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Monday, January 11, 2016

NEW COMMENT OF THE DAY: Now We've Seen It All -- District Releases Thousands of Students' Names, Grades, Schools and Parent Contact Information to Political Group.

Moments ago we received the following public comment.  After reading the news article the comments provides a link to, we are left speechless.  Not really.  But we are outraged as current D181 parents that the Administration released all of our students names, schools they attend, the grade they are in, along with parent names, addresses, phone numbers and email addresses to a political group.  The article doesn't address whether or not the Board of Education was consulted before this information was released, but we would bet it was not. Hopefully this will be discussed during tonight's meeting and someone will be held accountable.

As always, SOUND OFF!

Comment of the Day #2:

Jill Quinones said...
I hope the District plans to speak on how it is going to revise its policy on releasing to the general public personal information, especially about our children.

I'm glad the State Legislator wants to look at the State Code, but honestly the District needs to revise its own policy. Despite what Ms McGuiggan says, on the registration forms there was NO OPTION to opt out of public release - only release to PTOs and/or D181 Foundation. The Parent/Student Handbooks only refer to information to be released by building Principals - NOT the District Central Office Administrators. And it requires yet another hoop after registration of writing a letter to the Principal "at the beginning of the school year" - just how many days is that?

The policy should be one of opting IN to public release, it should be part of registration, it should require BOE prior approval unless a matter of health or safety (as a check and balance on the Superintendent), and there should be a link on the District website or an email to parents indicating when such a release has happened, to whom, and what information was released.

There is no way a political committee needs children's names, addresses, phone numbers, school attending and grade level - but that's what was given out without a thought!

Anonymous said...

It is so encouraging to hear so many parents speak up today at the board meeting. Thank you all.

Anonymous said...

I don't know what disconcerts me more: the pro-referendum committee needed this info, or that the district gave out this info. I agree with those who say sharing this info should be an opt-in feature. While a phone directory is good for inviting your kid's friends over for a birthday party or something, I don't see why the general public needs to know this info. I don't want the pro-referendum committee (or any political committee for that matter) to call me. If I share my contact info, I want it to be used only for playdate setups, or emergency/important info (i.e. school closed the next day, my kid got sick, etc.).

Anonymous said...

I work in the district, and unfortunately, this is leak of personal information is not unprecedented. I've heard that a number of years ago, someone in the district tried e-mailing an innocuous file, but accidentally attached a file with employees records (including social security numbers). I forget the exact details, but how could someone accidentally e-mail such sensitive information?

To make matters worse, a number of years ago at a beginning of the school year departmental meeting, I got to the meeting room and found that someone had left out MY employment record out on the table. It had my name, my salary, my work schedule, my complete birthday and my complete social security number. While limited in scope, this was a GIANT breach of my privacy. I don't understand why anyone would have that (especially my full social security number, and not just final four digits), much less how they could leave that out in the open on a table. I don't know how many of you have been victims of identity theft, but I have years before (unrelated to the district). Believe me, it's not fun. So I talked to my supervisor when they came in, as well as contacted the superintendent. They gave the obligatory apologies and looked into it. While I didn't hear much from it, fortunately, I haven't had any more issues of identity theft.

With all this, I'll be looking for a new job. I can no longer work in a district that's so lax with people's personal information. I just have one request for all of you readers: we need to form a class action lawsuit. Obviously, the district has little to no regard for how private information, and we need to show them that this is unacceptable.

Anonymous said...

I read the Tribune article. It says "The official term 'directory information' creates a little confusion on this," she said.

District 181 give parents the opportunity during online registration to opt out by checking boxes of having their information shared with their school's PTO and/or the District 181 Foundation. McGuiggan said opting out of either also includes an opt-out for third-party requests, such as Citizens for a new HMS. Student handbooks also include information about opting out of having directory information shared by submitting a written request.

The impression is that the district gives parents the opportunity to opt out. However, the district registration forms on the website says:

Parent permission will be expressly requested for release to external audiences of a student's address, phone number, birth date, and parent/guardian name(s). Exceptions to the above-stated guidelines include sharing information that may be required by local, state and federal education agencies and as described in Board of Education policy

We didn't give an express release to give information to the referendum committee. Why can t this district get anything right....and stop making excuses when you make a mistake!

Elm Parent said...

I listened to last night's meeting and was glad to hear many of the board members share parent concerns about the release of information. I was disgusted by White's ignorance and the bad legal advice he received. Changing the policy and how future requests for this information are handled is a start to correcting this breach, but what really needs to happen is for the lawyers to be replaced and White's contract not be renewed. I don't think that he or the current lawyers can be trusted. He made way too many excuses last night, trying to justify his decision to release this information to a political group that hadn't even filed a FOIA request.

Anonymous said...

Not to mention all of the excuses he has made to defend Kurt Schneider and Dawn Benaitis for the district's math disaster and the excuses he made trying to explain why he and the DOL can't seem to provide significant and meaningful opportunities for advanced students in math despite the BOE's Spring directive. Why is it that every other high performing district in the state doesn't have a problem doing this and why was our district able to do it for years if it is so complicated? Hmmm, administrators qualified to do it perhaps??? But no worries, let's focus some more on SELAS, that's what really matters in regards to high school placement. Kudos for the BOE members who do the heavy lifting at these meetings so that our kids experiences will, hopefully, improve. We all owe them a big debt of thanks.

Anonymous said...

SELAS - That's a laugh. White, Schneider and the rest of the administration need to sit in on a SELAS presentation. Part of being an upstanding citizen is taking responsibility for your actions. Has anybody seen any District Administrator take responsibility for anything? I just see them blaming everyone else for every poor and self-serving decision they have made.

In our house, if our children blame others for their mistakes, they are punished more than if they admitted the error of their ways. Most parents handle discipline in the same manner. Why are we holding our children to a higher standard than we hold the people who educate them?

