Category Archives: Education

Is Illinois’s Budget Real ? Or a Political Convenience ?

Posted on June 3, 2018 by royfmc

Illinois budget watchdog groups are skeptical over whether the $38.5 billion fiscal 2019 state budget that passed Thursday is truly “balanced” . Lawmakers from both sides of the aisle should restrain their self-praise about the budget plan given that it … Continue reading →

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“Pity The Nation Whose People Are Sheep………”

Posted on May 27, 2018 by royfmc

Lawrence Ferlinghetti decades ago wrote and it gives me chills to read it today: “Pity the nation whose people are sheep, and whose shepherds mislead them. Pity the nation whose leaders are liars, whose sages are silenced, and whose bigots … Continue reading →

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A Schiller Park Transgender Student Shares His Good and Bad Memories of Grammar School and High School

Posted on May 24, 2018 by royfmc

Transgender student Charlie Zielinski https://www-dailyherald-com.cdn.ampproject.org/ https://www-dailyherald-com.cdn.ampproject.org/v/s/www.dailyherald.com/amp-article/20170316/news/170319203/?amp_js_v=0.1&usqp=mq331AQECAEoAQ%3D%3D#origin=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.google.com&prerenderSize=1&visibilityState=prerender&paddingTop=54&p2r=0&horizontalScrolling=0&csi=1&aoh=15271304605258&viewerUrl=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.google.com%2Famp%2Fs%2Fwww.dailyherald.com%2Famp-article%2F20170316%2Fnews%2F170319203%2F&history=1&storage=1&cid=1&cap=swipe%2CnavigateTo%2Ccid%2Cfragment%2CreplaceUrl An interesting Schiller Park School District 81 and East Leyden High School Story Transgender student: I am mad, I am upset, and I am invalidated

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The Parents of Norridge SD 80 Students at Enger Continue To Face Challenges Created By LASEC

Posted on May 22, 2018 by royfmc

So Norridge SD81 Administration has worked diligently with the Illinois legislature to ensure the continued enrollment at Enger only to encounter Amendment 2 To SB 2344 introduced at the request of Leyden and Norwood Park area Superintendents to frustrate the … Continue reading →

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We Should Learn From History

Posted on May 21, 2018 by royfmc

My fellow Americans and friends around the world: We do not fully understand how or why the ancient civilizations destroyed each other. Upon the testimony of the ancients, corroborated by history and modern discoveries we know that there was only … Continue reading →

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Norridge SD 80 Parents Are Trying to Make Sense Out of What is Happening with LASEC

Posted on May 17, 2018 by royfmc

To grasp an understanding of where the District is with LASEC today, one must go back to the origin of the issues. The matter started with the issuance of a report during the 2016-2017 School Year as to the status … Continue reading →

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Illinois House Committee Meets at 8 am To Consider SB 2344 and HCA 1 Which Are Of Great Importance To The Parents of Norridge SD 80

Posted on May 16, 2018 by royfmc

Please follow these links too support SB 2344 and House Amendment 1 To SB 2344: File as a proponent to SB 2344: http://my.ilga.gov/WitnessSlip/Create/108859?committeeHearingId=16071&LegislationId=108859&LegislationDocumentId=138183&HCommittees-page=1 File as a proponent to House Amendment 1 To SB 2344 http://my.ilga.gov/WitnessSlip/Create/108859?committeeHearingId=16071&LegislationId=108859&LegislationDocumentId=143241&HCommittees5%2F17%2F2018-page=1&committeeid=0&chamber=H&nodays=1&_=1526472719650 … Continue reading →

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Norridge SD 80 Parents Are Watching The Progress of SB 2344

Posted on May 8, 2018 by royfmc

UPDATE as of May 9, 2018 at 5:30 PM: Please show your support of SB 2344 in the Illinois House committee by going to this link and filing as a proponent: http://my.ilga.gov/WitnessSlip/Create/108859?committeeHearingId=16071&LegislationId=108859&LegislationDocumentId=138183 When the House Amendment 1 is discharged … Continue reading →

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We Remember 48 Years Ago Today

Posted on May 4, 2018 by royfmc

48 years ago today – The Kent State shootings occurred at Kent State University, Kent, Ohio. On Monday, May 4, 1970, anti-war protestors scheduled a rally for noon at the campus. University officials attempted to ban the gathering but proved … Continue reading →

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Senate Bill 2344 Was Approved On April 26th and Now Moves on to the Illinois House; And the Beat Goes on For the Special Education Parents of Norridge SD 80

Posted on May 1, 2018 by royfmc

LASEC has forced Norridge School District 80 to seek a legislative solution for what should have been a collaborative discussion with LASEC. Therefore, SD 80 has had to pursuit an amendment to Illinois law to permit Norridge School District 80 … Continue reading →

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