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Sunday, August 11, 2013

8-11-13 Fred Klonsky | Daily posts from a retired public school teacher who is just looking at the data.

Fred Klonsky | Daily posts from a retired public school teacher who is just looking at the data.:





Bob Lyons. “The pension bill that is finally sent to Governor Quinn for his signature will be declared unconstitutional.”
Bob Lyons represents retired members as a Teacher Retirement System trustee. For Illinois’ current Fiscal Year 2014 TRS annuitants can certainly count on their pension checks from TRS to arrive on time and to include the full entitled amount. This amount will also include – for those who are eligible – the three-percent COLA increase in the pension check to be distributed on the1st of February, 20


The weird Tweets of Park Ridge District 64 board of education member Dr. Dathan Paterno.
Park Ridge school board member, Dr. Dathan Paterno. You know I retired from Park Ridge District 64 a year ago June. Right after I left, Dr. Dan Paterno was elected to the school board, joining Dr. Anthony Borrelli, a Park Ridge foot doctor, as a not exactly teacher-friendly faction. Although Paterno ran as a taxpayer watchdog, he had no problem voting to give administrators thousands of dollars i


Logan Square says restore what has been cut from CPS.
  Parents and teachers rally at the Logan Square Eagle earlier this year in support of striking teachers. I’m just back from our Sunday walk to the Logan Square Farmers Market. Aside from fresh corn, beans, berries and some walleye, I have a leaflet. CPS teacher Phil Cantor was handing them out. “Please call the Mayor’s Office and tell him to put our kids first by declaring a TIF surplus and movi

Summer Sunday reads.
Two more shooting deaths in Chicago last night. Note the “Safe Passage” sign at the shooting on West Fullerton. NY school boss Dennis Walcott bans dinosaur, birthday, halloween, poverty and divorce. The Madison, Wisconsin state representative infiltrates the ALEC meeting in Chicago and reports what she heard. In Wisconsin, no more collective bargaining rights means more teachers are getting fired
  
Fred Klonsky | Daily posts from a retired public school teacher who is just looking at the data.
Fred Klonsky | Daily posts from a retired public school teacher who is just looking at the data.:Chicago reporters. An endangered species. Not dead yet, but on life-support.There was a time when Chicago investigative reporters were the envy of cities across the country. This was even before Woodward and Bernstein. Now there are just a few who even deserve the title. Ben Joravsky on the corrupt use