Category Archives: West Leyden

Nick Polyak, Leyden School District 212 Superintendent Earns $431,326 as an Annual Salary

Posted on October 3, 2026 by royfmc

Dr Nick Polyak is the 5th highest paid School Superintendent in Illinois, yet the academic performance of the students does not support such a compensation. Superintendent pay in Illinois is totally out of whack with what ordinary Illinoisans can afford … Continue reading →

Posted in #leydenpride, Bradley Stephens, cash, citizenship question, Dr. Kim Boryszewski, E Learning, East Leyden, Education, Elections, Elmwood Park School District 401, face masks, home school, Illinois, Illinois Pensions, illinois politics, IMRF, injunction, Latin Kings, law, Law Offices of Roy F McCampbell, left, legal services, Leyden, Leyden Area Special Education CoOp, Leyden High School Dostrict 212, Leyden High School Marching Band, Leyden School District 212, liability, Lincolnway, Mannheim School District 83, mental health, migrants, money laundering, News, Norridge School D80, O'Hare Noise, On Line Education, Pennoyer School District 79, politics, power, president, Pritzker, Rosemont, Rosemont School District 78, Roy F McCampbell Blog Ranked #4 on the 20 Best Political Satire Blogs and Websites in 2024 for 5th year in a Row, Roy F. McCampbell, Schiller Park Commentaries, School District Superintendent Robert Lopatka, Social Media, social security, Socialism, Special Education, student discipline, Taxation, theft, Title lX, Transportation, Triton, Triton College, unconstitutional, Union Ridge SD86, US Department of Education, US Supreme Court, USCongress, vaccine, vaccines, vaping, vote, West Leyden | Tagged #city politics, #leydenpride, budget, education, Greg Ignoffo, Illinois, Leyden, Leyden 212, Leyden High School, Leyden High School District 212, Nick Polyak, politics, Pritzker, Roy F. McCampbell, Roy McCampbell, salary, SD 212, superintendent | Leave a comment

Physical Conditioning for Leyden Marching Band Members ?

Posted on August 16, 2026 by royfmc

Posted in #leydenpride, Franklin Park, Leyden, Schiller Park, West Leyden | Tagged band, conditioning, Injuries, Leyden, Leyden High School Marching Band | Comments Off

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.

Posted on May 14, 2026 by royfmc

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 →

Posted in #mentalhealthmonth, #taxation, Bailey, capital projects, Chicago, cook county, Crime, Dr. Kim Boryszewski, driveways, E Learning, East Leyden, Economic Development, Economy, Education, election fraud, Elections, Elmwood Park School District 401, Entertainment, Evanston, eviction, Finance, foia, Food, franklin avenue, Franklin Park, gangs, Harwood Heights, Highland Park, home school, homelessness, Illinois, Illinois Pensions, illinois politics, infrastructure, injunction, intelligence, Investigation, law, Law Offices of Roy F McCampbell, left, legal services, Leyden, Leyden Area Special Education CoOp, Leyden High School Dostrict 212, Leyden School District 212, liability, Lincolnway, lobbying, mental health, mental health days, migrants, Minneapolis PD, Muslim, News, Palestinians, Pennoyer School District 79, police, politics, Population, power, Pritzker, privacy, Qualified Immune, Rauner, Religion, Religious Exemption, remote learning, Rep Welch, robbed, robert martwick, Rosemont, Rosemont School District 78, Roy F McCampbell Blog Ranked #4 on the 20 Best Political Satire Blogs and Websites in 2024 for 5th year in a Row, Roy F. McCampbell, SAFE-T Act, Schiller Park, Schiller Park School District 81, School District Superintendent Robert Lopatka, School Incident Reporting System, search warrant, security camera, senator durbin, Social Media, Socialism, state representative, stock market, Taxation, Triton, Triton College, Trump, Turkey, Ukraine, unconstitutional, Union Ridge SD86, US Department of Education, US Supreme Court, USCongress, vaccine, vote, wages, weed, West Leyden, Western Illinois University | Tagged #city politics, advocates, Board of Education, channel 5, Chicago, children, cook county, Crime, education, Franklin Park, General Assembly, government, governor, Governor JB Pritzker, Illinois, Illinois General Assembly, law, Law Offices of Roy F McCampbell, lawsuits, legal services, Leyden, Leyden High School District 212, license plate readers, lobbying, McCampbell, migrants, NBC, Norridge, parents, Pennoyer, PJ Randhawa, police, politics, private investigator, residency, Rosemont, Roy F. McCampbell, Roy McCampbell, Schiller Park School District 81, school, school district., school districts, social media, special needs, surveillance, tax, Taxation, taxes, taxpayers, transparency, unconstitutional, US Supreme Court | Leave a comment

