South Wilmington Community Consolidated School District 74 accumulated $827,190 in debt between fiscal years 2008 and 2017, according to a Illinois Valley Times analysis of public schools data.
Over the last four years, 13 individual donors living in Gardner gave $11,258.84 to political candidates, according to a Illinois Valley Times analysis of state campaign finance data.
Serena Community Unit School District 2 accumulated $6.88 million in debt between fiscal years 2008 and 2017, according to a Illinois Valley Times analysis of public schools data.
Seneca Township High School District 160 accumulated $6.81 million in debt between fiscal years 2008 and 2017, according to a Illinois Valley Times analysis of public schools data.
Over the last four years, 21 individual donors living in Coal City gave $21,659.33 to political candidates, according to a Illinois Valley Times analysis of state campaign finance data.
“Drop Dead” was how school Superintendent Mike Matteson (Rutland CCSD 230, Wallace CCSD 195) responded to an e-mail from the Heartland Institute telling the districts to stop deducting union dues from the paychecks of non-union school employees or face legal action.