Board members praised the superintendent, but a resident denounced his secrecy over a land deal.
The board said it drafted a new contract with its "recently retained counsel."
Schools in Darien, Burr Ridge, Western Springs and La Grange are served by the special education cooperative.
The board may have violated state law in the process. It is required to make decisions during open meetings.
The high school's HR department will have two officials getting six figures. The part-timer also gets a $171,000 pension.
She blasted the superintendent's credit card expenditures, saying she anonymously alerted the board a year and a half ago.
The feds failed to define "illegal DEI" or provide the legal basis for their demand, an official said.
A resident said the books are from a "far-left worldview," while two others backed the school's proposal.
The administration requires school systems to sign letters certifying they do not "advantage one's race over another."
The list comes as Trump tries to ax DEI from schools. His administration threatens to stop the flow of money to violators.
The school laid out details of the hours before the fight that left a student severely injured.
Meanwhile, an official feared a loss of federal money because of the possible closure of the Department of Education.
The school wanted to stop requests for the superintendent's credit card spending.
The members have qualified for the Vex Robotics World Championship in Dallas, which is in May.
Officials believe higher pay will reduce turnover, which is impacting services.
One of the critics is a board incumbent. Two other candidates declined to take a stand.
She was an equity official in Hinsdale High School District 86.
"He always prioritized his students," a colleague told the school board.
Top officials denied talking about developers' plans for the school's 70 acres. That wasn't true.
The official is leaving after more than three decades.
The document was said to prepare for the fallout over selling the school's land in Willow Springs.
Its public relations team said "less is more" in giving the public details about backroom dealings with developers.
The board is dipping too much into the school's bank accounts, the dissenters said.
The school told staff how to handle federal immigration enforcement.
The school board acknowledged the "seriousness" of credit card issue.
Another official said, "I don't know that we owe them anything."
The school plans a $10.4 million project to extend AC. It also wants to renovate a slow, rundown elevator.
The school is in the top 5 percent for racial disparity with suspensions, according to its report.
LTHS teens will compete against 10 area schools in the Student Silent Film Festival on Jan. 22 at the Tivoli Theatre in Downers Grove.
The board privately pushed for a public relations firm and a demographer in preparation for a controversy.
"Do we owe anybody anything? No, probably not," the school board's leader said.
Officials seemed to believe that a lawyer's involvement meant emails could be kept secret.
Despite the attorney's advice, Patch exposed how the board broke the state's open meetings law.
Officials predicted "backlash," so they kept their plan under wraps for months. In so doing, they broke state law.
One district has smaller class sizes than the other two, state numbers show.
Another district reported an improbable reduction last year.
The chronic absenteeism rate is higher than it was pre-pandemic, state figures show.
The board voted to release eight closed-session recordings on a land deal.
This effort includes sponsors for superfans and cheerleaders.
The board plans to consider ideas that would make the site more appealing to developers.