Superintendent Termination
Daily Herald, 7/7/10 - District 15 to pay former superintendent $185K
TribLocal, 7/6/10 - School District 15, superintendent part ways
Daily Herald Editorial, 7/4/10 - A superintendent resigns in secrecy
Daily Herald, 7/1/10 - Lukich out at Dist. 15, departure from office immediate
TribLocal, 5/26/2010 - D15 reviews superintendent contract

D15 $27M Bond Issue
Daily Herald, 6/2/2010 - Objection dropped to D15 petition
Daily Herald, 5/24/10 - Electoral board likely to rule on D15 petition next week
TribLocal, 5/20/10 - D15 petition challengers drop signature objection
Daily Herald, 5/8/10 - Review of 7500 signatures on D15 petition is complete
Trib Local, 4/27/10 - District 15 petition heads to Cook County
Chicago Tribune, 4/27/10 - Districts skirt law to fund projects
                                              Schools sell cash bonds without going to the voters
Daily Herald, 4/27/10 - In the clerk's hands - Petition review in D15 could take several days
Daily Herald, 4/20/10 - Dist. 15 bond sale petition questioned
Daily Herald, 4/15/10 - Bond issue stalled, Dist. 15 faces tough choices
Daily Herald Editorial, 4/14/10 - Democracy just beginning in District 15
Daily Herald, 4/14/10 - Petition to stop District 15 bond sale under review  
Daily Herald Editorial, 4/7/10 - Public should vote on Dist. 15 plan

Daily Herald 4/5/10 - Palatine schools' bond sale divides board, community
Trib Local Palatine, 3/31/10 - Residents object to District 15 bond plan
Daily Herald, 3/17/2010 - Palatine Twp. Dist. 15 residents protest borrowing plan
Daily Herald, 3/11/2010 - Dist. 15 prepares for $27 million bond sale, cuts
Daily Herald, 2/18/2010 - District 15 considers $20 million bond sale

District 15   (K-8 schools in Palatine, Hoffman Estates, Rolling Meadows)
Daily Herald, 5/27/2010 - D15 to study zoning and facilities
TribLocal, 5/26/2010 - D15 reviews superintendent contract
Daily Herald, 4/25/10 - Pensions for 131 school retirees top $150K each a year
Daily Herald, 1/27/2010 - Cook County property tax bills asking more upfront
Daily Herald, 1/23/2010 - District 15 financial future bleak, but union members get raises

12/16/09 - Dist. 15 files for P.E. wavier despite video plea from Richard Simmons
Daily Herald, 11/20/09 - Parents, staff debate recess in District 15
Daily Herald, 11/12/09 - District 15 may have to borrow money to pay bills
Daily Herald, 10/21/09 - School districts brace for next year's dip in tax revenue
Chicago Tribune, 10/20/09 - Public officials are blocked from information too

Daily Herald, 9/15/09 - District 15 parents in uproar over busing changes
Daily Herald, 9/04/09 - Unable to hire a teacher, Whiteley forms multi-age classes
Daily Herald, 7/30/09 - District 15 reserves on verge of rapid decline

Daily Herald, 6/9/09 - Palatine Township District 15 teachers getting raises
Daily Herald, 6/8/09 - Palatine Dist. 15 teachers, board plan contract vote today

Illinois School Administrator/Teacher Pensions Series
Daily Herald, 4/25/10 - Pensions for 131 school retirees top $150K each a year
                                       Pension crisis took decades to create, one day to fix
                                       Editorial: Springfield's costly and broken pension promise
                                       Financial problems not unique to the teacher pension fund
     Top 700 Highest paid pensions paid in IL for public school administrators & teachers

Daily Herald, 4/26/10 - The hidden cost of inflated pensions: Schools forced to pay up
Daily Herald, 4/27/10 - Pension argument pits "haves" and "have nots"
Daily Herald, 4/28/10 - Reducing benefits, raising taxes among proposed pension fixes
                                    Average 2009 teacher and administrator salaries by district

Education Legislation
Chicago Tribune, 4/27/10 - Districts skirt law to fund projects
                                              Schools sell cash bonds without going to the voters

Education/School Performance
Daily Herald, 10/30/09 - As benchmarks get raised, more schools in danger of failing
Daily Herald, 10/30/09 - Northwest suburban high schools fail, officials are skeptical of data
Daily Herald, 10/30/09 - Are we getting what we pay for?                                       
Daily Herald, 10/30/09 - 2009 Teacher Salaries

District 211  (Fremd, Palatine, Schaumburg, Conant and Hoffman Estates High Schools)
Daily Herald, 3/4/2010 - D211 & 214 push through despite state education cuts
Daily Herald, 8/21/09 - A bad news - good news budget for Dist. 211
Daily Herald, 5/29/09 - Dist. 211 board, teachers agree on contract
Daily Herald, 5/15/09 - New leadership offers hope for Dist. 211 contract talks
Daily Herald, 5/4/09 - New Dist. 211 board members face contract talks, financial challenges
Daily Herald, 5/1/09 - Dist. 211 Board gets to work

Economy and Other School Districts
Daily Herald, 4/25/10 - Pensions for 131 school retirees top $150K each a year
Chicago Tribune, 3/25/2010 - Illinois school budgets at the breaking point
                                                 Many . .  have been spending more than they take in