Will Co. (ECWd) - We received notification today that the Illinois State Board of Education has initiated a proper investigation of the financial integrity of Lincoln Way CHSD 210. This comes after being placed on the financial watch list last March. One can only wonder what...
PLAINFIELD, IL. (ECWd - I submitted a Freedom of Information Act request for a simple thing - copy of comments left on a post on the school's Facebook page. Now it appears the PSD202 is prepared to spend public funds to keep those public records from the...
Cumberland Co. (ECWd) - It's not often that we get to report on public bodies taking steps to fix issues raised by citizens, however, in this case, I thank the School Board for taking steps to revise their board policy on public comment and ensuring...
URBANA – Legislative candidate Jim Acklin of Ogden countered a former high school student’s sexual misconduct suit against the school district he once led by blaming her. “Plaintiff was under a duty to use care and caution for her own safety and well being” while at St....
DuPage Co., IL. (ECWd) - Update: This article is cross-posted from CountyLeaks and has ties to Edgar County. PART 15 OF COUNTYLEAKS SERIES ON DUPAGE COUNTY FOREST PRESERVE...
St. Joseph-Ogden - (ECWd) - As a teacher, coach, and school superintendent, you are a mandated reporter without question. Mandated Reporters - This is not a new subject for us, we have been looking at these situations for several years, but nobody wants to talk about them, until...
Tinley Park, IL. (ECWd) - In a stunning development out of Tinley Park, the 9-member Tinley Park Planning Commission had 7 of its members suddenly resign this month, all after citizens of Tinley Park started attending Board and Planning Commission meetings to voice public anger at...
Will Co., IL. (ECWd) - This article will attempt to clear up who is responsible for real estate taxes on property owned by a public body and leased (rented/loaned, etc.)Â out. A recent comment from a previous article questioned our assertion that the renter was responsible for real...
Will Co. (ECWd) - Many wonder how so many questionable matters percolate to the surface week after week at a school district that appeared to have no issues at all for years. The answer is simple. The taxpayers are awake and looking into matters never...
This article was posted at For The Good Of Illinois this morning: In January, the Edgar County Watchdogs broke this scandal along with my column at Forbes, click here. Six weeks later, new Illinois Auditor General Frank Mautino still hasn’t provided answers on the fact pattern. Mautino...
