D46 Community Forum – Wed. Night

The Grayslake School Board has scheduled a community forum for this Wednesday night at 7:30 pm at Grayslake Middle School. Please attend and tell everyone you know about this forum. The more people that attend, the more likely it will be to have future sessions. Listed below are the final questions. Yes, there were more, [...]

Schools Overcharge for FOIA

In an article last July, the Northwest Herald found taxing bodies were overcharging for FOIA requests. Since that time I have done some research, although there is much more to go in this area. I found many taxing bodies that charge what appear to be excessive fees as well. First there is Winthrop Harbor District [...]

Winthrop Harbor D1 Documents – The Arduous Journey

I thought more people would be interested in how Winthrop Harbor District 1 handles FOIA requests. Below is the timeline of my requests and the district responses. As you can see it was a frustrating experience that is still not completed. Here is brief overview or the problems: The district did not a FOIA policy [...]

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 [...]

WHSD1 Financial Questions

Interesting charts for a district trying to blame everything on the previous administration and bleak future. The ISBE Analysis shows a surplus of over $500K up until 2003 when it decreased dramatically. Isn’t that when Dr. Tenbusch took over? The ISBE numbers are off as well. It appears they averaged 2% growth in revenue each [...]

District 201 Found Breaking the Law

The National Taxpayers United of Illinois are heading to the Cook County State’s Attorney with evidence Morton Dist. 201 broke election interference laws (Hat tip: CRAFT. Read about D-300 possible violations here and Wintrhop Harbor’s D-1 here.            On Thursday March 9, NTU Vice-President Jeffrey Babbitt spoke with the General Counsel for the Illinois State [...]

Election Interference?

In response to my post about “Who really paid for the Emergency Referendum?”

Who Paid For Emergency Referendum?

The following quotes are from comments during last falls referendums:            The cost of the election is being paid for by a group of concerned citizens who raising the money. Comment by DMcCarthy — 9/6/2005 @ 11:01 pm            The referendum comittee, who are funding the election, are called the “Citizens for Quality Schools”

Winthrop Harbor D1 Roundup

There is going to be an information meeting in Winthrop Harbor monday evening about the referendum. This announcement is from the District 1 website.            Special Board Meeting There will be a special board meeting this Monday night (February 6) at 7pm at North Prairie Junior High. Representatives from the Illinois State Board of Education [...]

Winthrop Harbor Letter to Parents

Superintendent Tenbusch of Winthrop Harbor District 1 sent this letter to parents in the District. I am providing excerpts below:            This support seemed to be forthcoming after the spring election, but the arrival of a well funded and organized opposition group from outside our community has changed everything. It no longer appears realistic to [...]

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