Anonymous said...

Just read a Sun Times article which says yesterday, Chicago aldermen questioned just about everything on the City Council's Finance Committee agenda. Looks like Chicago Alderman have finally woken up.

Meanwhile the district 181 board of education is still asleep at the wheel. Bravo! The board just keeps letting Dr. White and Dr. Schneider make excuses, waste our tax dollars and do what they want.

The Parents said...

10:36: We respectfullly disagree with your conclusion that the BOE is asleep a the wheel. Last night, for the first time in a long time, a majority of the board was united in expressing their concerns regarding the mass release of information AND curriculum issues. Board members Gray, Burns and Garg were joined by Giltner and Vorobiev in pointedly questioning the decision by Dr. White to release the information and also calling out the administration for ignoring their board directive that ability groups/tiered math be reinstated with a goal of returning to the practice of advancing at least 1/3 of our students so they could complete Geometry in 8th grade. While we were not at the meeting, we listened and it was quite clear from what we heard that they are no longer going to allow White to make excuses that don't make any sense in response for actions he takes that impact D181's children. The release of children's names, schools they attend and grades they are in was not deemed acceptable by the board majority and Gray in particular pushed hard for White to explain how he could have made such a bad judgment in releasing all this information (plus parent names, addresses, home and cell phone numbers and email addresses) to a political group. When it came time to discuss the "math trajectory" that seems to be constantly changing, Burns was quite direct in calling out the administration for not following the board directive and was joined by Gray, Giltner, Vorobiev and Garg. Perhaps the tide is changing and a new BOE majority has emerged that will no longer allow the administration to pull the wool over their eyes. We agree that it is time they question White and his administration on all topics, since their conduct in the last five months has proven that they cannot be trusted.

Anonymous said...

It sounds like last night was a bear of a meeting that was a marathon. I know the district summary will not be accurate and I simply do not have 6 hours to listen to a podcast. Can anyone who listened give a quick summary?

Anonymous said...

Parents: I agree, the board definitely seems to want more accountability now. The administration really needs some oversight, as long as it doesn't become micromanagement. I'd like the board to push a bit more, give a stern "fix the curriculum or you're fired", and stick to that.

However, I disagree with you on advancing at least ⅓ of students so they do Geometry in 8th grade. While I want as many students as possible to get to that level, if not higher, I don't think a quota will work. I just fear that some kids might be pushed into higher tiered math before they're ready just to fill the quota. As we've seen, that would only lead to dumbing down the curriculum and paying for tutors. If all the kids in the higher tiers are ready, great, but I don't think we should have an arbitrary quota to fill.

Anonymous said...

11:35: I just checked and the recording was 5 hours. For Pete's sake, why do we need such long meetings? Why can't we have more frequent, but shorter, meetings every month instead of 5-6 hour long meetings? I seriously doubt anyone can think clearly after that amount of time, that late. Plus, they probably have jobs to go to the following morning. I'd much rather go to 2-3 board meetings for 2 hours each a month instead of 1 meeting 5 hours long.

Also, the pro-referendum committee is having its first meeting today at the Hinsdale public library at 7:00. While I'm voting a big fat "NO" in the referendum, I'd be interested in going, playing devil's advocate and see how they bend & distort the facts in their favor.

The Parents said...

We, the bloggers, listened to the entire meeting. Today, we feel completely hung over from listening to the marathon (and assume the board members feel the same way), so we are not going to spend any time on a summary. Perhaps if no one else does so in the next couple of days, we will take a crack at it, but we think it's time parents actually listened to the meeting, since it was a doozy and will really expose how horrible the administration has behaved and how certain board members -- Gray, Burns, Giltner, Garg and Voroviev -- finally stepped up and pushed back against administrative (in our words and opinion) "misbehavior."

The Parents said...

12:04: We don't think the BOE is asking for a quota. Rather they recognize that our population of students is already way ahead of the national norms and yet the DOL has implemented plans to keep our students learning grade level common core, disregarding the board directive that students be advanced. We haven't looked at the actual percentage of students who were advanced in the past to graduate 8th grade completing geometry, but we know it was significantly more than the few that this administration would offer the opportunity to. All of this was discussed at great length last spring (and again last night) by the BOE before they directed the administration to reimplement the math tiers. The administration has ignored that directive and now the BOE majority are putting their foot down. Thank goodness because someone has to look out for our children's future not only going into high school but also their ability to compete for admission into colleges that (but for some star athletes) expect students to have completed either Calculus AB or BC, and for some real elite schools Multivariable calculus, in high school. Keeping our students at grade level means they may not complete these math courses and will not be competitive for admission into the Ivy league colleges and their equivalents. This administration has really come full circle from their original mantra of "raise the floor to raise the ceiling." What a shame it would be for our children's futures to be decided by the DOL administration's recent actions that effectively "lower the ceiling to the floor for all students." Is that really what you want?

Anonymous said...

Parents: this is 12:04. I probably misunderstood you. Can you clarify what you meant by "their board directive that ability groups/tiered math be reinstated with a goal of returning to the practice of advancing at least 1/3 of our students so they could complete Geometry in 8th grade"? That sounds like trying to fill a quota. If I'm misunderstanding that, my apologies. Unlike some the administrators in this district, I'll accept responsibility for my mistakes.

I have to say, needing to take multivariable calculus in high school just to have a shot at Ivy League & other elite colleges is mind boggling. High level math always went above my head. But then again, I don't think traditional schools were really my thing. While I did get a bachelors degree from a regular 4-year college, I did better when I took continuing ed classes at COD. I find that I learn better when I have hands-on, practical lessons rather than lectures/theoretical stuff. I might not have gone to Harvard, but I like to think that I make a positive difference in my profession and personal life, people respect me, and all that good stuff. But hey, that's just me. If you're more of a Harvard person, good for you. As long as can back up what you say, do what you need to do, and act responsibly and respectfully, you're good in my book. :)

Anonymous said...

