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Thursday, February 2, 2012

School District Spending Spurs Resignation, Reimbursements

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 …

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9:16 am on Friday, February 10, 2012

I so agree, these people need to go.It's as if they are in bed togther.They all side with each other with out looking at the big picture. Klaissner and Nohelty need to be fired.   more ›

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