Grayslake D127 Approves Levy

The Grayslake High School District 127 approved the levies as presented at a special meeting this morning. Mr. McClain was absent, but all present board members voted to approve them. The levies as presented asked for a 30% increase over last year. However, because of the tax cap they will not receive that much and [...]

(Updated) Grayslake High School Levy Meeting

I have confirmed that Grayslake High School District 127 will be holding a special school board meeting on Tuesday, December 26th at 10 am. This meeting will be held at the district offices at Grayslake Central High School on Lake Street in Grayslake. I will have the proposed levies tomorrow and will post them as [...]

Lindenhurst TIF

The local schools districts of Milburn, Woodland and Grayslake High School have been fighting to stop the proposed TIF planned by the Village of Lindenhurst. Below is an article from the Daily Herald about the continuing effort. There will be a meeting about this Monday night at Grayslake North at 7pm. If this TIF is [...]

Universities Don't Own Any Students; They Earn Them

State Senator Steve Rauschenberger was interviewed by Jeff Berkowitz. In it, they discussed several topics, but the topic I want to focus on is education. Here is an excerpt from the transcript (emphasis mine):            Sen. Steve Rauschenberger: “

Stop Sitting or Get Run Over

Now that this election cycle is over is it time to start looking ahead at the school board elections next spring for both District 46 and District 127. These will be held April 17th to be exact. I’ll run through a few question and answers. Why do we need to think about them when they [...]