Tribune highlighted the problem of school districts not being able to find out if prospective teachers had been found to have sexually abused students. In 2009, eight years after bringing too many boxes home my legislative office, I was doing … Continue reading
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This weekend the Tribune highlighted the problem of school districts not being able to find out if prospective teachers had been found to have sexually abused students. In 2009, eight years after bringing too many boxes home my legislative office, … Continue reading
I guess id one is a Republican, some folks consider you automatically a racist. Consider the following post card sent to the Wheaton Bowl by Erica Bray-Parker, now a candidate for the Wheaton City Council: Ives has this comment: Wheaton … Continue reading
Paul Steven Perron, a Harvard High School history teacher from 1982 to 2002, has been arrested in Brazil for raping an 11-year old girl. He paid her $350. Perron was also a cross country and track coach, later a girls … Continue reading
Found on State Rep. Steve Reick’s web site: Rep. Reick Files Legislation to Strip Teachers who Sexually Abuse Students of their Pensions At a recent joint meeting of the House and Senate K-12 Education Committees, a former Walter Payton College … Continue reading
A press release from Governor Bruce Rauner: Governor Rauner signs education package to reduce teacher shortage in Illinois Springfield — On Kids’ Day at the Illinois State Fair, Governor Bruce Rauner continued his commitment to improve educational outcomes for students … Continue reading
Here’s a table that shows school superintend and teacher salaries for McHenry County school districts, as well as class sizes. A Friend of McHenry County Blog did the heavy lifting in manipulating this data. You will note that Marengo-Union and … Continue reading
Jake Griffin reports in the Daily Herald about mandatory payments by school districts for final year teacher raises in excess of 6 percent per year. Here’s what was written about Algonquin’s District 300 Unit School District: From 2015 through 2017, … Continue reading
A press release from State Rep. David McSweeneyL Rep. McSweeney Files Bill to Address State Issues Raised By CPS Sexual Abuse Scandal Springfield, IL – State Representative David McSweeney (R-Barrington Hills) today filed legislation to protect students from predatory educators … Continue reading
Unlike Illinois, Florida takes teachers who abuse their kids seriously. ‘Florida’s Troubled Teachers’ database: Easy access to educator disciplinary records The Chicago Tribune continues its series: Special report: Chicago Public Schools fails to protect students from rape and sexual abuse … Continue reading
From State Rep. Steve Reick: Representative Steve Reick Helps Lead Legislative Effort to End Illinois Teacher and Substitute Teacher Shortage My office has been working with a retired teacher from Woodstock who was named one of the top ten educators … Continue reading
Thanks to a program instituted by President Donald Trump, there seems to be a source of weapons for teachers who want and are allowed to follow President Donald Trump’s advice. Implementation of allowing willing and trained teachers and other school … Continue reading
Considering the legislation now being considered by the Illinois General Assembly, this article about my incredibly unsuccessful attempt to provide transparency in legislation from over twenty years ago might be of interest. The amendment was killed by over 100 votes … Continue reading
Springfield’s WICS-TV reports on a WallettHub analysis of where teachers have the best deals. Twenty-one criteria. Illinois ranks third after New York and New Jersey. The full report is here. Illinois had the second highest teacher salaries and the second … Continue reading
Pensions bills are full of stuff that would not withstand the light of day. That’s why I voted against the vast majority of them. One of the things I noticed while reading some of them was that lobbyists were included. … Continue reading
Thirteen teachers were “honorably dismissed” as of the end of the 2016-2017 school year by the Crystal Lake High School District 155 Board of Education on Tuesday night Declining enrollment is the reason. The cuts will have least affect on … Continue reading
A press release from the McHenry County Sheriff: McHenry Man Arrested on Disorderly Conduct Charges Detectives from the McHenry County Sheriff’s Office served criminal warrants on June 24, 2016, on Scott Smessaert of McHenry, Illinois, for Disorderly Conduct. On May … Continue reading
The headline from the Chicago Tribune pretty much tells it all: Public employees can be forced to pay union dues, if state law says so. … Continue reading
After I received the press release (15 comments so far) about the contents of the contract from Crystal Lake District 155 last night, I submitted some questions. Those questions and the answers supplied are below: What will the starting salary be … Continue reading
The Chicago Tribune had a big article on Thursday about how some school districts in affluent areas are providing subsidized housing for teachers. It reminded me of one solution put forth for the South High School bleacher controversy. The suggestion … Continue reading