This article is corrected and bumped up for visibility. I misread the minutes of the Financial Advisory Committee meeting of August 2nd. It was not Huntley School District 158 Chief Financial Officer Mark Altmayer whom the minutes say advocated abolishing … Continue reading
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Huntley School District 158’s number two administrator Terry Awrey issued a “Post Graduate Survey Report (Class of 2010)” on what Huntley High graduates are doing after graduation. It was addressed to Supt. John Burkey and all top administrators, including Dr. … Continue reading
Few would come up with a solution to a possible (probable?) large cut in State Aid to Education for next year by spending an extra million this year. Spending a million, so they don’t have to spend it next year. … Continue reading
That the question the Chicago Sun-Times asked last Sunday. The answer? Teachers and health care workers. Certainly teachers at Huntley School District 158. 18% on the average the first year of which we are in. And staff at Huntley School … Continue reading
Below are four snippets from Huntley 158’s board meeting of March 4th. If you had taken the time to listen to or be at the board meeting, you would have heard the quotes below. (My apologies for any minor discrepancies.) … Continue reading
After months of bleak, bleak and more bleak announcements by Huntley School District 158’s Superintendent John Burkey and Controller Mark Altmayer, I couldn’t help but notice Altmayer is in line to get a large salary increase to $130,000. It’s shown … Continue reading
At one point in the Financial Advisory Committee meeting, Huntley School District Controller Altmayer tried to persuade the committee that special needs children receive $10 million more than what comes in for special education. (Subject addressed here.) Parents in the … Continue reading
No apology seems forthcoming for the pulling of financial fire alarms throughout Huntley schools and spreading the word that financial conditions were “bleak.” Officials could say, “Sorry, the financial numbers were messed up. We should have checked them. We shouldn’t … Continue reading
After a long interview with Huntley District 158 Controller Mark Altmayer, the Northwest Herald published an article about how the finances of District 158 were bleak. It was so bleak Certified Public Accountant Altmayer put on a lengthy presentation to … Continue reading
Huntley district 158 posted a five-year financial plan on its web site as part of its board packet. It was up in advance of the meeting last night of the board’s Financial Advisory Committee. When advisory committee member and former … Continue reading
Yesterday, the first half of a report was published on what happened on the special ed front at the parents advisory committee meeting and the subsequent school board meeting. What follows, concludes that report. Board member Aileen Seedorf questioned a … Continue reading
This is the firth and final installment of a too long article about the discussion of spending $800,000 of special ed money allocated to Huntley School District 158 this year as a result of the Federal stimulus program. The other … Continue reading
I went to the Special Ed town hall meeting with school board members July 14th in Huntley District 158. There I received this handout which you can see online or just click to enlarge the image above. It’s on page … Continue reading
You might think a school district’s budget has to show specifically where the money is going to come from to pay for its legal debt obligations that are due in this budget year You might think in normal budgeting, state … Continue reading
The proposed budget by administrators which will go on public display August 17th has a hidden tax increase. Neither Superintendent John Burkey nor the board majority is publicly highlighting it. You can see it hidden on page 39 of 62 … Continue reading
Increasing borrowing costs with higher fees and interest expense was proposed Tuesday night in the Huntley District 158 board room. Mark Altmayer, the new Huntley School District’s Controller, presented his plan to do this. Instead of paying what’s owed in … Continue reading
Huntley School District 158 School Superintendent John Burkey promised to post the board packet information when the board receives their info. As of 1:30 this afternoon there was no board packet posted under “packet.” When you clicked the link it … Continue reading
A Huntley School Board packet was finally posted online and I am told we have board member Aileen Seedorf’s prodding this morning to thank for this. Here’s the link. It actually works now. The previous story‘s link also opens it. … Continue reading
The Huntley School District 158 has a new controller and he is a CPA. That’s short for Certified Public Accountant. His name is Mark Altmayer. It probably didn’t hurt that two members of the current board— Tony Quagliano and Kevin … Continue reading
If you manage a part of a business or help run a business then you know what a budget is. Most adults have a concept of a household or personal spending budget. So imagine being able to budget only those … Continue reading