The District 41 Board of Education will have four seats up for election in April 2013.
Submitted by District 41 Four seats on District 41's seven-member Board of Education will be on the April 9, 2013 ballot. Those interested in running are welcome to pick up a candidate packet at the district's Central Services Office, 793 N. Main St., Glen Ellyn between 8:00 a.m. and 4:30 p.m. The board election is non-partisan, meaning that candidates do not run under any party affiliation, and all board members are elected at-large for a four-year term to represent all residents of the district. Candidate packets include materials furnished by the Illinois Association of School Boards and the DuPage County Election Commission, including a checklist of forms that must be filed and a calendar of important dates. Candidate Eligibility: To…
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During its meeting Monday night board member discussed pursuing a school funding referendum.
Now is not the time to ask residents for more school funding. That was the word from the Community Consolidated School District 89 Board of Education. At a time when home values continue to decline and so many homes in DuPage County are in foreclosure, the board decided that asking residents to vote on a referendum now would not be in the district’s best interest. The board of education discussed the matter Monday night during its regular board meeting. “How could they (residents) vote for something we don’t need right away,” Board President Lori Gaspar said during the discussion. “Home values are going down, yet taxes are going up. That is a question I get all the time. How do you ask for more money when the value of their homes is going…
