Nine firms vied to replace the one that terminated its relationship with the district.
A Hinsdale District 86 official called the new tax district "pretty fantastic."
One was shown the door at Lyons Township High School after a land sale controversy.
The board plans to hear presentations from three of the nine firms.
Just 2 percent of the district's students come from low-income families, according to state data.
The district cited two exceptions to the state's public records law.
The records reveal a personnel investigation at Hinsdale Central in August.
District 86 directly confronted a downward trend, while Elmhurst's district ignored its own.
The bus company learned of the misconduct, but did not tell the district, a lawyer alleged.
Nine years of documents were taken offline from a popular public records portal.
The district is on track to spend nearly $250 per student on lawyers.
The board member said he wanted "to continue this great work."
The district's law firm told officials why it wanted to cut ties.
The doors opened after the facility passed a state inspection, an official said.
His education career spans 34 years. Before Hinsdale, he headed Plano's schools.
The district's explanation for designating an acting superintendent last year was unclear.
The elimination was the result of a change in procedures last year, the district said.
Requiring students to keep their phones in lockers would be an "uphill battle," the superintendent said.
No recordings can be taken before or after meetings, unless everyone agrees, the district said.
The district released information on District 86's highest-paid teachers and administrators.
The school board is secretive about the law firm's status. The latest information came through a public records request.
Over the years, the board has raised the tax levy by the maximum allowed under state law.
The latest monthly bill was more than $75,000. At that rate, annual legal spending would exceed $900,000.
The superintendent doesn't like seeing "our attorneys on the front page of the newspaper."
The principal doesn't want to smell a bunch of "sweaty high schoolers," the leader said.
An official said he didn't want to overpromise, but it appears the project is on track.
Board members are silent about the district's current law firm. But they apparently want a new lawyer, possibly one hired in-house.
Off-duty officers will be at the school through the end of the week to make sure students feel safe, the principal said.
Legal bills have surged under the current firm. And the attorney general found the firm was wrong in pushing for secrecy.
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One of the reasons was special education, a specialty of the district's main law firm.
The district is already awash in legal bills compared to its counterparts.
The attorney general found the district broke state law in a meeting to suspend the superintendent.
The school board plans to vote on a village proposal to divert property tax dollars.
Students in Hinsdale High School District 86 are heading back to school Thursday.
Officials want to discuss a village proposal to divert tax dollars from schools.
Along with others, the official received a pay raise last month. It is unclear why the official is getting another one.
The attorney general said the board shouldn't have acted secretly. A former board leader said his successors acted "in haste and sloppily."
Officials say the board is not obtaining such information. A former board leader contends he had to block such requests.