PARIS, IL. (ECWd) - There has been a considerable amount of misinformation out there about the Crestwood School District #4 Superintendent's contract. This should clear everything up since copies of the last three contracts are at the bottom of this article. I did not expect to...
PARIS, IL. (ECWd) - It was erroneously reported in the November 26, 2014 issue of a local paper that: "State law requires that retiring teachers and administrators be given six percent pay increase each year prior to their retirement". That is not the case. State law simply...
EDGAR CO. (ECWd) - I think everyone is well aware of the financial turmoil our country is in, as well as our state. It has become so overwhelming most agree that this much debt is next to impossible to fix as long as the very people...
PARIS, IL. (ECWd) - Paris District 95 videotaped the "Consolidation Town Hall" meeting that was held on September 12, 2013. We have linked to their youtube page for the video: Previous Article(s): https://edgarcountywatchdogs.com/2013/01/possible-school-district-consolidation-information/ ...
PARIS, IL. (ECWd) - The Illinois Attorney General's office finally reaches a decision in the Freedom Of Information Act Request For Review, sent to them in September 2012, after a denial of security camera footage by Crestwood School. (Original article on the FOIA Denial Here) The footage requested was the...
EDGAR CO. (ECWd) - This is an update from this article published on Sep 21, 2012. I spoke with the attorney from the Illinois Attorney General's office this week about the FOIA request for review I submitted after Crestwood School denied my request for security camera video from...
PARIS, IL. (ECWd) - Chapin Rose has just stated that the Capital Development Board bonds were to be sold this morning, finalized on the 10th of April and school districts should expect construction payment processing by the end of April. He also talked about school funding/pension issues...
EDGAR CO. (ECWd) - While preparing several emails to send off today, I ran across the Illinois Procurement Code. This is the code the Capital Development Board, where the money for the new High School comes from, uses to determine conflicts of interest, among other things. It...
EDGAR CO. (ECWd) - As most of us are already aware, there is a new high school being built just north of Paris. With this school construction comes alot of contractors, contracts, and more specifically - concrete. While most of the discussions on conflicts of interest have...
EDGAR CO. (ECWd) - Possible School District Consolidation Following several inquiries into possible school consolidations, I had a meeting with the District 4 and District 95 Superintendents along with some email exchanges that included the PCHS Director, to discuss their planning of possible consolidation of the school districts. For...
