Slate endorsed by teachers union leading pack in District 211 Anna Klimkowicz Roxanne Wittkamp Upper from left, Curtis Bradley, Jessica Hinkle, Anna Klimkowicz, Tim McGowan and lower from left, Kristen Steel, Robi Vollkommer, Denise Wilson and Roxanne Wittkamp are High School District 211 board candidates in the April 6, 2021 election.
Updated 4/6/2021 10:42 PM
Three candidates supportive of Palatine-Schaumburg High School District 211 s handling of the pandemic and finances have taken an early lead in the election of three seats on the board of education.
Leading the pack with 146 of 148 precincts reporting were newcomer Curtis Bradley with 8,074 votes, the sole incumbent Anna Klimkowicz with 7,986 votes and Timothy McGowan with 7,430 votes all on a slate endorsed by the teachers union.
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.
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Union endorsements in Districts 211, 214 raise stir A mailer from the Northwest Suburban Teachers Union lists its endorsed candidates for the boards in Palatine-Schaumburg High School District 211 and Northwest Suburban High School District 214. Courtesy of Mark Cramer
Updated 4/1/2021 8:47 AM
Teachers union endorsements of school board candidates in two of the largest high school districts in the suburbs are generating debate over what they should and shouldn t mean to voters.
A recent mailer from the Northwest Suburban Teachers Union endorses candidates for the Palatine-Schaumburg High School District 211 and Northwest Suburban High School District 214 boards. The union endorses incumbent Anna Klimkowicz and newcomers Curtis Bradley and Tim McGowan in District 211, plus incumbents Mark Hineman, Mildred Palmer and Lenny Walker as well as newcomer Andrea Rauch in District 214.
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