The last few days of "To Kill a Mockingbird" controversy in Shorewood have swirled to the surface a lot of resentments, assumptions, prejudices and hurt -- f...

I mentioned in my preview of this week's school board meeting that our board was taking up some of the most substantive questions and issues it handles, and ...

Once a year, the school district is required to call a meeting for village residents to consider and (usually) approve a tax levy to support the district for...

UPDATE/POSTSCRIPT: The special Friday the 13th meeting resulted in a reversal - the wall has indeed been knocked down. Lots of wasted time and stress that wa...

Tuesday's regular meeting was much shorter than usual and was missing two board members, but the remaining three voted on significant plans for the next scho...

The school board hosted their final linkage of the year Tuesday night, welcoming anyone and everyone for a Town Hall immediately before their regular meeting...

I understand that only two of you -- specifically, our board president and our superintendent, are really supposed to speak for you all in most cases. But I'...

This post was first published on my original site Sept. 12, 2017. Hey, did I mention the district needs a dedicated Human Resources manager? I mean, I get it...