Cards made for Dist. 57 board members. Mount Prospect Elementary School Dist. 57 recently celebrated Illinois School Board Members Day by surprising their seven school board members with personalized cards and artwork from district students. Their district’s four schools participated in an “Adopt-a-Board-Member” initiative, creating letters of thanks to the board members for their time
Northwest suburban voters say yes in referendums
The Palatine Rural Fire Protection District station is in line for some upgrades after voters gave the district permission to borrow $2 million to fund capital expenses. Travis Siebrass | Staff Photographer, 2016 Sean Oskerka is leading in the race for Des Plaines Ward 3 alderman Karen McHale is leading in the race for Rolling Meadows 1st Ward alderman
Updated 4/14/2021 4:36 PM
Northwest suburban voters overwhelmingly answered yes to all the referendum questions that appeared on ballots last week, unofficial results indicate, but the jury is still out on the fate of write-in candidates in Des Plaines and Mount Prospect.
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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.