District 74 Grilled by Residents about Personal Expenditures
More than 150 residents packed Lincolnwood Village Hall during a School District 74 board meeting on Thursday. Many residents were frustrated with the spending of taxpayer dollars by administrator and board members.
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Update 1/28 - School board responds to resident's open letter
Almost six inches of snow and the frigid weather weren't enough to stop the 150-plus residents who packed Lincolnwood Village Hall during a District 74 school board meeting on Thursday.
The standing-room-only crowd was the result of an open letter that questioned the spending of taxpayer dollars by superintendent Mark Klaisner, school board president David Koder, as well as other school board officials and administrators.
Some of the items included gas money, travel expenditures and a 2011 Cadillac CTS.
For one dinner, school board President David Koder charged $616 to his district-issued credit card after ordering six bottles of wine and dinner for three other guests during a conference trip in San Francisco, according to district records.
When asked about the charges, Koder told Skokie Patch that he "doesn't recall" the specifics of the dinner in question.
Koder also charged two "Grandview Breakfasts" to his hotel room during his stay in San Francisco, totaling about $100. He also took a $139 limousine ride from his home to O'Hare Airport, according to district records.
"This is my third year serving as school board President," Koder told Skokie Patch. "I returned because my seat was uncontested - there was nobody else to fill my seat ... I won't be seeking reelection next year because I know I'm not going to win."
In 2013, five school board seats will be up for election.
Residents speak out
Lincolnwood resident Kathy O'Brien was one of many who shared disappointment in the school's elected officials and administrators.
"I feel some members of this school board knowingly violated taxpayers," O'Brien said. "You do not have respect [for] the taxpayers' pocket."
Another resident told school officials, "I'm appalled of what I've heard. Do you think we're stupid? Don't forget, we elected you. The sense of entitlement by our school administrators is sickening."
Lincolnwood resident Joel Perzov, who requested numerous Freedom of Information Acts from the school district and compiled much of the data supplied in the open letter, requested that school board officials not renew Superintendent Klaisner's contract, which is due June 30 of this year.
"There's the issue why he's charged the district [$4,400 over 22 months] for every bit of gas for his car. The express language of his contract does not provide for that," Perzov said. "How long has that been going on?"
After hearing the residents speak out, board members took action by passing a motion to temporarily suspend all travel by school administrators, teachers and board members until specific guidelines are set in place.
The root of the problem
A lawsuit over a new junior high school has incited criticism of District 74 and Superintendent Klaisner.
A $25 million expenditure that would have torn down the current Lincoln Hall Junior High and replaced it with a new building has led several residents to take legal action against Lincolnwood School District 74.
"They were doing all sorts of legal gymnastics to build [the new school]," said Lincolnwood resident Mark Collens. "You can't build a $25 million building without asking the community."
The lawsuit contends that the district tried building the new school without a referendum passed by votes of residents in the district.
Technically speaking, District 74 could have built the new school by building a hallway that would have connected Lincoln Hall to nearby Rutledge Hall. By doing this, the district would have only been building an extension. A referendum isn't needed when a school district is building an extension, according to superintendent Klaisner.
The residents, however, didn't see it that way.
Collens would soon gather with about 20 other residents that shared his perspective. The group pitched in and hired a lawyer to take legal action against the school district.
Meanwhile, Klaisner said the school did its due diligence by informing the community about the school's expansion.
"We've been talking about this for about three or four years now," Klaisner said. "We mailed out 4,000 postcards to every Lincolnwood resident informing them of important meeting [regarding the expansion.]"
Now, a motion to build a new school has gone to a March 20 referendum.
"What [the school district] is considering doing here is violation of the law," Collens, an attorney, said. "You have to have a referendum with the community, but they thought they could get around that."
Collens said the group won't drop the lawsuit until after the March 20 referendum.
An Open Letter
The group of Lincolnwood residents began asking more questions, and it wasn't long before they began submitting Freedom of Information Acts. The group started looking into the spending habits of both district officials and school administrators. (To read the letter in full, click on the PDF image to the right of this article.)
Some of the group's claims include:
· A 2011 Cadillac CTS for the superintendent (Part of the superintendent's package includes a vehicle paid for by the district.)