This is an important meeting to listen to if you want to catch up with current status of various issues and the BOE's stance on those issues. Basically meeting boils down to this:

First 20 minutes are public comment

Next hour plus is discussion of data regarding student growth and perfomance including specific groups of students such as high achievers and IEP students for example. This section also includes a discussion of the results of the survey the district distributed to parents, community members and employees.

Followed by approx 30 minutes regarding facilities.

Followed by approx 25 minutes of discussion about the release of directory information to the pro HMS citizens group and what district policy should be regarding release of such information going forward.

That took 3 hours. I have not listened to the rest yet. I am assuming the bulk of the remaining two hours will be the learning committee discussion regarding math etc. If anyone else can break those two hours down...please do.

Anonymous said...

From about hour 3:10 to 4:05 is a discussion of the math trajectory and BOE's directive that the district continue with the goal of a group of children who qualify having equal oppotunity at ALL the elementary schools to finish 6th grade math by 5th grade. .

I thought the board members were very forceful in expressing their criticism of both the progress made and the fact that they were still having this discussion at all.

Anonymous said...

Under the old math system approximately 25% of middle schoolers were in the accelerated track. This was true at both HMS and CHMS and was confirmed by Ruben Pena at a BOE meeting last year. 1/3 is a great goal but probably too many kids for this type of really advanced class which moves at a very fast pace and compacts/skips a significant amount of material. Last year there were over 35% of 6th graders in the accelerated math track because of opt-ins and lowered ID scores, and the range of ability levels in the class was way too great for it to be taught effectively and at the pace it had been in the past. The middle school teachers rightly requested that the MAP identification scores be raised to what they had been in the past. I do not know how many students there were in the Advanced and Grade Level classes there were but my guess is that the remaining 75% of students were split equally between the 2.

Anonymous said...

This is 8:49 again. Although there there were/are only 25% of students in the accelerated group at the middle school, there were up to 50% who were accelerated a grade in 3rd grade, depending on the composition of the grade in re: ability and the number of sections available. Teachers would differentiate within those "tiers". I believe this is the approx. 30% the BOE is referring to. In 6th grade, students are grouped into one of 3 differentiated groups which has always met the needs of most students.

Angry Parent said...

I've listened to the tape and have to agree with all the comments that suggest that White should be fired. How dare he release all the student information to a political group? But worse than doing that was his dance around, excuse making and attempted justification. Why didn't he just say -- I AM SORRY. I MADE A HORRIBLE MISTAKE. I GOT BAD LEGAL ADVICE,

Instead, his "logic" made him conclude he should release the information?????? And what's with his use of the word "journey" to describe how he mishandled this mess? Is he for real?

Fire him and fire the law firm. If the BOE doesn't do that, they should also be thrown out of office.

The Parents said...

2:09: We couldn't agree with you more.

Anonymous said...

Since I am a pack rat, I keep everything. I found an old document from when the gifted program was first put into place, even before Moon was here. It showed in math at the middle school, 20% of the students were in accelerated, 60% were in advanced, and 20% were in standard. Those were the days when we had a learning department that knew what they were doing and everything was clear and transparent. My child and everyone we knew did very well with that model, and that shows 80% of our students were accelerated at least one year, but not everyone as in past disasters, and certainly many more than the 5% they are saying is appropriate now. I don't think our children have gotten less intelligent as time has passed by.

I even have an old letter that told me my child's test scores (in math and reading), what scores were required to get into the different levels of programs, and what programs my child was assigned. Then it gave you directions to follow if you wished to appeal the placements.

Imagine that, first we got all the data and what was used to determine placement. Then if I had concerns, someone listened to me and retested my child. Now, I have no idea how anyone is being chosen, and the 2 standard deviations is all we are given, which as was very intelligently shared at the last board meeting is simply ridiculous. I am so grateful my children are almost through high school now.

Anonymous said...

I agree with Angry Parent at 2:09. Dr. White and his DOL have taken us all on a journey into the absurd.....all funded by the residents of 181. They have chartered the jet, ordered the champagne, and think that we will continue to drink the Kool Aid they have been giving us for years. He and D181's defense attorney are the only ones who have benefitted from his ineptitude. Has anyone on the board ever checked to see what the legal bills are for administrators in districts similar to ours? How much do Western Springs and Oak Brook pay their attorney? By causing and creating so many problems for students and teachers in our district, the school's attorney seems to be securing a steady flow of income for herself. This is not only obscene, and unethical, it is illegal because taxpayers are footing the bill.

If our administrators knew what they were doing in the first place, and understood that the truth, following through with their word, and communicating honestly on their part would prevent legal problems from occurring in the first place, our children would be better served, our taxes would be lower, and the entire culture of our schools would improve.

Think about the consultant the district paid to speak about the results of the ECRA survey at Monday's board meeting. It was yet another example of not only how out of touch the district truly is, but how selective they are in presenting information to us. Although about 10 parents blasted the administration during public comment, right in front of the administration and the ECRA woman, she proceeded to claim that survey results showed that people in the community were happy in their survey! The fact that she had 10 parents, currently with children in the district, complaining about D181's performance and actions did not seem to make any impact on her. Instead, she only talked about the 1000 residents who were NOT asked about any specific experiences in the last 3 -5 years as parents in the district. The population she talked about were not parents who regularly attend or listen to board meetings. In fact, most of those people in that survey had no idea of how the curriculum and programming in D181 has even changed in the last 3 years. Yet, their irrelevant comments were presented as fact by ECRA and the administration that children in 181 are still better off than parents in other parts of Illinois. No kidding? She even had the nerve make a blanket statement of, "We are among the best districts in the US." Based on what? Compared to whom? We PAID someone to tell us the obvious - that children in well off, suburban, wealthy areas score higher than children in poor urban areas?

