While D99 did not keep a ledger specifically for legal costs surrounding the six year D99/Woodridge cage match, FOIA Officer and D99 Controller Mark Staehlin, as expected, had some solid numbers on legal fees paid specific to the lawsuit: Paid in the three fiscal years from 2004/5 through 2006/7 for meetings and negotiations- $241,061 Paid [...]
Entries Tagged as 'District 99'
D99 accepts Woodridge ruling
August 11th, 2010 · Comments Off · District 99
Updated: August 12, 10:30 a.m. The District 99 school board voted unanimously Aug. 11 to accept an Appellate Court’s rulings upholding Woodridge’s right to obtain by eminent domain a 45-acre parcel owned by the district. The board met in closed session before returning to open session to vote on the motion: Move not to seek [...]
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D99 board to discuss court ruling
August 11th, 2010 · 4 Comments · Boards and Commissions, District 99, FOIA
Tonight at 7pm District 99 will once again violate the Illinois Open Meetings Act by holding a closed session to discuss a decided court case. District officials said the meeting will be held in closed session because board members will be discussing litigation. Really? The exception to the OMA clearly states PENDING litigation, not decided [...]
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Court rules on W’ridge-D99 case
July 28th, 2010 · 19 Comments · Breaking News, District 99
Updated: 1 p.m., July 29 Chicago Breaking News reports that the Illinois Appellate Court has upheld Woodridge’s right to purchase for $14.2 million a parcel of land owned by D99. The district issued this statement on Thursday:
99 seeks input for strategic planning
July 9th, 2010 · 1 Comment · District 99, Strategic Planning
Public input to be sought in strategic planning process. Community High School District 99 will seek the opinions of community members, parents, business owners, students, teachers and staff as part of its strategic planning process, which will be launched this summer.
What makes North so great
June 26th, 2010 · 22 Comments · District 99, Education
Citing the school’s “solid record of educational excellence in academics, athletics and activities,” Newsweek magazine named North High School among the nation’s top six percent of public high schools for the third year in a row. The rankings are determined by the number of Advanced Placement, International Baccalaureate or Cambridge (AICE) tests given at a [...]
Tourney Time
June 4th, 2010 · Comments Off · District 99, Sports
Girl’s Softball On Wednesday South beat Nequa Valley 4-0. They advance to the Bolingbrook Sectional finals against Lockport Township, who defeated North on Thursday 3-0. The winner of that game advances to Tuesday’s supersectional, leading to the state finals next weekend. Game recap here. Note the “small world” angle. Go Mustangs!
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Hero or goat?
June 2nd, 2010 · 9 Comments · District 58, District 99
What do we think of this? The New York Times is reporting that New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg announced the city will drop planned pay raises for teachers for the next two years in an effort to save 4,400 public school jobs. In Illinois, budget shortfalls have led to the dismissal of some 17,000 teachers, [...]
Tags: layoffs·state budget·teacher pay
Tourney Time
May 28th, 2010 · Comments Off · District 99, Sports
4/29 Saturday Update: Boys Baseball: Lincoln Way Central shuts out South 3-0 for the Regional Championship. Mustangs end season with a 30-6 record. Girls Softball: North shuts out Naperville Central 1-0 for the Benet (Lisle) Regional Championship, and moves on to the Bolingbrook Sectional against Lockport Township Thursday at 4:30pm. South shuts out Lyons (LaGrange) 5-0 for the [...]
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