· An insurance claim for $1,968 to repair rear-end damage done to the Cadillac
· A yearly average of about $2,000 in gas charges made by the superintendent
· A $14,000, 16 person trip to Orlando, that included a visit to the John F. Kennedy Space Station
· A $13,500 trip to San Francisco that included a $600 dinner tab for four people
Yet, many of those charges were taken out of context, Klaisner said. He added that his vehicle was actually cheaper than his predecessor's. And while the school district pays for Klaisner's insurance, the policy also covers several of the district's larger vehicles, including trucks used to remove snow.
Thus, the insurance deductable would have been $2,500 to repair his rear end damage, which cost more than the damage done to his vehicle, Klaisner said.
As for the group's gas claims, Klaisner said, "I'm actually going to plead ignorance there."
"This all ends up coming down to perspective," Klaisner said. "You could have easily just taken out the gas privileges and just upped my salary — then it becomes a shell game. Other superintendents do that and I can see why.
"But we handled things the way we did because we felt it was honest and transparent. I didn't do anything knowingly inappropriate," Klaisner added.
Klaisner said he's "sad and frustrated that things are being misinterpreted or misunderstood without [the residents] asking for any clarifications."
"It's insightful and inflammatory," Klaisner said regarding the open letter. "I never once questioned what we did."
L Wood Champion
11:22 am on Friday, January 13, 2012
Oh big whoop. School board officials aren't even paid. So what if they took a little vacation on tax payer dollar? Cry me a river!
Deadcatbounce
4:41 pm on Friday, January 13, 2012
It's called stealing you moron
Bobby
12:28 pm on Saturday, January 14, 2012
Good point, don't pay them, have them take advantage of the system, and what does the community get back? Nothing!
mr phuck
5:35 pm on Saturday, January 14, 2012
Stealing is a little harsh If you want to rile people up just post a picture of your favorite politician it would be as easy as that
Kimmy
7:26 pm on Tuesday, May 1, 2012
true story. all expenses had to be approved...so someone else besides them approved them. they paid back all the expenses charged anyways. GET OVER IT PEOPLE!
W F
10:58 am on Wednesday, May 2, 2012
How can you say that? It is a big deal. They ran ,they got elected.They are charged with doing the "RIGHT" thing. First and formost the children. And spending our tax dollars. Not on them selves.
grandpa
1:16 pm on Friday, January 13, 2012
Graft is graft. They knew that being a member of the school board was an upaid position when they ran.
John P
1:37 pm on Friday, January 13, 2012
L Wood Champion...You must be part of that corrupt Administration! The majority of resident tax money goes to our school district. How dare the Administration take part in trying to find "loop holes" in building a new Lincoln Hall by saying they are "connecting the two buildings. In addition, spend money on the teachers and kids to improve education. The Superintendent should be fired and all board members should step down immediately. This is a sad day for Lincolnwood Residents!
mr phuck
5:30 pm on Saturday, January 14, 2012
Really why dont you tell us itemize and number it so people can reply to your argument lets see if you realy have one.Also about the school building it’s like when you have a used car and you are tired of fixing it when your mechanic tells you its time to get a new one what do you do. keep fixing it even when its dangerous, or trust him and get a new car well your going to say get a second opinion the school board that we elected to make those decisions for us already got a second and third opinion
Sima Blue
2:27 pm on Friday, January 13, 2012
It seems that the school board has forgotten that they represent the residents! Other than two of the board members, the others must have been rubberstamping whatever line items came their way on budgets without any investigation. Resident tax money is for education not pleasure trips and padded expense accounts. As to the Superintendent, how dare he try to make an end run around the residents and try to avoid a referendum. One of us is stupid or arrogent and it is not our group of residents. Karma is going to come around bite him.
Deadcatbounce
4:44 pm on Friday, January 13, 2012
The problem is that school board members just rubber stamp decisions by the administrators. The superintendent runs the show and the board members for the most part are clueless. It's just something they can put on a resume.
mr phuck
5:21 pm on Saturday, January 14, 2012
so your kids already graduated grammer school huh .i could see why you dont care
sirphuck
8:13 pm on Monday, January 16, 2012
"resident tax money is for education not pleasure trips and padded expense accounts. "..... could you please cite where you're getting your information? I can't seem to find ANY "pleasure trips" taken by the BOARD MEMBERS in the budget.
Mikalartsik
7:13 pm on Friday, January 13, 2012
As a former Lincolwood School Board Member we had per diems for meals and were allowed to go the the National Convention. We had to stay at convention designated hotels and took taxis, not limos! Any extras had to be paid for on our own. The business manager reviewed and then approved only proper expenses. His name was Gene Moody and the Super was John Cahill. We did not buy him a car. We leased him a standard sedan. He paid his own gas.
