Category Archives: East Leyden
More Money, Fewer Students: What the State Pays Per Student Is Soaring
More Money, Fewer Students: What the State Pays Per Student Is Soaring Here’s a number every Illinois taxpayer should sit with: in 2019, the state of Illinois put about $6,700 per student into education. Today that figure is roughly $9,700. … Continue reading →
School districts across Illinois are quietly using police‑grade surveillance tools and private investigators to track families and decide which children are allowed to attend public school.
Why do schools take these actions and why are they investigating parents? “Ostensibly, the validity they raise is the amount of money that they spend for each student to educate the students,” said Roy McCampbell, a former school administrator and … Continue reading →
US Supreme Court Justice Jackson is Confused in Her Court Opinions
I don’t recall any recent Supreme Court opinion that so directly denounces and renounces a dissent, in this case by the leftist Biden appointee Justice Jackson: JUSTICE JACKSON, however, chooses a startling line of attack that is tethered neither to … Continue reading →
Illinois Bans Ticketing or Fining Students in Schools
Effective immediately, a new Illinois law, stemming from Senate Bill 1519, prohibits any person from issuing monetary fines, fees, tickets, or citations to students for municipal code violations occurring on school grounds or on a school bus. This legislation closes … Continue reading →
Why Would 100 Percent of the Illinois Republican Senators Vote to Mandate Mental Health Screening of School Children ?
🚨 100 Percent of the IL Republican Senators Voted for the SB 1560 mandiating Mental Health Screenings along with the Democrats 🚨 Governor Pritzker has now signed SB 1560 into law, requiring annual mental health screenings for Illinois students in … Continue reading →
Leyden SD 212 Scores in Lowest Quartile For Reading and Math Score
Leyden High School SD 212. Superintendent Nick Polyak makes total compensationIn excess of $394,000 per year with his students 21% proficient in reading and 20% proficient in math Via @Wirepoints wirepoints.org/an-illinois-sc… #twill #muniland @GovPritzker
Controversy Rages as Leyden SD 212 Parents Question Why the SD 212 Board of Education Failed to Opt out of the Controversial National Sex Education Standards Signed into Law by the Governor and the Illinois General Assembly
Parents are attending the SD 212 Board Meetings questioning why the Board of Education failed to opt out of the new Illinois sex education standards, as well as questioning safety issues with girls in boys’ bathrooms and locker rooms and … Continue reading →
An Open Letter Requesting that Leyden High School District 212 Board of Education Reinstate Swimming in the Adaptive Physical Education Curriculum
This is a copy of correspondence that I have sent to the Leyden School District 212 attorney with copies to the Assistant Superintendent of Special Education, Dr. Brian Mahoney and the Leyden High Schools Athletic Director, Rick Mason.: Ms. Crumley, … Continue reading →
Does Leyden School District 212 Really Care About Their Students’ Mental Health ? Let’s Hope They Do !!! Let’s Get the Support of the Administration for Mental Health Days !!!
Students across Illinois are now able to take up to five excused mental health days. This started on January 1, 2022. Under a bill signed into law by Gov. J.B. Pritzker in August, 2021, students who decide to take a mental health … Continue reading →
Justice Department Launches Investigations Concerning Gender Ideology in Pre-K-12 Schools in 36 Illinois School Districts including Leyden SD 212, and Elmwood Park High School
The US Justice Department’s Civil Rights Division launched investigations into 36 Illinois public school districts to determine whether they have included sexual orientation and gender ideology (SOGI) content in any class for grades pre-K-12, including Leyden SD 212 as well as Ridgewood and Elmwood Park High Schools Continue reading →