Meanwhile when well spoken, educated parents of current children made the effort of coming to a Board Meeting to publicly tell all about their unhappiness with the admin's actions over the last 2 - 3 years, including the elimination the gifted program, was ignored by the ECRA consultant. Hmm.... do you think the ECRA people even bothered to ask any of the parents any questions that might get some negative, or even mixed feedback? Of course not. One of the parents who spoke was a child psychologist who is even on the Learning Committee, and therefore, has a pretty solid understanding of what the administration SAID they would to, and was able to contrast it to what the administration ACTUALLY did. This is significant. Especially since this mother was not paid to go speak on behalf of the district. She also is a stakeholder in the community because she owns a home and is concerned about property values. More importantly, she and her neighbors children in this district are now experiencing the negative results of the poorly conceived administrative decisions. White and his administration need to go. Now. We have given them enough chances but their time is up. Our children will never get these lost years back and we are all Angry Parents.

Angry Parent 2

Anonymous said...

I was at one of the ECRA focus group meetings and most of the parents in the group slammed the DOL and the curriculum changes of the past years. Whatever happened to that feedback? They were all parents I had never seen at a Board Meeting and many had younger children.

Anonymous said...

Darn it. I didn't win Poweball. Can't afford to pull my kids out of 181 yet.

Anonymous said...

9:53: To use some of the terminology that is commonly used these days by the D181 administrators, no doubt what happened was that the administration took the comments collected at the focus group meetings, "triangulated" them with the data collected in the online survey, then had a multitude of "conversations" regarding the data during their "journey" to come up with a strategic plan, which led them to make some "logic" conclusions about the data -- conclusions which of course are clearly flawed and make no sense. What else would you expect? This is par for the course.

Anonymous said...

9:53: Brilliant!

Anonymous said...

10:20 pm: I'm with you. Even if we only matched 4 numbers, we would have been out of district 181 schools. It would have been homeschooling with a tutor or a private school--anything but district 181.

How long do we have to fill out surveys, attend focus groups, complain to the principals & teachers, and attend board meetings before something changes?

Anonymous said...

All progress starts with voting down the HMS rebuild. We need to get the attention of the D181 Board and administration that the status quo is not acceptable. Yes, we eventually need a new HMS, sooner rather than later. I am also not in favor of $11 million of stop gap improvements on a clearly deficient building. No doubt the pro referendum crowd will be throwing that in our faces and email in boxes.

Fire the admin staff. Fix the curricula. Give the architects and builders very clear direction and a firm budget ( Hint: we tell them what we can afford, we don't let them come back to us with wild dreams and crazy budgets). Then we build the new HMS in an orderly fashion. This administration cannot oversee the curriculum changes AND build a new school. The competence and trust is simply not there.

I am encouraged by the last board meeting where there was some very clear pushback to Dr. White. Maybe the data breach was the wake up call the board majority needed.

Anonymous said...

With my Wall Street background, I understand, Trump Jr. said it best and relates to D181, "Current leaders wouldn't last 5 minutes in real companies." It's sad, but shareholders would have fired them long ago.

Anonymous said...

The Administrative summary of Monday's meeting has been emailed to parents.

As expected, it is a total sham. While there is brief reference to the board's discussion on the the Release of Information issue and the Math Trajectory discussion, there is absolutely no indication that any board member criticized the administration on either important topic. When a MAJORITY of the BOE slams the administration and demands that they follow board directives (on math) and reverse course on a sloppy/shoddy decision to release student information en mass to a political organization, this should appear in the summary. In my opinion, the fact that it is glaringly absent proves once and for all that the Administration wants to keep the community in the dark. For goodness sakes, this was a five hour meeting. Parents might actually go to the podcast and listen if they learned that there were actual concerns raised by their elected officials. Keeping us all in the dark continues to be par for the course.....

Anonymous said...

It is really sad that D181 has no gifted program. I came across the following Freedom of Information Act Request dated 1/11/16 and the District response dated 1/14/16.

The question was, "Does D181 have a Formal Gifted Program?" If the answer was Yes, there were additional questions. Sadly, the answer was that the District does not have a formal gifted program and then provided one document regarding the District's vision for Advanced Learning that the board approved in May 2012. How pathetic that nothing else was produced. How about Dr. W's Seminal Document? How about the "road map" that past board members kept asking for? Oh, right. They DON'T exist and any trajectories that were previously presented have changed so many times they are no longer recognizable.

Anonymous said...

Found this article on Facebook. I hope HMS doesn't turn into this kind of building.

Anonymous said...

When Doc White decided he needed to check with an attorney about releasing our personal information, that little voice in his head should have told him it was a bad idea.

Since when is bad legal advice an excuse? If you are in a position of authority, you need to be able to assess the advice you get, make reasonable decisions and take the blame if you occasionally make a bad decision.

How much are the taxpayers in D181 paying for legal advice?

A school district's lawyer doesn't represent the administration, he or she represents the school district. If Doc White is using this lawyer as his personal lawyer so he can get his wants and needs met, there's a big problem. We need a new lawyer to represent the district not a self-serving superintendent.

Even if what Doc White did was legal, it is the lawyer's job to tell him that it's not a good idea and why.

Hey does anyone remember the old days when school administrators used to send the school district's lawyer to property tax hearings to fight against the residents who were trying to get their taxes reduced? Have we come full circle? Why are we letting the school's lawyer fight against the residents he should be protecting?

Anonymous said...

I am amused that parents are fired up about the email issue and the building issue.

Those are side shows. The main event is the DOL cheating students in D181 out of a good education. Now they have basically given the BOE the finger when they were instructed to reinstate the old structure.