Leadership starts at the top.Sounds like the Super needs to be terminated. The board president should resign. I feel bad for the community I once lived in and the board I served for 8 years from 88-96! Shame shame!
mr phuck
5:19 pm on Saturday, January 14, 2012
How much did your trip coast us hotel airfair ect well do you want to know in
Kimmy
7:30 pm on Tuesday, May 1, 2012
"The business manager reviewed and then approved only proper expenses." looks like you just found out who is to blame. a business manager approved all expenses in this case the same as when you were a board member.
lincolnwood resident
3:38 am on Saturday, January 14, 2012
Interesting!!!! Thats why for the board vacancy this past year, they did not even consider some of the very deserving applicants. SO they could continue their lavish spendings at our taxpayer's expense
Kimmy
7:31 pm on Tuesday, May 1, 2012
are you serious? many there were many applicants but NONE deserving.
Anna
4:36 am on Saturday, January 14, 2012
There are few things school administrators love more than lavish trips, to anywhere, on the taxpayer dime. Bravo to Lincolnwood resident Joel Perzov for exposing the personal indulgences of the superintendent at the taxpayers' expense. "Many charges are taken out of context"? What exactly is the context for charging $100 bottles of wine to the taxpayers? Taking expensive hotel rooms and meals, just minutes from home? You are "sad and frustrated" that these things are misintepreted without being asked for clarification? Please, intepret and clarify $100 bottles of wine for us. Tell us how indulging yourself and 3 other people in San Francisco was really all about helping the children.
sirphuck
8:17 pm on Monday, January 16, 2012
Instead of making sly commentary regarding the $100 bottles of wine that you took the time to dig up on the budget report, why don't you spend an equal amount of time looking into whom the wine was purchased for? perhaps the trip to SanFran was a meeting with Apple? I'm not sure..... but seeing as you're a resident or parent or whatever you refer to yourself as who didn't have enough time to VOLUNTEER on the school board themselves but has found more than enough time to analyze a budget only by the dollar numbers, it would seema should have the time to figure out WHY those dollars were spent.
Mel
10:39 am on Saturday, January 14, 2012
How about hiring Latin,Spanish teachers.Piano,violin,gitar lessons and spending more money in afterschool programs.I pay 12k in taxes and so much more in music and languages lessons.
Ee need more spend money in this direction not in drinking.
Focus should be on the kids only!
mr phuck
5:01 pm on Saturday, January 14, 2012
agreed
sirphuck
8:19 pm on Monday, January 16, 2012
For your information, the 12K in taxes you spent past tense was wasted away by the board members PRIOR to those we're currently discussing. Our music and fine arts curriculum "Piano, violin, guitar lessons, etc" was cut back due to the PRIOR BOARD MEMBERS INNABILITY to budget. I believe Member Janice Harris was the one running the finance show back then, whithout any contest from the '12k TAXPAYERS"
moshe
10:55 am on Saturday, January 14, 2012
Just a bunch of crooks-they all should resign today
mr phuck
5:00 pm on Saturday, January 14, 2012
Stand behind your comment lets see some reasons why there crooks
Kimmy
7:33 pm on Tuesday, May 1, 2012
yeah let's see some proof. don't have any? DIDN'T THINK SO.
Bobby
12:25 pm on Saturday, January 14, 2012
The district does not even rank among the 50 best performing schools in the state. They have no arts for the students, could not afford to send the students to the science fair downstate. This long haired nothing of a superintendent has done little to improve the quality of education in this affliant community. It's time for him and those idiot board members to resign.
sirphuck
8:07 pm on Monday, January 16, 2012
First of all, the state average class size is 20 students per class room, the schools that you're referring to which make up that '50 best performing' probably only have 16-18 students per class, of which are most likely more than 60% caucasian. Lincolnwood's class rooms are currently 24 students in size on average. We have one of the most diverse student bodies in the North Suburbs. As for the "no arts for the student"... you're an idiot. Go take a drive past Niles West High School, maybe you'll notice the large billboard that reads "#1 School for Performing Arts in the UNITED STATES" then again, considering you're childred have probably all already graduated, i guess that drive may be a bit out of your way.
