Lincoln Way votes six month suspension for veteran teacher
Lincoln Way High School board formalized a six month suspension without pay for Ronald Stopka, the veteran supervisor of physical education and driver education, amid allegations of improprieties in student activity accounts. The board scrapped a dismissal after a closed session and returned Stopka to teaching while prohibiting legal action or back pay from October to February.
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Denise Faris
Lincoln Way High School Board of Education
Ronald Stopka
Lincoln Way
Stopka
Lee Rosenquist
Sory
John Brooks
Duane Warning
Rosenquist
District 159 may cut 6 elementary teaching contracts
The Mokena School District board voted to not offer contracts to six nontenured teachers across grades two through five, citing funding uncertainties and state budget constraints. Supt Garritano stressed the action is economic and not final, with possible rehire if needs warrant. The district will review finances and staffing for 1983 84 in coming weeks.
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Mokena
Board of Education
Ray Garritano
Garritano
Garri
Legislator again seeks Governors State University closure
State Rep. Michael Tate proposes legislation to shut down Governors State University in Park Forest South and the NIU and SIU law schools, giving current students time to graduate. The move, framed as financial salvage amid a tax hike debate, targets per pupil costs and lagging degree output since 1979. University officials caution but do not panic.
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Franklin Shaftan
Governors State University
GSU
Park Forest South
Michael Tate
Decatur
Northern Illinois
Southern Illinois Universities
Tate
Jill Zwick
West Dundee
James Thompson
Park Forest South School
Bonds for addition finalized at Indian Trail school
Summit Hill board of education approved a $200000 bond issue to finance an addition to Indian Trail school. Bonds sold to Columbia Securities of Chicago mature over six years ending 1989 at an average rate of 8.2 percent. Tax impact estimates ranged from about $22 to $23 annually for a $25000 assessed home, though district averages are lower. Some trustees opposed, but the measure passed.
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Karen Haave
Indian Trail
Summit Hill Board of Education
Columbia Securities of Chicago
Julian Rogus
Rogus
Illinois Municipal Retirement Fund
Len Barker
Rick Fitzgerald
Bob Webster
Catherine Durkee
Roy Corrigan
Sharon Nobel
Joe Farnham
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