New buildings and email issues really do not matter in comparison. Fix the curriculum. That will impact these kids for a lifetime.

Wake up BOE, wake up!

Anonymous said...

12:15, I totally agree. Has anyone followed up on what is going on in 6th grade math? And, what about this year's 5th graders? I heard that none of them were going to finish the 5th grade materials this year and that they would finish them in middle school. Does anyone have a 5th grader who can verify if this is what parents have been told and what is happening in that grade?

Anonymous said...

Yes, I have a 5th grader. At Curriculum Night, they admitted that our children were going to have to backtrack in math because many didn't know their math facts etc.

I don't understand why it took until 5th grade for the administration and teachers to realize this.

Isn't it their job to know this and then to teach?

Anonymous said...

12:15 I think the issue of the people being fired up over the building issue is pretty easy to understand. They see the waste and absurdity of the plan. For example, why a two-story building when you know every yd of dirt you excavate is going to cost a fortune to remediate ( building footprint 150% as large), heating and cooling that much more expensive, the design basis of the school being wrong (900 students at 85% capacity as opposed to 800), etc. The math issue, this is new information to the majority of the taxpayers who no longer have children in the district. The BOT members really are not leaders, they just want to be on a board for their resumes. Look at their actions, they are unwilling to lead. Pretty sad situation. The fact that they gave out the addresses of every parent in the district so the pro-referendum crowd can direct mail is ridiculous.

Anonymous said...

Back in the good old days of the 1960s, we learned math facts in 3rd grade. While we watched dinosaurs play outside, we memorized multiplication and division tables to the extent that it truly became second nature. We learned fractions, decimals, percentages, etc. well before 5th grade. It is beyond shocking that our children heading into middle school are this far behind.

My children that went through D 181 15-20 years ago learned math facts in 2nd grade, so I thought that was a nice sign of progress. It seemed like my kids learned everything about a year or so earlier than I did. My kids were bright, but not 2 standard deviations above the norm. They took algebra in 8th grade and passed AP calculus in high school at Central. I truly believe they received good educations from D181 and D86.

Math facts cannot be learned in teams. There is no "learning process". Technically our little darlings can look up 11 times 12 on their smartphones, but it is so much better for your brain to actually have some knowledge inside. It is called memorization and it is really not that hard. In education circles today, rote memorization is not politically correct. I am sure that many of us have seen the common core materials that emphasize process over facts.

I hope my doctor has certain facts memorized. I hope airline pilots have certain things memorized.

I simply cannot believe that we have let our schools decline to this state.

Anonymous said...

Hi 11:48 am this is 12:15 am

"I think the issue of the people being fired up over the building issue is pretty easy to understand." "The math issue, this is new information to the majority of the taxpayers who no longer have children in the district."

I hear what you are saying conceptually, I don't want to waste money on a building either. However, what matters 10x more to me is what happens inside the building.

A small handful of highly educated community members have been screaming from the mountain tops for the last few years that the DOL is working to level out math education for all students by dismantling the advanced classes to slow down the best students, instead of doing a better job helping the bottom half of the class keep up. It seemed that very few people were listening or concerned about the damage being done to the students. I really did not understand why so few people seemed to care. Or maybe they got confused by the DOL (I think of this as Department of Lies) smoke and mirrors. Fortunately, even people fooled by the double talk and promises can see what is now happening to test scores. Unfortunately, making up lost ground in math is more difficult than in other subjects.

Anonymous said...

To me the worst thing about the entire math situation is that d181 had a solid math pipeline that delivered students to d86 with enough knowledge to be successful in high school and become engineers, scientists, etc. While it is true that there were issues with how certain students were assigned (or misaligned) to math groups that were not always handled in the best way, the system worked pretty well over all, and much better than most districts.

Then, instead of fixing the issues that existed, the DOL dismantled the existing system, and hopped on this controversial and unproven, "teach them all in the same class" EduFad, based largely on a youtube video (yes, really), without any real evidence that it would work in a district like ours, and without staff who had the experience and knowledge to make it work in our district.

For parents whose livelihood depends on a knowledge of advanced math, it was clear that this could not work from day one, and they did speak up. Unfortunately, the rest of the community could not see that. Many of the initially concerned parents have quietly supplemented their kids math, and those kids know what they need to know to move ahead. It is the rest of the students that are now behind and being forced to pay the price. It will become even more obvious in a couple more years, when this cohort begins high school and very few of its students are ready for Algebra II/Trig.

That is an especially big issue because in other districts parents are demanding stronger math curriculums because the significant majority of the best jobs for college graduates are in STEM fields. If it is not fixed, the impacted cohorts will not have the college and career opportunities that the cohorts before them had. Unless your family is wealthy, that is a big problem.

Please attend the BOE meetings. Please stop buying the gibberish that comes from the mouths of the DOL. Stop believing them because they have some degree. I would bet that no one in the DOL can take the final exam for the current middle school Algebra and Geometry courses and even get a B. If that is true, how can they design an effective curriculum to meet the needs of students in a subject they know very little about?

Anonymous said...

11:48, I believe the reason why HMS is only 2 stories above ground, compared to CHMS' 3, is because Hinsdale has an ordinance saying saying any new buildings can only be 2 stories above ground at most. According to the designs posted on BoardDocs, HMS does have a 3rd floor below ground. It houses the music classrooms, custodial room, district data center, and gym locker rooms (even though the gym is on a different floor).

3:21, I totally agree that what happens in the school is way for important than the school itself. While I think HMS has its problems and inefficiencies, we have bigger fish to fry with the curriculum and the administration's handling of it.

