Articles filed under Fox Lake District 114

• Nannette Kiesgen: Candidate ProfileFeb 15, 2013 12:00 AM
  Candidate information for Nannette Kiesgen, running for Fox Lake Unit District 114 School Board (2-year Term)
  

   

• Luci Karry: Candidate ProfileFeb 15, 2013 12:00 AM
  Candidate information for Luci Karry, running for Fox Lake Unit District 114 School Board (4-year Terms)
  

   

• Matthew Dabrowski: Candidate ProfileFeb 15, 2013 12:00 AM
  Candidate information for Matthew Dabrowski, running for Fox Lake Unit District 114 School Board (4-year Terms)
  

   

• Bonnie Sherwin: Candidate ProfileFeb 15, 2013 12:00 AM
  Candidate information for Bonnie Sherwin, running for Fox Lake Unit District 114 School Board (4-year Terms)
  

   

• Roger T. Smith Sr.: Candidate ProfileFeb 15, 2013 12:00 AM
  Candidate information for Roger T. Smith Sr., running for Fox Lake Unit District 114 School Board (4-year Terms)
  

   
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  School conference hotels, food, travel cost taxpayers $277,086Feb 13, 2013 12:00 AM
  Come for the conference, stay for the hotel room, $57 steak dinner, valet parking and laundry service. Those are just some of the extra costs taxpayers in 89 suburban school districts covered for board members and administrators who attended a November conference in Chicago. The districts racked up $277,086.17 in hotel, food, travel and incidental costs over the weekend-long conference.
  

   

• Editorial: School conference costs reflect need for restraintFeb 12, 2013 12:00 AM
  A Daily Herald editorial questions the lack of restraint evident when 89 school districts spent $574,197.on a weekend conference in Chicago last November.
  

   
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  Area schools spend $574,197 during weekend in city Feb 6, 2013 12:00 AM
  It cost suburban taxpayers $574,197.48 to send 735 school board members and district administrators back to the classroom. The price tag for a weekend-long conference last November includes rooms at downtown Chicago hotels and many free meals, but the heftiest portion of the tab comes from the nearly $300,000 spent on registration fees for seminars, workshops and classes.
  

   
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  District's tab for weekend in Chicago: $13,756Jan 30, 2013 12:00 AM
  Taxpayers in Fox Lake Elementary District 114 paid for movies, a limo ride and nearly $1,600 in parking fees that were part of a $13,756.20 tab racked up by school board members and administrators at a conference in Chicago nearly three months ago. “The days are filled, so it's not like we're going down there and goofing around,” said Superintendent John Donnellan. “Do I think they abuse it? No.”
  

   

• Fox Lake schools to continue collecting extra tax Mar 20, 2012 12:00 AM
  Fox Lake voters decided Tuesday to not lower taxes and, instead, let Fox Lake Elementary District 114 keep using an almost retired 25-cent tax property tax rate to keep class sizes and programs operating normally.
  

   

• Ballot questions range from electricity to fund road repairs in Lake County Mar 18, 2012 12:00 AM
  Not every decision Lake County voters will make at the polls Tuesday will involve selecting a politician. There are a handful of referendum questions on ballots scattered throughout the county that range from tax increases to fund road repairs in a couple of towns to a widespread issue involving electricity.
  

   

• Yes, for now, to extension of Dist. 114 tax Feb 29, 2012 12:00 AM
  The Daily Herald recommends a yes vote on a referendum from Fox Lake Elementary District 114 that would extend a 25-cent tax rate hike.
  

   

• Shifting administrators at high schools in Fox Lake and Antioch Feb 1, 2012 12:00 AM
  Antioch Co-Superintendent Jim McKay has accepted a position with Grant High School in Fox Lake, stepping into the role of principal at the high school. McKay served as co-superintendent at Antioch High School along with superintendent Mike Nekritz.
  

   

• Fox Lake D114 puts tax rate referendum on the ballot Jan 17, 2012 12:00 AM
  Fox Lake Elementary District 114 voters will decide in March whether to support a 25-cent tax rate request to generate $3.75 million in revenue for the district.
  

   
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  Lots of referendums on March ballots Jan 13, 2012 12:00 AM
  Thirty-eight referendums will be on March 20 primary ballots in Lake County, and nearly all will determine if people want electicity service from their village or city. Tax increase questions are on ballots in Kildeer, Libertyville and Fox Lake Elementary District 114.
  

   

• Authorities investigate death of Grant student Dec 9, 2011 12:00 AM
  Grant High School officials and students are mourning the death of a 17-year-old senior in an apparent suicide. Officials confirmed there are rumors that cyberbullying may have played a role in the death, but so far there is no indication bullying was involved. Grant High School District 124 Superintendent John Benedetti said Friday those rumors are being investigated and are so far unfounded.
  

   

• Dawn Cassiday-Turner: Candidate ProfileFeb 1, 2011 12:00 AM
  Candidate information for Dawn Cassiday-Turner, running for Fox Lake Elementary D114
  

   

• Jane Ferrigan-Wilson: Candidate ProfileFeb 1, 2011 12:00 AM
  Candidate information for Jane Ferrigan-Wilson, running for Fox Lake Elementary D114
  

   

• Jim Harms: Candidate ProfileFeb 1, 2011 12:00 AM
  Candidate information for Jim Harms, running for Fox Lake Elementary D114
  

   

• More guns doesn’t mean fewer crimes Jan 24, 2011 12:00 AM
  The United States Constitution guarantees to our citizens the right to keep and bear arms. At the same time that we can all acknowledge this basic right, I believe that we should also be able to come together to develop reasonable, common-sense laws designed to ensure that the right to bear arms is exercised safely and responsibly.