sirphuck
8:11 pm on Monday, January 16, 2012
As far as the district's inability to afford to send the students downstate, that's an assumption you shouldn't be making. The actual reason our district stopped providing transportation downstate is because our school districts insurance which cover's field trips and incidentals will no longer cover those trips. Maybe istead of making these assumptions and making such an ass out of yourself, you could spare the minute or two it takes to look up the actual reasons behind's the school boards decisions.
mr phuck
1:44 pm on Saturday, January 14, 2012
I AGREE LETS FIRE DR MARK KLAISNER, AND HIRE A SUPERINTENDENT FROM ONE OF THE NEIGHBORING SCHOOL DISTRICTS .HUMM HOW ABOUT
SD 68 SKOKIE DR.Frances McTague SALERY< $296,449.00> THAT ONE ONLY MAKES 50 YEARS WORTH OF THAT FREE GAS OR MORE THAN KLAISNER.THAT IS $101,674.00 DOLLARS MORE . UNDER HIS WATCH THEY DID NOT SEND A SCIENCE PROJECT TO THE SPACE STATION. LINCOLNWOOD DID AND WE WERE RECOGNIZED GLOBALY. I WOULD LIKE THAT ON MY SCHOOLS RESUME.
SD 34 GLENVIEW DR GERALD HILL SALERY <$297,851.00> HOW MANY MORE ACCIDENTS WILL THAT PAY FOR? $103,076.00 DOLLARS MORE THAT’S =-ONE HUNDREND THOUSAND-=DOLLARS HUMM
SD 39 WILMETTE DR RAYMAND LECHNER-<$243,033.00, THAT IS $48,258.00 MORE THAN KLAISNER. DO YOU SEE THE PATTERN YET? WAKE UP… COME ON WAKE UP.
SD 64 PARK RIDGE: DR PHILLIP BENDER <$221,471.00> ONLY $26,696.00 MORE! I WANT TO THANK THE SCHOOL BOARD FOR SAVING ME ALL THIS MONEY. IN BLACK AND WHITE SORRY THAT I JUST DONT BUY SOMETHING JUST BECAUSE ITS ON SALE I CHECK TO SEE WHAT THE RIGHT PRISE IS I THINK WE ARE PAYING THE WRIGHT PRICE FOR OUR SUPERINTENDENT BUT LETS MAKE SHURE AND CONTINUE.
SD 70 MORTON GROVE: DR GARY ZABILKA <$221,220.00> $26,445.00 MORE THAN KLAISNER
SD 65 EVANSTON: DR HARDY MURPHY <$229,662.00> $34,887.00 MORE THAN KLAISNER
Deadcatbounce
3:40 pm on Saturday, January 14, 2012
Learn to spell too.
mr phuck
1:44 pm on Saturday, January 14, 2012
KLAISNER IS VERY CHEAP SO FAR! GOOD JOB SCHOOL BOARD YOUR SAVING THE DISTRICT A LOT OF MONEY! WHY DONT YOU LET THE MAN USE A DISTRICT GAS CARD I THINK THAT IS THE LEAST WE COULD DO SO WE DONT LOOSE HIM AND END UP PAYING SOMEONE ALL THAT EXTRA MONEY WITH NOT AS MUCH PERFORMANCE. LET’S CONTINUE
SD 72 SKOKIE FAIRVIEW: DR CINDY WHITTAKER <$217,522.00> $22,747.00 MORE THAN KLAISNER
IS THERE ANY SD LEFT? LOOK THEM UP YOURSELF, DO YOUR HOMEWORK FIRST! I THINK WE ARE PRETTY CLOSE TO THE LOWEST PRICE THAT YOU CAN PAY. ITS CALLED A BONUS! PERK! SO HE GETS A COUPLE OF BONUSES IN GAS! WE STILL WE HAVE A BARGAIN!! ACCOUNTING 101 .
SD 70 LIBERTYVILLE: DR SCHUMAKER $200,883.00 --$ 6,108.00 MORE THAN KLAISNER! OK I THINK THAT IS ENOUGH. DO YOU GET IT? IF NOT, GO BACK TO SCHOOL!
Deadcatbounce
3:38 pm on Saturday, January 14, 2012
Klaisner makes $201k and I am not sure how his pension is handled. If the district also pays the pension amount his sal is $221k. The number of students in the district is only 1200. Many of the other districts you list have 2 to 3 times the number of students. The sup of Chicago makes $250k with over 400k students. I say this sup is overpaid and so are 99% of the other school administrators in the Chicago area. This school also has two assistant sups, 3 principals, one assistant principal and three school directors for a school of only 1200 students. Stop with the CAPS, it's annoying and you look ignorant.
