Around the country, conservative groups have harnessed parental angst to gain seats on school boards. Liberals see a threat to public education and have scrambled to keep up.
The Barrington District 220 Board of Education unanimously approved Craig Winkelman as the new superintendent of schools at a special meeting Tuesday evening. Winkelman s new job starts May 1, according to a news release from the district. He succeeds Robert Hunt, who joined Barrington 220 in July 2021 and is leaving the district at the end of the school year to take the top administrator position for Upper Arlington Schools in Ohio.
The controversial graphic memoir "Gender Queer" will remain on the shelf at the Barrington High School library, the Barrington Community Unit School District 220 school board has decided.
The controversial graphic memoir "Gender Queer" will remain on the shelf at the Barrington High School library, the Barrington Community Unit School District 220 school board has decided.