NEWTON, IL. (ECWd) - The Jasper County Community Unit School District #1 held its February 2018 monthly board meeting, which included the introduction of the District's 16 Illinois State Scholars. People's State Bank presented each Scholar with a well-deserved "Silver Eagle" Dollar coin. https://youtu.be/MwTV4viio3w?t=1m15s . Our work is funded entirely...
Jasper Co. (ECWd) - The Jasper County School District has responded to our request for review of the public comment policy the districted adopted. While I was specific as to part of the policy I wanted to be reviewed, the school attorney took us to Hollywood to...
NEWTON, IL. (ECWd) - Below is the video of January 18, 2018, Board of Trustees Meeting of Jasper County Community Unit School District #1. A citizen jokingly said she would use her cane against the Superintendent and some guy used curse words during public comment relating to...
NEWTON, IL. (ECWd) - We know, it's pretty sad when actually receiving a proper FOIA response can garner a headline. Within a half an hour of publishing this article about an incomplete response to a FOIA request for all emails of the school district, Mr. Johnson, Superintendent,...
NEWTON, IL. (ECWd) - During the January meeting of the Board of Trustees of the Jasper County Community School District #1, Superintendent Andrew Johnson talked about the issue of him possibly needing to hire a person to answer FOIA requests. We agree, and hopefully they will...
NEWTON, IL. (ECWd) - Below you will find the Jasper County School District's response to the Illinois Attorney General's inquiry into my allegations of an improper closed session of the board on December 18, 2017. It was quite an entertaining read, and I responded in writing using...
NEWTON, IL. (ECWd) - The Illinois Attorney General's Public Access Counselor has issued a letter (here or read it below) to the Jasper County Community Unit School District #1 in response to an allegation of an Open Meetings Act violation after the board's December 18, 2017,...
NEWTON, IL. (ECWd) - After reviewing another Police Officer's narrative of the events from December 18, 2017, it is clear, according to the report, that Jasper County School Board Member Holly Farley gave false information to the Police Officer. Officer James Riddle, said he spoke to Farley...
NEWTON, IL. (ECWd) - "We have an emergency" "Two men that are very violent" "Disrupting and yelling and screaming at everyone on the board" All of those statements made by Board Member Melissa Stanley are false. Then she tried to deny saying anything about violence to the Police Officer when...
NEWTON, IL. (ECWd) - This school board censured and punished a fellow board member in violation of state law, federal civil rights (of the member and of the voters), and board policy. "Censure" is not found in the school code. Illinois is a Dillon's Rule state, which...
