Schools
Reform Team Wins 6 of 8 Township Races
Burgener, Schreiber, Powers and Moorman win 115 Board seats.
Results do not provisional ballots. Any votes for write-in candidates will not be counted until tomorrow.
Five people—Todd Burgener, Dave Schreiber, John Powers, Steve Reimer and Robert “Ted” Moorman—are running for four open seats on the Lake Forest Community High School District 115 Board of Education.
In Shields Township, the Shields Township Active Reform Team and the Unified Shields Party have competing slates for all offices.
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The Active Reform Team has slated Cynthia Maloney for supervisor, Lanelle Collins for clerk, Kathy Blahunka for assessor, Scott Anderson for Highway Commissioner and a team of William Brown, Laura Carney, J. Patrick Corsiglia and Gerry Phillips for the four trustee spots.
Making up the Unified ticket are Gail Strenger Wayne for supervisor, Caroline Harrington for clerk, Patricia Lenzini for assessor and Dan Rogers for highway commissioner. The four trustee candidates are Hollis Steadman, Heather Kerr, Richard Goshgarian and Dawn Barnum.
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Lake Forest Community High School District 115 Board of Education
Candidate
Percentage
Total Vote
Precincts Reporting
Todd Burgener
20.66
2,277
25 of 25
Dave Schreiber
20.22
2,228
25 of 25
John Powers
20.32
2,239
25 of 25
Steve Reimer
18.92
2,085
25 of 25
Robert “Ted” Moorman
19.89
2,192
25 of 25
Shields Township Supervisor
Candidate
Percentage
Total Vote
Precincts Reporting
Cynthia Maloney
50.47
1,884
17 of 17
Gale Strenger Wayne
49.53
1,849
17 of 17
Shields Township Clerk
Candidate
Percentage
Total Vote
Precincts Reporting
Lanelle Collins
52.55
1,927
17 of 17
Caroline Harrington
47.45
1,740
17 of 17
Shields Township Assessor
Candidate
Percentage
Total Vote
Precincts Reporting
Kathy Blahunka
51.29
1,888
17 of 17
Patricia 'Trish' Lenzini
48.71
1,793
17 of 17
Shields Township Hwy Commissioner
Candidate
Percentage
Total Vote
Precincts Reporting
Scott Anderson
54.74
2,033
17 of 17
Dan Rogers
45.26
1,681
17 of 17
Shields Township Trustee (Vote For 4)
Candidate
Percentage
Total Vote
Precincts Reporting
William J. 'Bill' Brown
13.16
1,750
17 of 17
Laura F. Carney
13.66
1,816
17 of 17
J. Patrick Corsiglia, Jr.
11.66
1,551
17 of 17
Gerard A. 'Gerry' Phillips
11.82
1,572
17 of 17
Hollis S. Steadman
12.23
1,627
17 of 17
Heather Kerr
12.85
1,709
17 of 17
Richard G. Goshgarian
12.87
1,711
17 of 17
Dawn Barnum
11.75
1,562
17 of 17
Early voting is not included in these totals.
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Five candidates for four seats on the Lake Forest High School District 115 Board of Education recently made their case to more than 90 people during a League of Women Voters forum at the Lake Forest Public Library.
All five candidates stressed communication with administration, teachers and the public as reasons to give them a vote. They were specifically questioned about teacher evaluations and the strike that brought school to a halt in September.
“A lot of what went on had to do with relationships between administrators and teachers,” Reimer said. He would consider the use of professional negotiators the next time a labor contract is before the Board.
Moorman felt the strike indicated a failure in the Board-teacher relationship. Future negotiations will be more successful if the Board treats the teachers as the professionals they are," he said.
Schreiber wants to make sure teacher pay is competitive with other North Shore schools. Powers felt teachers and administrators were concerned. “They both felt they were doing the right thing,” he said.
Burgener, who was part of the District’s negotiating team during the talks and the work stoppage, felt it was important for the Board to hold the line. “We could have acquiesced and we would not have had a viable solution,” he said. “At the end of the day we had a deal we could have had before.”
Readers can view the candidates’ closing statements on the Patch videos accompanying this article. The entire 30-minute debate can be seen on the League’s website.
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