Bobby
5:24 pm on Sunday, January 15, 2012
This Phuck has to be one of the board members, or an idiot, no I think both.
W F
10:02 pm on Tuesday, February 14, 2012
Really!!! come on- he makes all this money and he can't afford to pay for his own GAS, Lunch, oh and let's not forget Dinner!!. Lets just Charge it on the p cards and have us pay for it.. The Illinois States Attorney needs to investigate what's going on. Questions have not been answered.
Kimmy
7:38 pm on Tuesday, May 1, 2012
Bobby you must be an idiot. Just because on tv and stuff you only hear from the few residents who think the board members did something wrong doesn't mean the majority of Lincolnwood's residents feel the same way. You must be one of those idiots who continuously attend the meetings looking like a fool.
mr phuck
4:16 pm on Saturday, January 14, 2012
My statistics come from family tax payers.org that is an equal playing field .on all there salaries are figured in moron. Where did you get your information? I hope it wasn’t the inquirer lol.
Deadcatbounce
6:07 pm on Saturday, January 14, 2012
From the school website. Yes, you fool it's on the website!
Deadcatbounce
10:18 pm on Saturday, January 14, 2012
It's also "their" not there
mr phuck
4:34 pm on Saturday, January 14, 2012
Why do I call you moron? well its because you post multiple blogs without doing any research, I am tired of reading all the nonsense you post maybe you ask your wife or watch it on fox I don’t know how you got through school? why don’t you run for school board is your time to valuable, or do you just like to complain and bitch about everything I guess you have to much free time.
Bobby
2:54 pm on Sunday, January 15, 2012
Hey Mr. Phuck, OFF and YOU
mr phuck
4:45 pm on Saturday, January 14, 2012
last I checked Fairview has less students than Lincolnwood
Kimmy
7:39 pm on Tuesday, May 1, 2012
Bobby....I love how you have resorted to correcting mr phuck's grammar since you clearly have no argument. HAH
mr phuck
5:09 pm on Saturday, January 14, 2012
An insurance claim for $1,968 to repair rear-end damage done to the Cadillac I wonder how much the deductible was. Does any one know.
mr phuck
5:17 pm on Saturday, January 14, 2012
A $14,000, 16 person trip to Orlando, that included a visit to the John F. Kennedy Space Station. Is that when the six graders sciences project was launched into space on the shuttle a once in a lifetime opportunity it’s like having a (if he did it I can do that) on the wall in your school. Wow what an accomplishment from one of our own. Superintendent made this happen by pushing his science teachers to reach out.
mr phuck
5:42 pm on Saturday, January 14, 2012
A yearly average of about $2,000 in gas charges made by the superintendent
He is underpaid compared to his equals in the north shore buy about $30,000 to 50,000 a year even with the car and pension ect. give him a raise or turn your check on the gas
rhoda
5:42 pm on Saturday, January 14, 2012
Where were the parents of current students during this meeting? Most of the people who spoke were not parents of students attending these 3 schools now. The team of administrators that this school board and Dr. Klaisner have put in place is excellent. Klaisner has done a great job of hiring people, who work well together and make improvements that will result in a change with student outcomes, but this does take time and if you are involved in "school reform change" you realize this is a fact. The fact that the district had a student whose project was selected to go up with the final space shuttle in Ft Lauderdale & this student and his/her family were invited, along with other school board members, parents, staff and 2 scientists to attend the launching in FL this past year is a feather in Dist 74's cap. The fact that Lincoln Hall has provided i-pods for all incoming 6th grade students and has the talent within their staff to use these correctly is almost unheard of. Apple Inc is interested in partnering with District 74 due to what this administration, staff and school board has accomplished. Students are learning more about how to access information through their i-pods. They are the future of our community. Do we know another district that has succeeded with this kind of progress? This is a progressive district. This is a district parents want to send their children to for a good education.
rhoda
5:43 pm on Saturday, January 14, 2012
If you think the district spends too much money to gain the knowledge for implementing these types of advances in education there are plenty of school districts that are far behind District 74. Time will tell if Klaisner is going in the right direction by allowing his staff and school board to attend conferences to further their knowledge in making change in education for district 74. This lawsuit is brought on with many residents not knowing the facts and some having an ax to grind. It was shocking to see these neighbors act so unprofessional toward a school board and administration that works hard to serve the students in this community in a professional manner. I highly recommend you learn more before you jump on the bandwagon of the negative voices that were heard at the last meeting. Citizens of Lincolnwood should be proud of the work the school board, administration, and staff have done. I am.
