Superintendent Termination
Daily Herald, 7/7/10
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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
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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
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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
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Dist. 15 bond sale petition questioned
Daily Herald, 4/15/10
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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
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District 15
considers $20 million bond sale
District 15
(K-8 schools in Palatine, Hoffman Estates, Rolling Meadows)
Daily Herald, 5/27/2010
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D15 to study zoning and facilities
TribLocal, 5/26/2010
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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
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