District 211 candidates debate taxes, finances Upper from left, Curtis Bradley, Jessica Hinkle, Anna Klimkowicz, Tim McGowan, Amy Nelson and lower from left, Kristen Steel, Robi Vollkommer, Denise Wilson and Roxanne Wittkamp are District 211 board candidates.
Updated 3/7/2021 2:51 PM
While Palatine-Schaumburg High School District 211 has faced new challenges related to the pandemic this year, the nine candidates for three open seats on the board of education also discussed some older issues including the handling of spending and taxes during a joint interview with the Daily Herald.
Anna Klimkowicz, the only incumbent, is joined on the April 6 ballot by first-time candidates Curtis Bradley, Jessica Hinkle, Tim McGowan, Amy Nelson, Kristen Steel, Robi Vollkommer, Denise Wilson and Roxanne Wittkamp.
Watch forum between candidates for District 211 school board
Updated 3/5/2021 10:31 AM
Watch candidates for the school board in Palatine-Schaumburg Townships High School District 211 take part in a joint interview with a representative of the Daily Herald Editorial Board.
The 95-minute exchange was recorded Thursday, March 4.
Participating were incumbent Anna Klimkowicz of Schaumburg and challengers Curtis Bradley of Hoffman Estates, Jessica Hinkle of Schaumburg, Tim McGowan of Palatine, Amy Nelson of Palatine, Kristen Steel, Robi Vollkommer of Schaumburg and Denise Wilson of Hoffman Estates. A ninth candidate, Roxanne Wittkamp of Palatine, was unable to attend because of an illness.
They are competing for three seats on the school board.
Home for the Holidays: Samaritanâs Purse rebuilds Florence-damaged home in time for Christmas
Man gets rebuilt home after living in a camper since Hurricane Florence By Anna Phillips | December 17, 2020 at 11:03 PM EST - Updated December 17 at 11:46 PM
COLUMBUS COUNTY, N.C. (WECT) - For Michael Register, Christmas arrived on December 17 as he was finally given the keys to his rebuilt home.
Samaritanâs Purse stepped in to completely demolish and rebuild a house for him after his was flooded in Hurricane Florence in 2018.
âYou learn how to appreciate something in a hurry when you donât have nothing,â Register said. âYou learn how to appreciate it.â
Reopening debate fuels school board candidacies in Northwest suburbs
School board candidates from across the suburbs lined up early Monday to be among the first to file paperwork with the Cook County clerk s office at Old Orchard Country Club in Mount Prospect. Rick West | Staff Photographer
Updated 12/15/2020 7:40 PM
Amid the heated debates in recent months over school reopenings, some Northwest suburban school districts are seeing larger-than-usual fields of candidates who intend to run for their local school boards in April.
More than 480 school board candidates submitted paperwork on the first official filing day Monday across four locations set up by the Cook County clerk s office. That included 140 candidates who stood in line to hand in their petitions at Old Orchard Country Club in Mount Prospect.
Today’s Headlines and Commentary
The Food and Drug Administration is aiming to issue an emergency authorization for Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine by Friday evening, reports the New York Times. Alex Azar, the secretary of health and human services, today announced that Americans may receive vaccinations as soon as Monday or Tuesday of next week. The announcement comes as the daily coronavirus death toll in the United States broke the 3,000 mark on both Wednesday and Thursday.
An extraordinary lawsuit filed by the state of Texas against four battleground states Georgia, Michigan, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin seeks to overturn the results of the presidential election, according to the Times. Texas asked the Supreme Court to consider the case and temporarily prohibit the four states from having their electors cast votes in the Electoral College. Legal experts say the Supreme Court is likely to reject the Texas lawsuit given the case’s procedural and substantive shortcomings.