Boy if only they could end the investigation and drop the charges on a guy protecting his wife just as fast, into the Kendall County Sheriff pulling his weapon .
And I think this would be fitting to the Oswego Walmart case too.

“Generally we just try to make sure the same problem doesn’t happen again,” he said. “We just want to make sure corrective actions are taken.”
Weis said his office will issue a written opinion on the investigation at its conclusion.

Very interesting!

As I said to the board on Thursday night, we are all human and make mistakes. I could understand how this could happen once or even twice but for five consecutive meetings where the only person taking notes is the board president - this is completely unacceptable! (And no, I wasn't the one who called Mr. Weis.)

And so, all in all, we have a self-report in an attempt to mitigate the negative PR and they'll be told, "Yeah, you were wrong." And then what?

Nuthin. Big fat waste-o-time.

What are the penalties that a public body may incur if it violates the Open Meetings Act?
Criminal Penalties: Under the law, a State’s Attorney may bring a criminal action for a violation of the Open Meetings Act. A violation of OMA is a Class C misdemeanor, which is punishable by up to 30 days in jail and a fine of up to $1,000.
Civil Penalties: In a civil lawsuit for a violation of OMA, a court may take a number of actions, including (1) ordering a public body to conduct an open meeting, (2) granting an injunction against future violations by the public body, (3) ordering the public body to make available to the public the minutes of a closed meeting, (4) declaring null and void any final action taken at a closed meeting in violation of OMA, or (5) awarding any other relief that the court deems appropriate. The court also may require the public body to pay the attorney’s fees and costs of the person who filed the civil lawsuit alleging the OMA violation.

So were there any activities where a final action was taken during any of those closed-meetings where a civil suit could be made to have a court declare said actions null and void under provision 4? Seems to me that they interviewed the new Asst. Superintendent. Could we take steps to make his hire, and the outrageous salary increase that goes with him, null and void?

It seems to me it is time for the taxpayers to stand up for their rights and make these people all resign. Wait till you Kendall county residents get the bill for this. Try 6.6 % this time. Another 14% increase. Have you had enough.

The School Board meets tonight at 7pm in the OEHS Community Room. Give them your appraisal of their work to-date. Remember, these folks work for you.

So is cost savings the only criteria we consider when evaluating a school board? District 308 is considered one of the best school districts in the nation. At a time when American students are being out performed by other OECD countries one would think we would want to balance cost with quality. I don't think making employment decisions without input from the school administration can be considered quality in any realm. Neither can the boards inability to record not 1 but 5 meetings.

These people (the board) are either complete idiots or liars.

my family has had to make cuts in our budget to make ends meet so if MR O MALLEY has to make cuts in the school budget o well get use to it .let the parents pay for bus service and sports and all of the rest of the extras after school

Don't be fooled... They payed O'Malley an added $40,000 over his predecesor because they were afraid to lose "their candidate of choice". He hade that much in his previous district and would have not taken a pay cut to come here.

Be real... If they were so afraid to lose a "good" candidate, why did they lose all the other quality administrators that have departed in the past three years? Because they were not willing to pay for their quality of service? Clearly, other districts felt that they were outstanding administrators and swept them from under our rug.

Just to make a head count, in the past three to four years whe have lost (and this is in no particular order): K. Monn - Assist. Sup. for Finance to Batavia, D. Ringelestein - Director of Tech to West Aurora, K. Lipke - Principal to Pontiac as Superintendent, R. Segarra - Director of ELL to Indian Prairie, J. Ricken - Principal to Indian Prairie, M. Neahring - Director of Student Services to West Aurora, E. Howerton - Principal to West Aurora as Asst. Superint., T. Murphy - Principal to Gower, J. Schmitdgal - Asst. Principal to Indian Prairie.... Should I continue?

All of these administrators left because someone else valued them more than we did. Seems to me, you pay your "good guys" to keep them instead of training them to become someone else's success stories.

This BOE is complete and total clown shoes. I love that the people who put them in office love them because they cut costs and that's the only thing considered. Meanwhile, our children continue to suffer at their hands. What a mess.

"Weis would not say which member contacted him, but revealed the school board followed up with a letter Friday asking for an investigation" This statement has been bothering me a little bit. I don't understand how the the School Board can issue a letter asking for an investigation without a public meeting? Doesn't this require the members of the school board to meet (electronically, by phone etc.) and discuss, write. Isn't this another violation of OMA? This letter in particular doesn't bother me as much as the idea that the school board may be routinely meeting and discussing other matters "off the books" as the preparation of this letter suggests they may be doing. @stevenjack can you ask the board or the Mr. Weiss how the board can draft a letter without conferring or meeting? Seems another violation.