Friday, May 3, 2013
Search firm hired to find successor to Jay Hoffmann who retired April 24 as head of Lake Forest High School.
Lake Forest High School is wasting no time finding a replacement for retired Principal Jay Hoffmann and hopes to have a new leader at the helm by June 30, according to an email Superintendent Michael Simeck sent to parents Wednesday. A search firm has been hired by Lake Forest Community High School District 115 and has been charged with finding a quick replacement in part to give interim Principal Jim Thiel, who retires at the end of the 2013-14 term, and the new head of the school time to work together. Earlier: Lake Forest High School Principal To Retire Early “We can conduct a national/international search and thus will have a stronger talent pool,” Simeck said in the email. “Due to changes in certification requirements from the state, …
Tuesday, April 9, 2013
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. 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 …
Wednesday, March 13, 2013
Five contenders for four Lake Forest Board of Education seats share their ideas during League of Women Voters forum.
Five candidates for four seats on the Lake Forest High School District 115 Board of Education in the April 9 election made their case to more than 90 people during a League of Women Voters forum Sunday at the Lake Forest Public Library. Todd Burgener, Ted Moorman, John Powers, Steve Reimer and Dave Schreiber answered questions from a moderator and made a direct plea to voters in opening and closing statements. Burgener is the only incumbent seeking reelection. Get local news in a daily email from Patch. It's like getting a free newspaper. Learn more. 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 …
Friday, January 25, 2013
Lake Forest High School Booster President Brian Vandenberg blogs about the Diamond Campaign.
Lake Forest High School School Board and Booster presidents explain position on rejection of Diamond Campaign to improve east campus athletic facilities.
A decision by the Lake Forest High School Board of Education in July not to accept a gift from the Lake Forest High School Boosters to improve east campus athletic facilities has sparked a controversy by some in the community though those most intimately involved are not part of it. Though the Boosters’ Diamond Campaign, which would have added a turf athletic field, a new track and more did not ultimately materialize, it did help motivate the Board to consider doing some of the work. Earlier: School Board Considers Spending $5 Million The District is now discussing replacement of the track at Lindenmeyer Field on the east campus which may not have happened if the Boosters had not proposed it initially, according to Board President Sharon …
Writer criticizes lack of transparency.
The war of words that has taken place this week on Lake Forest/Lake Bluff Patch articles is a perfect example of why Lake Forest High School District 115 needs not just new board members, but a whole new culture. The sniping which ensued after Nancy Thorner published an opinion piece calling into question the ever-increasing costs at the High School demonstrates clearly what so many have been complaining about, that the District 115 School Board lacks transparency, openness and accountability. Without openness and transparency the local taxpayers simply do not receive enough information to feel comfortable that the Board is being a good steward of the assets entrusted to them. As a result, many local taxpayers have lost trust in the …
Friday, August 24, 2012
If no bargain is reached with Board before then, the teachers said they would walk off the job.
Lake Forest High School teachers will stop working at 12.01 a.m. Sept. 12 if no agreement is reached with the Lake Forest High School District 115 Board of Education, according to a statement today by Lake Forest Education Association teachers’ union (LFEA) spokesperson Chuck Gress. The union issued a Notice of Intent to Strike to the Board at 4 p.m. today after Thursday’s mediation session failed to produce a deal and the LFEA found the District’s last and final offer under the collective bargaining process unsatisfactory. Earlier: LFHS Teachers, Board Meet, No Pact “This is a difficult decision as we have always put the school community and its students first in our minds and our hearts,” Gress said in a statement. “Since there was no …
Linda Heflin
5:44 pm on Thursday, May 16, 2013
Daughter graduated in 1992. She was on the girls golf team and Mr. Hoffmann sub a few times for Mrs. Miller. Nancy always came home and said how she liked Mr. Hoffmann. more ›