2:16: I agree, students should have some facts memorized. I'd like kids to learn how to figure out a tip on a bill in their heads. I want them how to spell and use proper grammar so they can communicate with other people, etc. We also need to teach them how to problem solve, be creative. I've seen too many kids nowadays (and even some adults) who take a single, blank look at something and just say "It doesn't work." Then someone else has to come over and do something really stupid like press the only button on the device or whatever. So many people lack even the most basic critical and analytical thinking skills. Everyone's so coddled and taken care of, they can't function on their own.

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2;16, you would also be shocked to know that students in elementary school don't have spelling tests any more. They study words in class and then occasionally have a "check-in". Evidently spelling tests, in addition to memorizing math facts, was too stressful and anti-SELAS. Luckily they pick back up again in 6th grade where students are thrown to the wolves because middle school and high school is still more like the real world - where math facts and memorized spelling words matter.

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4:18, back in the 2000s, our children, bright ( not "gifted" ) learned 10 words a day, 50 WORDS A WEEK. spelling, definition, how to use it in a sentence. A test every Friday. That's how so many of those children scored high on their ACT, passed numerous AP classes and got into their choice of good colleges. The children had strong vocabularies and they were encouraged to read and write. No computers, no tablets. They had way too much homework, much of it busy work, but we never felt learning vocabulary was busy work.

4:08, there is a story and height requirement for residential and commercial buildings in the central downtown area. There are also established procedures for obtaining variances, if desired. To my knowledge, a proposed height variation has never been formally discussed with the village. Since I advocate we toss this design in the trash and start over, that would be one of the things to look at when they slow it down and do it right. The roof, plumbing, foundation, HVAC, etc. can be spread over 3 floors instead of two. The village will never approve a 60 foot building with turrets and parapets, but the right design, with the right setbacks and sight lines might fly. They won't know until they ask.


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NEW YORK – He was a Chicago-born director who explored his culture with a delicacy and poignancy that set his debut feature film “Patang” apart from any other experience, and within that art he sought to understand the world beyond his American birthplace. Prashant Bhargava passed away suddenly in New York City on May 16th, 2015, of undisclosed causes. He was 42 years old.

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I first met Prashant not through a face-to-face happenstance, but through his mother. It was at the opening night reception at the 2011 Chicago International Film Festival that this smallish women approach me, out of the blue, and asserted that she thought I was someone who was “important.” When I described what I was doing there, she thrust a flyer into my hand promoting “Patang,” making its Chicago debut at the festival. I attended the screening, and secured a interview date with Prashant. That date happened to be the same day I was giving a film tour of Chicago, dressed as Elwood of the Blues Brothers, and I met him in full costume. There probably had never been a better introduction and interaction from a Chicago film reporter to a Chicago filmmaker…

Prashant Bhargava was born on the southside of Chicago, and attended Kenwood Academy there. He combined studies at Cornell University in computer science with a theatrical director instruction from the Barrow Group and the Actors Studio (New York City) MFA program. Breaking from his career as a commercial director and image artist, his first short film was “Sangam” in 2004, and his first feature film was “Patang” seven years later.

“Patang” is a lyrical overview, set at the kite festival of Ahmedabad in India, and follows the event and its participants. Weaving stories and the at-flight beauty of the kites, Prashant explored issues of class, gender, family and point-of-life perspective into a pastiche of characters and stories. Roger Ebert gave the film four stars, and called Prashant “a poet of cinema.” He followed that assertion with an invitation to EbertFest in 2012, where “Patang” was chosen as one of 12 films presented there.

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His final short film was released last year, “Radhe Radhe: Rites of Holi,” based on Igor Stravinsky’s “Rite of Spring,” and set during the celebration of Holi in Mathura, India. Prashant was also a successful commercial director and image motion designer, with clients as diverse as HBO, Accenture, NBC-TV, Blue Cross Blue Shield and Volvo.

The last time I saw Prashant was when I introduced “Patang” at the Facets Theatre in Chicago, and moderated the after film Q&A. He was full of energy at that screening, and the audience loved both the film and his enthusiasm. Between shows, my film critic colleague Matt Fagerholm and I went to dinner with yes, Prashant’s marketing mother, and she was brimming with joy for the future her son was sure to have.

Prashant Bhargava summed up his journey with this observation – “I think ultimately you make a film because there is some sort of self therapy going on. It was the connection to spirit and family, the exuberance that exists in the most simple things in India that I found very interesting…The kite flying holiday is something that goes across all boundaries – Hindu, Muslim, young, old – they are all on the rooftops doing this thing. I thought it was a great metaphor for the character’s lives to parallel, what is happening above.” Time to fly, my friend.

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Prepping the carThe effects of street and stunt racing provided a hands-on learning experience for a Grade 11 Employment Destinations class at Moira Secondary School. They demonstrated creativity to showcase what they learned by painting anti-street racing slogans on a car and then prepared it as an entry in a demolition derby.

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FOXBORO — Raceway — In his last New England appearance before his fight with Mike Tyson, Medfield's "Hurricane" Peter McNeeley boxed a three-round exhibition with sparring partner Garing Lane in the main event of this collection of four-rounders.

Though it was as uneventful as an exhibition is supposed to be, it did bring the July 4th weekend crowd to life. When it was over, McNeeley grabbed the ring announcer's microphone and yelled, "Tyson, I'm coming at you, baby."

The seven fight (plus the exhibition) card was held to cover training expenses for McNeeley's fight with Tyson. T-shirts bearing the image of McNeeley, standing in victory over a fallen Tyson, with the saying "Tyson is out!", were sold to raise money for the Special Olympics. Many would say the picture is wishful thinking, but McNeeley trainer Beau Williford responded, "I'm wishing."

Manager/Trainer Vinnie Vecchione (left) poses for a photo with boxers Mike Culbert (center) and Peter McNeeley, who headlined his June 30th card at Foxboro. McNeeley will be taking on Mike Tyson in a highly anticipated fight at Vegas' MGM Grand casino in August."

