Schools
Woman To Run For Elmhurst D-205 Board
Students at a local school are excluded from a new literacy curriculum, she said.
ELMHURST, IL – A resident who criticized a new literacy program in Elmhurst School District 205 announced Tuesday she was running for school board.
Jammie Esker Schaer said she took issue with the Wit & Wisdom literacy curriculum that she said the district purchased. It particularly hurts Conrad Fischer Elementary School, she said.
"Our community was shocked to understand the district purchased a new literacy program that excluded our most at-risk children at Conrad Fischer," Schaer said during public comments at a board meeting. "There are many highly regarded data-driven literacy curriculums that have a dual-language component."
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She asked the administration to explain why it bought a program that she said would exclude students at Conrad Fischer, which houses the district's dual-language program.
She then revealed her plan for the April election.
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The board typically does not respond to public comments.
Patch is unaware of any other announcements for the District 205 board. Candidates must file in December.
Tom Chavez, a resident who has criticized the district's curriculum, has said he is considering running.
Four of the board's seven seats are up in the election. They are held by Chris Kocinski, Courtenae Trautmann, Beth Hosler and Karen Stuefen.
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