"Gov. Pat Quinn named three people to the State Board of Education today, including an Evanston attorney who campaign finance records show has donated more than $120,000 to state and federal Democratic candidates in the past 15 years, including more than $5,000 to Quinn.
Quinn announced he had named Steven Gilford, an attorney and a former president of the Evanston Township District 202 school board, to the state education board along with James Bauman, a former Lake Bluff District 65 school board official, and Melinda LaBarre, a former Springfield school principal and teacher.
At the same time, Quinn moved six-year state board member Joyce Karon of Barrington to a recently formed panel aimed at putting together a proposal for Illinois to compete to receive education funding through the federal stimulus program."
Quinn announced he had named Steven Gilford, an attorney and a former president of the Evanston Township District 202 school board, to the state education board along with James Bauman, a former Lake Bluff District 65 school board official, and Melinda LaBarre, a former Springfield school principal and teacher.
At the same time, Quinn moved six-year state board member Joyce Karon of Barrington to a recently formed panel aimed at putting together a proposal for Illinois to compete to receive education funding through the federal stimulus program."