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Wednesday, August 6, 2014

8-6-14 Fred Klonsky | Daily posts from a retired public school teacher

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







Things getting weirder in Hinsdale. Board files police report against teachers who *like* on Facebook.
D86 board president Richard Skoda. If you thought the Tea Party crazies on the Hinsdale board of education are off the rails, things just got weirder. The latest episode began when the teachers posted an article about the District 86 negotiations on their Facebook page. The article was from a local online news site called The Patch. As sometimes happens, a totally unrelated photograph from a tota











At the Hideout. A sinking ship and a teacher in charge.
The after-party outside the Hideout last night.  The First Tuesday at a north side dive bar called The Hideout is becoming a Chicago phenomenon. Last night the place was so packed that folks unable to get in ended up sitting in the front patio holding a party of their own. Holding court in the back room where the bands I’m too old to even have heard of usually play were Mick Dumke and Ben Joravsk
Congresswoman Schakowsky. “How I failed to live on the minimum wage.” Jan will be speaking at our September 3rd. S.O.R.E. luncheon.
Jan Schakowsky from Illinois’ 9th CD speaking to our Skokie Organization of Retired Educators luncheon last year. On September 3rd Congresswoman Jan Schakowsky will be speaking to our September luncheon of S.O.R.E along with Illinois Representative Laura Fine. I expect an overflow crowd for Jan, so make your reservations early. I’ll post the flyer shortly. Congresswoman Schakowsky has been a voca


8-5-14 Fred Klonsky | Daily posts from a retired public school teacher
Fred Klonsky | Daily posts from a retired public school teacher who is just looking at the data.: In Hinsdale, Tea Party takes an axe to their teachers.Tea Party Hinsdale school board member Claudia Manley. Hey folks. Keep an eye on those local school board elections. Out in Chicago’s western suburbs the Tea Party extremists who were recently elected to the Hinsdale High School District 86 are in