LWResident
8:47 am on Sunday, January 15, 2012
Here are a few links to a Great Website - this is interactive and allows you to slice and dice the date.. I urge you all to give it a whirl..
First Link is for Lincoln Hall
http://iirc.niu.edu/School.aspx?schoolid=050160740021001
Rutledge Hall
http://iirc.niu.edu/School.aspx?schoolid=050160740022003
Todd Hall
http://iirc.niu.edu/School.aspx?schoolid=050160740022004
rhoda
11:02 am on Sunday, January 15, 2012
Wow. Good site for these 3 schools. Hopefully parents who have students attending these schools will take time to look at this information and realize the good schools their children attend. This administration, staff and school board seem to be doing a good job. Also, i-pads not i-pods were bought for incoming 6th graders.
Deadcatbounce
1:14 pm on Sunday, January 15, 2012
This is a much better site and you can compare with other schools and by ethnic background ... http://webprod.isbe.net/ereportcard/publicsite/
LWResident
9:53 pm on Sunday, January 15, 2012
you can also check ethnic background and income level with the above website i provided. Also you can compare schools to see how others stack up. Even has information for HighSchools.
Thanks for your website I will take a look
Dr Morton Kreitzman
12:26 pm on Monday, January 16, 2012
Dear Mr Phuck;
How about finding out why the board won't answer my question on why we have 20 million dolars in unresticted funds & 10 million in restricted funds & still need an increase in the tax levy for 2012? And change your name to Mr Putz it suits better.
MK
Deadcatbounce
1:57 pm on Monday, January 16, 2012
Why an increase in the tax levy, that's easy, increases aren't based on reality, but based on spending as much as they can. The schools will get every last penny out the taxpayers and when that is not enough, they ask for even more through a referendum, threatening to increase class sizes, cut music, languages, art, gifted programs, etc until the taxpayers give in.
Deadcatbounce
2:01 pm on Monday, January 16, 2012
Nice comment, Mr Phuck is Mr. Putz. and probably a board member
Kimmy
7:41 pm on Tuesday, May 1, 2012
You might just be an even bigger idiot than Bobby
Kimmy
7:41 pm on Tuesday, May 1, 2012
No I take it back. Deadcatbounce is the biggest idiot on here.
j
6:46 pm on Monday, January 16, 2012
This district used to be a premier district under the leadership of John Cahill. That school board was fiscally responsible and took the school district to a higher level. Their reputation and integrity was the highest of many of the sister districts. The board did not micro-manage the district....decisions were made by staff members and supported and approved by the superintendent and Board. The respect for SD74 was so high!!! AH..the good ol' days!
If you are unhappy, make changes. GET RID OF THAT BOARD AND SUPER!!!!! But that means you need people to step up and run for the board. YOU NEED TO START all over and get some of the old ideas back. The Board used to take suggestions from the Super....They did not tell the teachers how to teach, the principals how to lead and continue to ask principals to resign.
Let's get all new people on our board....ask THEM to resign. We can move forward and become healthy once again. But we need the community to run for the Board and hire a new Superintendent. Let's think ahead BEFORE the election.
sirphuck
7:51 pm on Monday, January 16, 2012
Deadcatbounce why don't you allow a reply? Can't handle the debate? Trying to have the last word? This board has not needed an increase in the tax rate for education like past boards have who spoke at January meeting. Prior board members were responsible for TANKING the districts ED FUND. Seems to me by comments that this board has done just the opposite. They have plenty of money unlike boards before them! Sounds to me like they are doing a great job on the finances. Unless you don't use the school then obviously your motives are selfish! And no I'm not a board member but I will be running in 2013 to make sure cheap people like you don't ruin the school district. Unlike you I care about about kids education! yea and one more thing change your name to dead goldbrick bounce you shlep.
Deadcatbounce
8:51 pm on Monday, January 16, 2012
Mr. Putz again. You can't reply you doofus because my comment is a reply. Go look at all the comments, and the ones that are replies have no comment button.
Louie
10:48 am on Tuesday, January 17, 2012
Under Dr. Garlich Dist. 74 had an excellent reputation. Under Gene Moody working with Dr. Garlich. The district was fiscally responsible.