Seems if state lawmakers are serious about consolidation of governments, this is one archaic area that could be easily taken over by the Illinois State Board of Education.
Despite his election this April, Clyde McLemore was not sworn in as a member of the Lake County Regional Board of School Trustees on Monday night as the Lake County state's attorney's office, Regional Office of Education and current board members asserted he is ineligible since Julie Gonka's term is not up until 2025.
Lottery set for Lake County school races
Updated 12/22/2020 3:56 PM
The Lake County clerk s office will conduct a lottery at 10 a.m. Tuesday, Dec. 29, in the Lake County main courthouse lobby, 18 N. County St., Waukegan, to determine order of the school board and Lake County Regional Board of School candidates names on the April 6 ballot.
A lottery is required when two or more candidates file nominating papers for the identical office through 9 a.m. the first day and the last hour of the last day of filing. The filing period was Dec. 14-21.
Since candidates seeking office in a municipality, park district, community college, waterway management agency, or fire protection district file directly with that local unit of government, each district will hold its own lottery, if necessary. Those seeking office as Lake County Regional Board of School trustee or school board member filed with the Lake County clerk, per state election law.