The race for four available seats on the Palatine-Schaumburg High School District 211 board of education is down to 10 active candidates after one announced her withdrawal Thursday, a day after a League of Women Voters forum.
With significant financial support from Gov. J.B. Pritzker, Illinois Democratic Party is getting involved in contests for school and library board seats this spring to combat what officials call "really extreme candidates."
Palatine-Schaumburg High School District 211 s controversial adoption of the state s revised sex education curriculum last November remains a point of criticism from some in the community and a matter of debate among the 11 candidates running for the board of education.
Top row, from l. to r.: Branss, Russell, Dombrowski, Saam, Barron, Rosenblum; bottom row, from l. to r.: Velez, Cramer, Dewan, Cavill, Sherrill. Four of the 12 candidates running for high school board in Township Dist. 211 will no doubt face challenging issues and tough decision making in the years ahead. In a Journal &
A Saturday forum for Palatine-Schaumburg High School District 211 candidates, which had been designed to ensure a variety of topics, ended up being dominated by audience questions about the district s controversial adoption of the state s comprehensive sex education curriculum.