual time slot. (Hat tip: CRAFT) Emphasis mine.
Another bit of good news: Our special on the destructive government monopoly in education, “Stupid in America,” will rerun Sept. 1st! This gives me a chance not just to show the surprisingly [...]