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

Posted on May 2, 2026 by royfmc

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 →

Posted in #leydenpride, #madigoon, #mentalhealthmonth, #metoo, #taxation, Anecdote, autism pride day, Bailey, Bensenville, bishop paprocki, black lives matter, Bloods, cannabis, Cardinal Cupich, citizenship question, Collapse of society, cook county, corruption, Crime, East Leyden, Economic Development, Economy, Elmwood Park School District 401, Evanston, foid, Franklin Park, Harwood Heights, Health, health risk, high school class rank, home school, homelessness, ice, IEP, Illinois, illinois politics, injunction, Investigation, ISBE, Labor Day, language, LASEC, law, Law Offices of Roy F McCampbell, left, legal services, Leyden, Leyden Area Special Education CoOp, Leyden High School Dostrict 212, Leyden High School Marching Band, Leyden School District 212, Mannheim School District 83, marijuana, mental health, meth, migrants, money laundering, needle exchange, News, Norridge, Norridge School D80, Northlake, Pennoyer School District 79, political satire, politics, Population, president, priest, Pritzker, privacy, rape, Rauner, referendum, Religion, Religious Exemption, Rep Welch, River Grove, robert martwick, Rosemont, Rosemont School District 78, Roy F McCampbell Blog Ranked #4 on the 20 Best Political Satire Blogs and Websites in 2024 for 5th year in a Row, Roy F. McCampbell, Schiller Park, Schiller Park Commentaries, Schiller Park School District 81, search warrant, sexual assault, sexual harrassment, sexually transmitted disease, Social Media, Socialism, Special Education, Sports, State of the Union, state representative, student discipline, teamsters, theft, Title lX, toilets, Tony Ocean, Top 20 Political Satire Blogs in 2024, transgender, Trump, unconstitutional, Union Ridge SD86, US Department of Education, US Supreme Court, USCongress, vote, West Leyden | Tagged #city politics, #leydenpride, #metoo, abortion, advocates, affordable housing, American Disabilities Act, attorney, Autism Awareness Month, Bensenville, Board of Education, Bradley Stephens, Brandon Johnson, budget, bullying, Chicago, Chicago Teachers Union, children, common core, Congress, constitutional amendment, Corona Virus, CPS, David C. Stachura, Del Giudice, Democrats, disclosure, District 81, District 81 Board of Education, divorced parents, Dr Polyak, DuPage, East Leyden, education, educators, election, Elmwood Park, Elmwood Park School District 401, FAPE, federal court, federal funding, federal lawsuit, Franklin Park, gas tax, gender, gender identity, gender identity policy, General Assembly, government, governor, Governor JB Pritzker, Governor Pritzker, Greg Ignoffo, handicapped, Harwood Heights, hiding gender transition, ice, IEA, IEP, IFT, Ilinois, Illinios General Assembly, Illinois, Illinois Attorney General, Illinois General Assembly, Illinois Senate, Illinois State Board of Education, Illinois Supreme Court, immigrant, infertility, Investigation, ISBE, Kim Boryszewski, LASEC, law, law enforcement, Law Offices of Roy F McCampbell, lawsuit, lawsuits, lawyer, leadership, learning disabilities, least restrictive, leaving illinois, left, legal, legal services, Leyden, Leyden Area Special Education CoOp, Leyden High School, Leyden High School District 212, Leyden High School Marching Band, Leyden schools, Leyden SD 212, leyden township, lightfoot, litigation, lobbying, locker room, Mahoney, marijuana, Mark Stephens, martwick, Mayor, Mayor Brandon Johnson, Mayor Johnson, mayor lightfoot, McCampbell, mental health, mentally fit, municipalities, National School Board Association, new laws, Nick Polyak, Norridge, Norridge School District 80, open schools, opt out, opt out of testing, parents, police, political contributions, political satire, politics, Polyak, Polyak Leyden, president, Pritzker, Rauner, re-open school, Republicans, restructuring, Rhodes School District, Ridgewood High School, River Grove School District, Rosemont School District 78, Roy F. McCampbell, Roy F. McCampbell's Blog, Roy McCampbell, roy mccampbell law offices of Roy F McCampbell, Schiller Park, Schiller Park School District 81, school district., senator, service tax, sit and stare policy, slavery, social media, Speaker, Speaker Welch, special needs, Special Needs children, state rep, superintendent, Supreme Court, tax, Taxation, taxes, taxpayer fund, taxpayers, teachers, Title IX, Tony Ocean, toxic, transgender, transition goals, transparency, Triton College, Triton College Board of Trustees, Trump, unconstitutional, Union Ridge, US Congress, US Department of Education, US Dept of Ed, US Supreme Court, veto session, Village of Schiller Park, vote, Washington DC, White House, work force, Zohran Mamdami | Leave a comment

