Compromise needed on Sears incentive

Annie Thompson, spokeswoman for Gov. Pat Quinn, hit the nail on the head when she stated in the Daily Herald, “Sears plays an important role in our state’s economy ...” Key word being “state.”

It should be the state’s problem to keep Sears in Illinois, not Community Unit District 300.

The 21,000 students of our district are already sitting in classroom sizes exceeding 30 at the elementary level and 40 students at the high school level. The district has already given more than $160 million over the last 23 years ... we have done our part. It is time for someone else to step up.

To ask the district to calmly hand over another $14 million per year for the next 15 years, $14 million that it needs, is ridiculous. District 300 has cut, cut and cut from its budget, while the Village of Hoffman Estates and Sears take, take and take. How is that fair to the future of our children? There has to be some sort of compromise.

Jenny Kale

Algonquin

Dist. 300 Parent