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State middleweight and super-middleweight champ Mike Culbert of Brockton, cruised to a four-round shutout over Hartford's Greg Cadiz. Culbert, the southpaw, landed plenty of punches but Cardiz has shown great durability as of late, and he was never off his feet. Culbert is now 17-2 (10 KOs) and, after the fight, he expressed a desire to fight WBC Continental America's champ Dana Rosenblatt.

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LEE, Mass. — Ernest T. Brazee Jr. died at his home in Lee on Thursday, January 18, 2018.

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What strikes me about the Phil Robertson case is what it says about religious freedom in America. A man was just blackballed from TV for stating his beliefs about the sinfulness of homosexual acts. Christianity is attacked for being a religion of hatred and intolerance.

Now Robertson, in voicing his views that homosexuality is sinful, is not all that far from the Catholic view at all:

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The brunt of the impact was sustained by the Divvy bicyclist’s right hand which was crushed between the vehicle door and the handle bar of the Divvy bike. As a result of the impact the Divvy bicyclist was thrown from the Divvy bike to the pavement. The Divvy bike, which is significantly heavier than an average bicycle for durability purposes, then fell on top of the bicyclist.

The bicyclist immediately sought medical treatment for injuries to her right hand and left shoulder. Upon discharge from the emergency room the Divvy bicyclist’s right hand was placed in a splint. The bicyclist experienced a decreased range of motion in her right hand and fingers for several weeks following the dooring.

Opening a vehicle door in the path of a bicyclist is strictly prohibited by the Illinois Vehicle Code as well as the Municipal Code of Chicago. In this case, the responding Chicago Police Officer issued the dooring culprit a traffic citation for violating Section 11-1407 of the Illinois Vehicle Code. Section 11-1407, the ‘dooring statute,’ states in part:

“No person shall open the door of a vehicle on the side available to moving traffic unless and until it is reasonably safe to do so, and can be done without interfering with the movement of other traffic.” (625 ILCS 5/11-1407).
The Illinois Bicycle Lawyers are pursuing a claim with the dooring culprit’s insurance carrier to compensate the injured Divvy bicyclist for her injuries, medical bills, loss of a normal life and pain and suffering.

Keating Law Offices is the premiere personal injury firm in Illinois that concentrates its practice on bicycle related litigation. The firm is a national leader in the emerging field of bicycle law. The attorneys at Keating Law Offices have successfully resolved numerous dooring cases throughout Illinois.

If you have any questions regarding this post or an issue involving a bicycle accident, please contact Illinois Bicycle Attorney Mike Keating at (312) 208-7702 or MKeating@KeatingLegal.com 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. All e-mails and phone calls are returned promptly. All initial consultations are completely confidential and free.


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IoE Number: 213999
Photographer: Mr Brendan Oxlade LRPS
Date Photographed: 05 May 2002
Date listed: 12 July 1966
Date of last amendment: 12 July 1966
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SJ 3490 NEDALE STREETSJ 3590 NW(south side)L248/362Municipal Buildings.

SJ 3490 NE DALE STREET SJ 3590 NW (south side) L2 48/362 Municipal Buildings. 49/362 Balustrading to area 12.7.66 of Municipal Buildings G.V. II* Council office building. 1860-66. John Weightman, completed by E. R. Robson. Stone with lead roof. Mannerist style with Northern Renaissance tower. 3 storeys with centred tower of 2 stages with spire, 15 bays. Projecting 3-bay wings; centre bay also projects. Giant attached unfluted Corinthian colonnade, projecting elements with flat angle pilasters. Centre bay has entrance flanked by coupled columns. Guilloche band over ground floor windows, 1st floor windows with architraves and decorated aprons, those to end bays with sills on brackets, that of centre bay of 2 round-headed lights with centre colonnette and wide sill on brackets. Entablature breaks forward over columns. Attic storey with windows flanked by flat pilasters; allegorical figures stand between. Entablature and blocking course, end wings have balustrades with urns, and convex pitched roofs with small dormers and iron cresting. Cross-axial stacks with moulded caps. Lower stage of tower has elaborate Renaissance detail with flat pilasters, 2-light openings with balustraded balconies and lunettes above. 2nd floor stage has balustrade with crocketed obelisk finials, 4 clock faces with segmental pediments. Entablature with winged lions at corners. Crocketed spire with balcony, iron railings to this and iron finial. Include also stone balustrading to area, with iron lamp standard. Interior like a basilica with tall unfluted Doric columns, clerestory, coffered ceiling in centre aisle ceilings with glazed dome in each bay; elaborate reliefs on pilasters, foliated capitals and Composite columns; stained glass; mahogany staircase.

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IoE Number: 58841
Location: TOWN HALL, SANKEY STREET (north side)
Photographer: Mr Marcus Osborne
Date Photographed: 12 August 1999
Date listed: 06 December 1949
Date of last amendment: 06 December 2049
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SANKEY STREET 1. 5150 (North Side) SJ 6088 1/111 6.12.49. Town Hall SJ 6088 1/112 - Eastern Outbuilding SJ 6088 1/113 6.12.49. Western Outbuilding SJ 6088 1/114 - Lamps on east and - west drives SJ 6()88 1/115 - Entrance gates, piers and lamps. I GV I I II* 1I* 2. Built 1750 by Gibbs, formerly Bank Hall, seat of Patten family. Pevsner opinion "finest house of its date in South Lancashire". Palladian, 3 storeys, rusticated stone facing to red brick, hipped slate roof, brick parapet, stone modillioned cornice. Main front has slight central projection with 4 3/4 Corinthian columns frieze and pediment with coat of arms. 9 sash windows with glazing bars, in moulded architraves, 1st floor having alternate segmental and pointed pediment except 3 centre ones between columns, which are arched. Centre 1st floor double doors up flight of stone steps with iron railings and 4 lamps. Curved flanking walls run from main house to entrances to side courts. Contemporary R W Hs and pipes. Garden front similar but no columns. Interior has 2 stone staircases with iron balustrades and plasterwork. Detached service block at each side, long rectangular plan, similar but not identical in detail; 2 storeys, with 3-storeyed centre finished with a pediment, centre rusticated stone, side wings brick, whole of 13 bays. East and west drives in front have 5 iron standard lamps with round lanterns. Entrance gateway in front has 4 square hollow iron piers of patterned tracery, 6 iron gates of elaborate ornament, all about 20 ft high, with 4 angels on tops of piers, and a round arch over the centre supporting the coat of arms; this entrance was exhibited at London Exhibition of 1862. Nos 76 to 86 (even) Borough Treasurer's Office and Bank House Town Hall with Eastern and Western outbuildings Entrance gates, piers and lamps, lamps on east and west drives form a group with Nos 75, lOlA, l0lB.