The Revival of America’s Rare Earth Industry

Posted on December 31, 2025 by royfmc

The U.S.-China trade war is turbocharging the revival of America’s rare earth industry. After Beijing’s export controls exposed U.S. vulnerability, public and private capital is pouring into domestic firms to build a secure supply chain.scmp.com/economy/global…US-China Tensions Fuel Revival of American … Continue reading →

Posted in benefits, California, China, coal, constitution, Culture, Drone, Education, Electric vehicle, Fauci, Finance, Health, health risk, illinois politics, infrastructure, injunction, Israel, law, Law Offices of Roy F McCampbell, left, legal services, Mining, News, pilot, politics, pollution, Population, Pritzker, Putin, Rare Earth, Referendums, rioting, robbed, robert martwick, Roy F McCampbell Blog Ranked #4 on the 20 Best Political Satire Blogs and Websites in 2024 for 5th year in a Row, Roy F. McCampbell, Russia, Schiller Park School District 81, senator durbin, Social Media, social security, state representative, stock market, Taxation, teamsters, terrorist, theft, Trump, Ukraine, Ukrainia, Venezuela, weed, West Leyden, Yasser Arafat, YouTube | Tagged Chicago, China, cook county, Illinois, Mining, politics, Rare Earth, Roy F. McCampbell | Leave a comment

Illinois Bans Ticketing or Fining Students in Schools

Posted on August 24, 2025 by royfmc

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 →

Posted in #leydenpride, #mentalhealthmonth, #taxation, Autism, benefits, Bensenville, blog, cash bail, Chicago, chicago pd, constitution, cook county, corruption, Crash, Crime, divy, E Learning, East Leyden, Economic Development, Education, Franklin Park, gambling, gangs, home school, homelessness, IEP, Illinois, illinois politics, intelligence, LASEC, Latin Kings, law, Law Offices of Roy F McCampbell, left, legal services, Leyden, Leyden Area Special Education CoOp, Leyden High School Dostrict 212, Leyden School District 212, liability, lightfoot, lobbying, Mannheim School District 83, marijuana, mental health, mental health days, migrants, Minneapolis PD, Muslim, News, Norridge, Norridge School D80, Northlake, Pennoyer School District 79, police, police reform, politics, Pritzker, quarantine, Rep Welch, River Grove, robert martwick, Rosemont, Rosemont School District 78, Roy F McCampbell Blog Ranked #4 on the 20 Best Political Satire Blogs and Websites in 2024 for 5th year in a Row, Roy F. McCampbell, SAFE-T Act, sanctions, Schiller Park, Schiller Park Commentaries, schiller park police, Schiller Park School District 81, School District Superintendent Robert Lopatka, School Incident Reporting System, search warrant, security camera, senator durbin, sexual harrassment, Social Media, Special Education, state representative, student discipline, Taxation, theft, toilets, Top 20 Political Satire Blogs in 2024, traffic ticket, Triton, unconstitutional, Union Ridge SD86, US Supreme Court, USCongress, vaping, Villa Park, vote, West Leyden, Western Illinois University | Tagged fines, Illinois, municipalities, Pritzker, Roy F. McCampbell, school district., SRO, students, tickets | Leave a comment

Why Would 100 Percent of the Illinois Republican Senators Vote to Mandate Mental Health Screening of School Children ?

