District 46 OKs Parking Lot Lights

District 46 School board approved contracts to install new lighting in the Frederick Parking lot. They are also considering putting cameras in both Frederick and Grayslake Middle school. Grayslake District 46 is taking steps this summer to make its schools safer for students and staff as they start the new school year. New lighting will [...]

Antioch District 34 Group Recommends Referendum

This falls in the no surprise category. The small group of parents and teachers who came to the meetings recommended a referendum. See the stories about it in the following local papers: News-Sun: Antioch group recommends elementary school referendum (Excerpt below) Daily Herald: Antioch group tabs education goals Antioch Review: Nav34 recommendations presented to board [...]

Another Reason for Recall

In todays Daily Herald they report about a Wauconda School Board member pleading guilty to domestic battery. Wauconda school board member Nicholas Batson was sentenced to 6 months in jail and 2 years probation Thursday after pleading guilty to a misdemeanor domestic battery charge. Batson was facing up to 14 years in prison on two [...]

Off Topic: Free Olympic Prayer Band

This is totally unrelated to education, but I would like to share it anyway. The Voice of the Martyrs is giving away free Olympic Prayer Bands to help you remember to pray for the persecuted Christians in China during the Olympics. I encourage every Christian to order theirs today at Voice of the Martyrs.

Use common sense on pension problem

In the following Letter to the Editor in the Daily Herald explains why “common sense and backbone” is needed to fix the pension problem here in Illinois. A large part of the culprit here in Illinois is the outrageous retirement benefits given to teachers through their end of career bonuses. There’s been a lot of [...]

Barack Obama: Teach Your Children Spanish

Obama recently gave a speech in Powder Spring, GA where encouraged parents to teach their kids Spanish. Our public government schools can’t even teach English, how does he expect them to teach Spanish as well? If you want to know more about Obama’s positions on education and other issues visit another of my websites Obama [...]

Grayslake High technology chief accused of DUI in fatal boating crash

This story was reported in both the Daily Herald and News-Sun. Daily Herald excerpts: Grayslake High School District’s technology director had a blood-alcohol level more than double the legal threshold when his boat collided with another vessel early Sunday, killing a 21-year-old woman, state officials said. Rick L. McGuire, 55, of 4713 E. Wonder Lake [...]