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Four people have filed to run for school board in Huntley School District 156. Three are incumbents: Donald J. Drzal Kimberly J. Skaja Paul A. Troy Running for the seat that Mike Skala vacated when he took office on the … Continue reading
Category Archives: Paul Troy
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
With over 700 registered voters in attendance, electors at the Annual Town Meeting overwhelmingly refused to follow the script laid out by Ancel Glink partner Keri-Lyn Krafthefer. There were so many people in attendance that the 700 pink ballots designed … Continue reading
Door-to-door leafleting. Pretty basic politics. And some Special Education Moms were doing it this afternoon in neighborhoods around town. With a photo of Superintendent John Burkey, taken by yours truly, the broadside’s headline was Our Superintendent wants special ed money … 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
This is the third part of a rather exhaustive article about what happened at last Thursday’s Huntley School District 158 school board meeting concerning how the district is going to spend the first half of a $1.6 million grant from … Continue reading
In mid-May, the Huntley School Board was approached by some disappointed and frustrated parents. At both the Finance and the board meeting, the moms of kids with special needs felt empowered to speak about the education their kids are or … Continue reading
The margin was overwhelming on election day. 65% to 35%. Before adding in absentee and early votes, Skala led the two-county school district by about 3,700 to 1,300. Almost 2-1. A landslide. Mike Skala, who lost a campaign two years … Continue reading
On Saturday morning Sun City hosted a candidates’ forum for Huntley school board candidates. There is only one contested race. Larry Snow, who is running for re-election, versus Mike Skala, who as board president was voted out of office in … Continue reading
Thousands of Kane County residents were incorrectly told eligibility requirements for school board vacancy. That happened after Huntley School District 158 Board member Jim Carlin resigned. Was it deliberate or just carelessness? School Board President Shawn Green issued a press … Continue reading
Thousands of Kane County residents were incorrectly told eligibility requirements for school board vacancy. That happened after Huntley School District 158 Board member Jim Carlin resigned. Was it deliberate or just carelessness? School Board President Shawn Green issued a press … Continue reading