District 300 Reveals TIF Meeting with Sears

A press release from School District 300: D300 leaders in talks with Sears District 300 leaders are working closely with officials from Sears and the Village of Hoffman Estates to prevent the extension of the Sears Economic Development Area (EDA). … Continue reading

Sears Wants Local Taxpayers to Continue Subsidizing It

In 1989, I was standing next to State Rep. Delores Doederlein on the House floor the night that the Hoffman Estates Tax Increment Financing District for Sears was passed. As the debate neared its end, she asked me if I … Continue reading

A More Extensive View of John Ryan’s District 300 School Board Service

Former District 300 Board member was out of the country on his new job when I emailed him asking what he thought his accomplishments were. Interestingly, he did not mention getting elected as a Home School Dad. In 2007, he … Continue reading

District 300 Legislative Breakfast Focuses on Money – 5

Back to money in this series of articles of what happened when legislators were being briefed on District 300 by administrators and board members John Ryan and Joe Stevens, the board’s president. Superintendent Ken Arndt brought up the huge Sears … Continue reading

District 300 Legislative Breakfast Focuses on Money – 5

Back to money in this series of articles of what happened when legislators were being briefed on District 300 by administrators and board members John Ryan and Joe Stevens, the board’s president. Superintendent Ken Arndt brought up the huge Sears … Continue reading

District 300 Legislative Breakfast Focuses on Money – 4

This is the fourth in my reporting on what happened at District 300’s legislative breakfast held on Monday morning. Tom Hey, the assistant superintendent in charge of curriculum and instruction, explained that the district’s past financial problems had left little … Continue reading

District 300 Legislative Breakfast Focuses on Money – 4

This is the fourth in my reporting on what happened at District 300’s legislative breakfast held on Monday morning. Tom Hey, the assistant superintendent in charge of curriculum and instruction, explained that the district’s past financial problems had left little … Continue reading

District 300 Legislative Breakfast Focuses on Money – 3

This is the third in a series of articles about Monday’s legislative breakfast given by Carpentersville District 300. Attending were various district administrators, board members John Ryan, who chaired the meeting, and Board President Joe Stevens, plus members of the … Continue reading

District 300 Legislative Breakfast Focuses on Money – 3

This is the third in a series of articles about Monday’s legislative breakfast given by Carpentersville District 300. Attending were various district administrators, board members John Ryan, who chaired the meeting, and Board President Joe Stevens, plus members of the … Continue reading

District 300 Legislative Breakfast Focuses on Money

I could probably cover this meeting in one article as reporter David Fitzgerald of the Northwest Herald did, but why waste good notes. The first notes I took at the Carpentersville School District 300 meting with legislators were of Superintendent … Continue reading

District 300 Legislative Breakfast Focuses on Money

I could probably cover this meeting in one article as reporter David Fitzgerald of the Northwest Herald did, but why waste good notes. The first notes I took at the Carpentersville School District 300 meting with legislators were of Superintendent … Continue reading

District 300 Releases Some Details on Huge Amount “Stolen” from Student Activity Funds

Guess I should have picked up on what Karen Plaza (wife of Lake in the Hills Village President Ed Plaza) said after the meeting held by State Senator Pam Althoff and State Rep. Mike Tryon at the Lake in the … Continue reading

District 300 Releases Some Details on Huge Amount “Stolen” from Student Activity Funds

Guess I should have picked up on what Karen Plaza (wife of Lake in the Hills Village President Ed Plaza) said after the meeting held by State Senator Pam Althoff and State Rep. Mike Tryon at the Lake in the … Continue reading