You may remember my post about when I asked the board to adjourn the 3/20 meeting. Following is the legal action I’ve taken since that time, and the result. On March 21st, I filed an Open Meetings Act Request for Review with the Illinois Attorney General Office, Public Access Bureau. Following is the entirety of

The Heyworth School District recently amended our budget. Between the original budget and the amended budget, a total of $7.4 million has been been incorrectly allocated, or completely left off the new budget. If you want to follow along, links to Old Budget and the New Budget on the District Web site. I’ll start off

The new Board Meeting Management software is providing more information about the details of how the Heyworth School District is run. As the public, we are able to see some of the details that our board members do for items on the meeting agenda. This is nice, as I no longer need to make FOIA

I would like to congratulate the Heyworth School Board of Education on their first meeting in full compliance with the Illinois Open Meetings Act on 5/15/2019 since at least December 2018! Going back to the 2/28 letter I sent… The public notice now includes the location of the meeting. The agenda and notice were posted

During a discussion of the recent election for school board, frustration was expressed that voting for school board members was complicated. I’d like to see if I can help clarify how it works, what options we have and changes we could make as a community. Let’s start with a map showing the area Heyworth School

What’s a Request for Review? If anyone feels that the Open Meetings Act, or Freedom of Information Act has been violated, they can file a Request for Review with the PAC to have an Attorney review the facts and decide if the situation in question is a violation, and if any action should be taken

As I’ve talked to people, especially those outside our district about what I’m doing, people ask the question, Why? What do I want to accomplish? I’ve alluded to at least an aspect of why in the 2/28 letter. Some of the concerns started in July 2018 when the new elementary principal was hired, and the

Following is the text of what I read at the 3/20 meeting and provided to the board members. What I said was slightly different than what was provided to the board, and I’ve added the relevant verbal additions [in square brackets]. Some sentences are links to the posts that contain the detail. On February 28th,

The following day after my letter, Ms. Lisa Taylor responded: Thank you for your suggestions. I will share your comments with the Board of Education also. I noticed a small couple of changes to the web site: The regular Board of Education meeting schedule was updated to include the location of the meeting. The schedule