Hudson The River Trails School Dist. 26 Board of Education approved Natalie Hudson's hiring Tuesday, May 2 as Prairie Trails School's assistant principal and director of special programs. In the role, Hudson will assist Principal Amy Veytsman in the school's day-to-day operations and have various district-level responsibilities, including overseeing the multilingual learner program. Since 2015,
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.