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Exactly four weeks after the teachers union in Palatine-Schaumburg High School District 211 authorized a strike, the school board Thursday voted 5-2 to approve a new two-year contract.
Exactly four weeks after the teachers union in Palatine-Schaumburg High School District 211 authorized a strike, the school board Thursday voted 5-2 to approve a new two-year contract.
Print More than 130 investors bilked in the Gina Champion-Cain Ponzi scheme finally received court approval for settlements of their lawsuits against Chicago Title — paving the way for the return of more than 70 percent of the money that they lost in the high-profile scam. The settlement for the largest group of about 80 investors was cleared on June 3 by U.S. District Court Judge Larry Burns, who is overseeing the case. Known as Atherton investors, they reached an agreement with Chicago Title in March that the Union-Tribune reported at the time. But objections to certain details of the se...
Klimkowicz becomes new District 211 board president Anna Klimkowicz Posted4/30/2021 5:05 AM Anna Klimkowicz, the longest-serving board member of Palatine-Schaumburg High School District 211, emerged as board president Thursday after a contentious internal vote that followed her reelection in one of the most hotly contested races in the Northwest suburbs on April 6. Klimkowicz has served on the board of education for 24 years, but she has never been board president. Two-year board member Mark Cramer nominated and voted for himself, while six-year board member Pete Dombrowski nomina...
Union endorsements in Districts 211, 214 raise stir A mailer from the Northwest Suburban Teachers Union lists its endorsed candidates for the boards in Palatine-Schaumburg High School District 211 and Northwest Suburban High School District 214. Courtesy of Mark Cramer Updated 4/1/2021 8:47 AM Teachers union endorsements of school board candidates in two of the largest high school districts in the suburbs are generating debate over what they should and shouldn't mean to voters. A recent mailer from the Northwest Suburban Teachers Union endorses candidates for the Palatine-Sch...