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Thursday, November 1, 2012

Anthony Borrelli owes Carpenter teachers an apology. « Fred Klonsky

Anthony Borrelli owes Carpenter teachers an apology. « Fred Klonsky:


Anthony Borrelli owes Carpenter teachers an apology.

I’ve written about the wealthy Park Ridge foot doctor Anthony Borrelli before.
He is one of two Park Ridge, Illinois school board members who voted no on a 2% raise when the negotiated contract came up for board approval a month ago.
The contract was approved and teachers now receive an average $43 a week raise.
Although the district is running a 40% budget surplus, the wealthy foot doctor told the press that he thought it was more important to spend money on capital improvements than on teacher salary. Of course, the district can