Posted on August 20, 2025 by royfmc

🚨 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 →

Posted in #mentalhealthmonth, #taxation, Autism, benefits, Bensenville, blog, campaign, cannabis, CDC, Chicago, constitution, cook county, corruption, Disability Employment Month, Dr. Kim Boryszewski, E Learning, East Leyden, Economy, Education, Elections, Evanston, health risk, high school class rank, home school, homelessness, Illinois, illinois politics, intelligence, ISBE, LASEC, law, Law Offices of Roy F McCampbell, left, legal services, Leyden, Leyden Area Special Education CoOp, Leyden High School Dostrict 212, Leyden School District 212, liability, Lincolnway, lobbying, Mannheim School District 83, marijuana, mental health, mental health days, meth, migrants, minimum wage, morphine, News, Norridge, Norridge School D80, Northern Illinois University, On Line Education, Pennoyer School District 79, police, police reform, politics, Population, priest, Pritzker, privacy, quarantine, referendum, remote learning, Rep Welch, rioting, River Grove, robbed, Rosemont, Rosemont Horizon, Rosemont School District 78, Roy F. McCampbell, SAFE-T Act, sanctions, Schiller Park Commentaries, schillerparkblog, School District Superintendent Robert Lopatka, School Incident Reporting System, search warrant, senator durbin, sexual harrassment, Social Media, social security, Special Education, sports betting, Sports Scholarships, state representative, Stone Park, student discipline, Taxation, teamsters, terrorist, Top 20 Political Satire Blogs in 2024, Transportation, Triton, Triton College, Trump, unconstitutional, Union, Union Ridge SD86, US Supreme Court, USCongress, vaccines, vaping, Venezuela, Villa Park, vote, weed, West Leyden, Western Illinois University, Westlake, Wisconsin, Yasser Arafat, YouTube | Tagged homeschooling, Illinois, mental health screenings, Republicans, Roy F. McCampbell, unanimous | Leave a comment

Leyden SD 212 Scores in Lowest Quartile For Reading and Math Score

Posted on March 26, 2025 by royfmc

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

Posted in #leydenpride, #taxation, Better Government Association, blog, bond, Chicago, cook county, corruption, Dolton, East Leyden, Economy, Education, Elections, Elmwood Park School District 401, Illinois, Illinois Pensions, illinois politics, IMRF, LASEC, law, Law Offices of Roy F McCampbell, left, legal services, Leyden, Leyden Area Special Education CoOp, Leyden High School Dostrict 212, Leyden School District 212, political satire, politics, Pritzker, referendum, Rosemont, Roy F McCampbell Blog Ranked #4 on the 20 Best Political Satire Blogs and Websites in 2024 for 5th year in a Row, Roy F. McCampbell, Schiller Park, Schiller Park Commentaries, schillerparkblog, School District Superintendent Robert Lopatka, Social Media, Special Education, Top 20 Political Satire Blogs in 2024, top 30 blog, Top 30 Political Satire Blogs and Websites for 2023, Top 30 Political Satire Blogs and Websites in 2021, unconstitutional, US Supreme Court, USCongress, vaccines, West Leyden | Tagged high pay, Illinois, Leyden, Leyden High School District 212, Nick Polyak, politics, Roy F. McCampbell, superintendent, test scores | Leave a comment

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

Posted on May 20, 2023 by royfmc

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 →

Posted in #leydenpride, car sex, cook county, Crime, East Leyden, Franklin Park, Health, health risk, Illinois, illinois politics, LASEC, law, Law Offices of Roy F McCampbell, legal services, Leyden, Leyden Area Special Education CoOp, Leyden High School Dostrict 212, Leyden School District 212, liability, lobbying, Mannheim School District 83, mental health, mental health days, News, Norridge, Northlake, political satire, politics, Pritzker, Religion, Rep Welch, River Grove, robert martwick, Rosemont, Rosemont School District 78, Roy F. McCampbell, Schiller Park, Schiller Park School District 81, sexual assault, sexual harrassment, sexually transmitted disease, Social Media, Special Education, top 30 blog, Top 30 Political Satire Blogs and Websites for 2023, Top 30 Political Satire Blogs and Websites in 2021, Triton College, unconstitutional, Union Ridge SD86, US Supreme Court, USCongress, West Leyden | Tagged binary, gay, Greg Ignoffo, lesbian, Leyden, leyden sd212, Nick Polyak, non binary, SD 212, sex education, transgender | 1 Comment

An Open Letter Requesting that Leyden High School District 212 Board of Education Reinstate Swimming in the Adaptive Physical Education Curriculum

Posted on March 7, 2022 by royfmc

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 →

Posted in #leydenpride, Corona Virus, Covid-19, East Leyden, Employing Disabled, Illinois, illinois politics, LASEC, Law Offices of Roy F McCampbell, Leyden, Leyden Area Special Education CoOp, Leyden High School Dostrict 212, Leyden School District 212, politics, Roy F. McCampbell, Schiller Park, Social Media, Special Education, West Leyden | Tagged aquatics, East Leyden, education, handicapped, Illinois, Leyden, Leyden Area Special Education CoOp, Leyden High School District 212, politics, Roy F. McCampbell, Special Education, swimming, water polo, West Leyden | Leave a comment