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The state's two largest high school districts will reinstate student fees next school year, ending a hiatus put in place during the pandemic. Administrators of Arlington Heights-based Northwest Suburb...
Updated 5/14/2021 5:10 PM Outgoing Elk Grove Township Elementary District 59 Superintendent Art Fessler's next job at the Northwest Suburban Special Education Organization is over before it even began. The announcement by Fessler and officials at the Mount Prospect-based cooperative comes less than a week after a Daily Herald story revealed the new gig was being arranged to help Fessler work the 170 remaining days he needs to get a full pension. Fessler, who will step down from the helm of District 59 on June 30, was set to work a staff position at Sunrise Lake Outdoor Education Center, th...
After electoral loss, District 214 parents slate renews calls for transparency The Northwest Suburban High School District 214 board met for the first time Thursday since a contentious election. Christopher Placek | Staff Photographer Elizabeth Bauer Posted4/9/2021 5:00 AM Coming off one of the most contentious Northwest Suburban High School District 214 board elections in recent years, supporters of the losing slate of candidates renewed calls Thursday for increased transparency from the board and administration. But the board president maintains that the district is trans...
Reopening debate or not, District 25, 214 incumbents dominate Upper from left, Melisa Andrews, Gina Faso, Rich Olejniczak, Anisha Patel and lower from left, Katie Rausch, Greg Scapillato, Deborah Tranter and Todd Witherow were candidates for District 25 school board in the 2021 election. Upper from left, Elizabeth Bauer, Mark Hineman, Rich Menninga, Millie Palmer, and lower from left, Andrea Rauch, Tony Rosselli, Jacqueline Ryan and Lenny Walker were candidates for the District 214 school board in the 2021 election. Anisha Patel Posted4/8/2021 5:00 AM Whether it was the reopen...
With union support, establishment candidates turn back critics of gradual school reopenings Updated 4/7/2021 2:00 PM Voters throughout the Northwest suburbs sent educators a message Tuesday -- for the most part endorsing the gradual reopening approach most districts have taken in response to the pandemic. In school district after school district, candidates who put a priority on listening to the health experts were elected, apparently often with the help of teachers unions. This was the case in Glenbard High School District 87, Stevenson High School District 125, Palatine-Scha...