Thursday, March 29, 2012
Lincolnwood District 74 board members told the media that they are 'legally obligated' not to disclose any compensation information regarding superintendent Mark Klaisner's resignation.
The compensation details regarding former superintendent Mark Klaisner's resignation won't be disclosed, according to Lincolnwood District 74 board president Amy Frankel. If there was any sort of compensation, Klaisner would have been paid with taxpayer money, yet Frankel said she is "legally obligated" not to disclose any details regarding the former superintendent's resignation. "The terms of the resignation was that I can't disclose that [information]," Frankel said after Wednesday night's board meeting. Read more: Traffic a Major Concern for Residents Near Proposed Super Walmart The board president did note that Klaisner has reimbursed the school district for his cell phone for the 2011 calendar year. She also added that the former …
Tuesday, March 20, 2012
An open house walk through at Lincoln Hall attracted about 30 residents on Saturday morning. Some of the issues include replacing the roof or adding sprinkler systems to the school. See our photo gallery for more details.
Monday, March 19, 2012
An open house walk through at Lincoln Hall attracted about 30 residents on Saturday morning. Some of the issues include replacing the roof or adding sprinkler systems to the school. See our photo gallery for more details.
Jim Caldwell, Lincoln Hall's building grounds director, will sometimes joke about his own title. "It's just a fancy way of calling me maintenance supervisor," Caldwell said. The building grounds director was made available to everyone (along with several other officials) during an open house walkthrough at Lincoln Hall on Saturday morning. About 30 residents attended and asked questions during the two hour-plus tour. See our previous SD74 coverage With the upcoming March 20 referendum, residents got to ask questions on why the community needs a $25 million, newly built Lincoln Hall. Regardless if it happens or not, the district will need to address a dozen or so issues to bring the school up to code. For 14 years Caldwell has done …
Thursday, February 2, 2012
Lincolnwood School District 74 board member Richard Ruderman resigned during an "emergency" meeting in the basement of Lincoln Hall last Saturday.
Charges for limousine rides, first-class airfare upgrades and fine dining on school district credit cards have been reimbursed by several board members and administrators in Lincolnwood. One board member has resigned over the issue. "We didn't handle the internal controls well," superintendent Mark Klaisner told Skokie Patch. "I will tell you no one has done anything malicious." As Lincolnwood School District 74 addressses credit card purchases made by its employees, school officials reimbursed the district more than $6,000 for expenses -- some dating back to two years. The payments were made last week on Jan. 25. The move came after Lincolnwood residents began investigating credit card transactions within the district. Freedom of …
Friday, January 27, 2012
The following is an open letter by School District 74. Many Lincolnwood residents have questioned the spending by the school district and are asking board officials not to renew Superintendent Mark Klaisner's contract.
Editor's note: A recent open letter sent by Lincolnwood residents has sparked widespread turmoil between the community and School District 74. On Jan. 12, more than 150 residents stood before administrators and board members as they questioned $600 dinners, trips to Disney Land and even personal auto repairs paid for with taxpayer money. The school district responded with its own open letter — 17-pages total — to Lincolnwood residents. The following is a response by District 74's school board and not Skokie Patch. Update- The school board held an "emergency meeting" in the basement of Lincoln Hall on Saturday morning, Jan. 21. During that meeting, school board officials extended superintendent Mark Klaisner's contract through 2013, despite…
Joshua Orlan
2:32 pm on Thursday, March 29, 2012
Any money appropriated by the School District MUST be voted on in open session and must be by roll call,. To vote on it in closed session is an easy violation of the Open Public Meetings Act. In short - it must be public in order to be legal. more ›