Teacher opposition ousts School Board President Krinsky in District 59 Upper from left, Daisy Espino, Janice Krinsky, Roberto Mancilla and lower from left, Joseph Sagerer, Mardell Schumacher are candidates for the Elk Grove Township Elementary District 59 school board in the 2021 election.
Updated 4/6/2021 10:19 PM
Janice Krinsky, school board president in Elk Grove Township Elementary District 59, appears to have been ousted by the political strength of widespread teacher opposition.
Krinsky, of Arlington Heights. had lost the backing of the faculty because of her previous support for departing Superintendent Art Fessler, the subject of controversy among teachers partly because of how he introduced a new currciulum.
With union support, establishment candidates turn back critics of gradual school reopenings
Updated 4/7/2021 2:00 PM
Voters throughout the Northwest suburbs sent educators a message Tuesday for the most part endorsing the gradual reopening approach most districts have taken in response to the pandemic.
In school district after school district, candidates who put a priority on listening to the health experts were elected, apparently often with the help of teachers unions.
This was the case in Glenbard High School District 87, Stevenson High School District 125, Palatine-Schaumburg Townships District 211 and Northwest Suburban High School District 214.
But there were exceptions: In Arlington Heights Elementary District 25 and Barrington Unit District 220, voters split their choices between measured reopening candidates and those who were strongly critical of the remote learning environment.
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.