The professional football leagues’ disrespect of the American Flag isn’t something high on my agenda, but, as you can see from the following article from the Illinois Family Institute, it has reached Elgin. There a school board member who is … Continue reading
Category Archives: Elgin School District
State Rep. Mike Tryon’s annual Huntley Fish Boil was last Thursday. You can see some of the event in the photos provided below by his campaign. The event was held in the outdoor seating area of the Parkside Pub. Political … Continue reading
That’s what I conclude from the February agenda of the Finance and Audit Committee. Read the main topic to be discussed: “Resolution Appointing Jeffrey S. Schleff into the Vacant Elected Position of Regional Superintendent of Schools” From this wedding photo … Continue reading
“While Democrats say Teachers ‘Have Kept Their Part of the Deal?’“ is the title of an April 5, 2011, article by former Huntley School District 158 Board member Larry Snow. (The quote was in the Chicago Tribune Marcy 31, 2011. … Continue reading
That’s pretty much the question that former Huntley School Board member Larry Snow asks in a a column posted on The Champion today. “…in Illinois teachers are informing parents how their children are passing in reading when they can read … Continue reading
Ron Ally snagged a $180,000 job at Harper College. The former McHenry County College finance guy, left to take the top finance job at Elgin Unit District 46. There he was paid $189,000. Ally made his last featured public appearance … Continue reading
Elgin has the second largest Illinois school district. In the 1970’s I used to represent it. Today it has the distinction of having all five of its high schools in failure mode. And because of an overlapping tax district problem … Continue reading
Elgin’s school district has a new superintendent named Jose Torres. Elgin’s Courier-News had some headline fun Friday by entitling it’s page 2 article. NO WAY, JOSE Unit District 46 has budget problems next year. So Torres sent an email to … Continue reading
This time District 300 is not being whacked in an editorial or in articles, (here and here), but in a Sunday column by Fox River Valley columnist Chris Bailey. Not unlike what the Daily Herald’s Jeff Gaunt did a bit … Continue reading
This time District 300 is not being whacked in an editorial or in articles, (here and here), but in a Sunday column by Fox River Valley columnist Chris Bailey. Not unlike what the Daily Herald’s Jeff Gaunt did a bit … Continue reading