d49guardianssupport Knowing that this district is still faced with the decision of a permanent Superintendent, I thought I’d share my perspective. But What does a Chief Officer do? The roles of the superintendent includes: Overseeing daily operations to include managing the budget. With the budget in mind, it seems the District & the Chief Officer has … Read more
12/15/2022 Ann Easton – Former Special Ed teacher. Why were you elected? Why did the people of District 49 vote for you – elect you? Do you even know? They elected you to keep their children safe. They elected you to select the best curriculums in which to teach academics to their children. This is … Read more
19 March 2023 From: Ivy Liu <iliu@d49.org> To: Peter Hilts (11:26 AM) To: Brad Miller, John Graham (11:59 AM) BCC: allboardofeducation@d49.org Subject: Legal and financial accountability It has been brought to my attention that CORA requests are being denied to constituents in violation of CORA statutes. I do not think we as a district want to … Read more
https://youtu.be/N4NF4xKITbY What is our conservative county coming to? This is worse than when we had liberals in majority on school boards. Conservatives are banned or thrown out of meetings. Speeches of conservatives are often interrupted and admonished by BOE President John Graham who, along with his sheeples Lori Thompson and Rick Van Wieren on the … Read more
13 March 2023 by Deb Schmidt Why are our kids anxious and acting out? Why are they depressed and think about suicide? Schools everywhere tell us that they need psychologists, social workers, and behavior therapists to stop this mental health crisis. I disagree. (Editor: Need we mention hundreds of millions tax dollars worth of SEL?). … Read more
Some administrators and teachers are realizing we have deep issues. But few have the power to make decisions at the top. Obama ushered in “equity in discipline” that led to Restore Practice that cost districts millions overtime but have resulted in the breakdown of good discipline. Is this all part of an insidious long game … Read more
This is an updated version of D49 School Board’s vote record. Please share widely: D49 Board Vote Records ANALYSIS: Since Feb 2022, ALL but TWO of the votes on CONTROVERSIAL matters were lost in a slim 2-3 vote. LORI THOMPSON, who ran on the same platform as Ivy Liu and Jamilynn D’avola has consistently … Read more
BAD BOARD BEHAVIOR: Self-proclaimed “Christian Constitutional conservatives” board members Lori Thompson and Rick Van Wieren endorse bad behavior via their silence. D49 board president John Graham allowed the teachers union to display big signs harassing board Director Ivy Liu on November 10, 2022 for over an hour before he told them to stop rattling the … Read more
D49 Guardians Newsletter 06 February 2023 This is our D49 newsletter that we hope will keep everyone informed of what’s going on in D49 and in education in general. Event though some of you are Charter school parents, we strongly advise you keep tabs on what’s going on in the district since public schools will … Read more