Legal bills have surged under the current firm. And the attorney general found the firm was wrong in pushing for secrecy.
Patch has partnered with T-Mobile to recognize teachers and show them how much they're valued and appreciated.
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.
Patch told the attorney general about board members' meetup. But the agency said evidence was lacking.
The village is proposing to keep the growth in an area's property taxes for 23 years.
The members respond to questions about their meeting at Taco Grill.
A board member said he should have voted for the new superintendent.
Three board members are silent about their restaurant meeting. They cannot discuss public business outside an advertised meeting.
The board president will have a greater role in the district's dealings with its attorney.
A board member said the district possibly could be "a little more prudent" in attorney spending.
The superintendent appears to back up the board on the allegation of micromanagement.
The district's last four months of legal bills are far higher than the yearly costs in a much larger district.
Patch has partnered with T-Mobile to recognize teachers and show them how much they’re valued and appreciated.
Board members have kept their lips sealed during meetings about the rising costs.
The proposed expansion comes amid allegations that the board is micromanaging the administration.
In 2022, two board members objected to high legal bills. They approve even higher ones now.
Her pay will increase dramatically over the years under state pension rules.
A member who previously questioned such expenditures has gone silent.
Intimidation and retaliation are concerns in the community, the incoming superintendent said.
Board members balked at the lack of information on all coaches and their pay.
The last one submitted her resignation letter a day after a contentious board meeting.
Officials beat a school board member's deadline on the lunch issue by two days.
Parents protested a principal's message about no longer paying for boys gymnastics coaches. Now, the district may change its mind.
A board member pushed for administrators to decide on South students' request to go off campus for lunch.
She has worked in administrative roles in other suburban school districts.
It wants to watch how Hinsdale South's off-campus pilot works out.
With its test scores, the local high school is holding its own against Stevenson and New Trier. A resident suggests otherwise.
The former president said the current one has taken the board down the wrong path.
This occurred after the teachers union called for replacing the president.
Despite the teachers union's objections, the board is likely to re-elect its president.
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