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No Public Domain Sound Recordings until 2067!

While thinking about public domain jazz recordings, I came across a very interesting (and depressing) article about public domain music on a public domain information site. I have no idea whether this is true. But actually it does make sense. To qualify for inclusion in the public domain, you would need to demonstrate provenance and/or edition. With certain phonographs, that might be difficult (and I can guess that the most pristine versions would be closely guarded by collectors and copyright owners). Also, you’d need to do the digitalization/restoration yourself. (I need to double check this).

Records, cassettes, CD’s, and other music recordings come under a general category called Sound Recordings or Phonorecords. Before 1972, sound recordings were not protected by copyright law, but by a hodge-podge tangle of state laws. This problem was fixed with the 1972 copyright act and extended by the 1998 twenty year copyright extension. Different copyright experts have offered very different complicated explanations, but all agree that all sound recordings essentially are under copyright protection until the year 2067. So here is the one sentence you need to remember:

Sound Recording Rule of Thumb:
There are NO sound recordings in the Public Domain.

There are, of course, exceptions to everything, and there really are some PD sound recordings. However, the federal and state laws are so tangled and complicated, it is extremely difficult to do confident sound recording PD research. There are several U.S. web sites claiming that sound recordings made in the United States prior to February 15, 1972, are in the public domain, and there are links to U.S. Copyright Office publications stating: “Sound recordings fixed before February 15, 1972, are not eligible for Federal copyright protection.” We have had this reviewed independently by several attorneys across the U.S. Each has confidently and independently told us that between federal and state copyright protection, virtually all sound recordings are protected until the year 2067.

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Resilience to Conflict: Sierra Leone Workshop

Professor Hamber with partners Fambul Tok (Sierra Leone), Catalyst for Peace (US), Refugee Law Project (Uganda), Green String Network (Kenya), and the Research and Advocacy Unit and African University (Zimbabwe) secured a seed grant to develop a Global Challenges Research Fund project to bring together partners to consider: “What are the internal-external framework and relationships […]

“People’s Planning Process” comes to Belfast

In March 2017 a delegation from Sierra Leone including the Minister of Local Government and Rural Development, Maya Kai Kai, visited Belfast. The visit was the result of Professor Hamber visiting Sierra Leone in February 2016 on invitation of Catalyst for Peace (operational US Foundation) and Fambul Tok a local NGO. The trip focused on […]

Learning from Reconciliation for Dealing with Ebola

Great to hear John Caulker speak about “Sustainable Peace in Post Ebola Sierra Leone” at a recent seminar hosted by the Chair within INCORE. It was fascinating to hear how the community networks that the project John Caulker established called Fambul Tok (“Family Talk”) were used to help building community resilience in the face of […]

Sustainable Peace in Post Ebola Sierra Leone

The John Hume and Thomas P. O’Neill Chair in Peace will  be hosting the seminar “Go Local: The role of communities in ensuring sustainable peace in post Ebola Sierra Leone” by John Caulker. John Caulker founded and has led the implementation of the Fambul Tok program since its inception in 2007, initially through his position as […]


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During sessions you are expected to talk about the primary concerns and issues in your life. A session lasts 50 minutes, but some people request longer sessions. Usually weekly sessions are best. Some people who are in crisis or extreme distress need more than one session per week, at least until the crisis passes. During the time between sessions it is beneficial to think about and process what was discussed. At times, you may be asked to take certain actions outside of the therapy sessions, such as reading a relevant book or keeping records. For therapy to "work," you must be an active participant, both in and outside of the therapy sessions. Mostley expect a therapist who truly understands.

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The Rosemont Inn Bed and Breakfast invites you to treat yourself to a unique experience in Montrose, Pennsylvania. This beautifully renovated circa 1859 home is located one block above the Village Green and will delight you with its gracious setting, rambling gardens, lovely porches, beautiful interior, and friendly staff. We offer unsurpassed accommodations in historic Montrose within walking distance to restaurants, shopping, museums and more. Host your special event here.

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The drive down from Venizelos airport in Athens to the southern Peloponnese has been improved dramatically by the construction of the Athens ring-road and improvements to various segments of the motorway south of Corinth. If you are heading to Kalamata, this drive now takes less than three hours. It is another hour south to Kardamyli/Stoupa. Tolls will cost around 15 euros one way. At Tripolis, there is the option to turn off to head to Gythio to enter the Mani this way. This segment has as yet (November 2012) not been completed.

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via Kalamata by air

The good news is that for the summer of 2013, Easyjet will (at last) be running scheduled flights from Gatwick to Kalamata. More details here. Alternatively, Thomas Cook offer chartered flights from Gatwick and Manchester. A taxi from Kalamata airport to Kardamyli/Stoupa is about 60 euros and takes just over an hour. The taxi rank always has drivers waiting for fares.

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