Monday, April 4, 2011
Five people are running for four vacant seats on the Northbrook/Glenview District 30 Board of Education.
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Monday, April 4, 2011
Live in Northbrook/Glenview School District 30? Trying to decide whom to vote for among the five candidates for four spots on the board of education? Before you hit the polls tomorrow, check out what they had to say. Northbrook Patch contacted each candidate with a list of questions ranging from district finances to teacher morale. Click on a name below to read responses for each candidate. *Yasmeen Bilimoria James Bream Chuck Gitles Scott Margolin *John Smith *Despite attempts, Patch was either unable to contact the candidate or did not receive responses to the questionnaire.
The polls will be open from 6 a.m. to 7 p.m. on Tuesday.
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Monday, April 4, 2011
If you weren't among the 379 people who came out to vote early at Village Hall, then Tuesday, April 5 is the day to cast your ballot. Although seats on the village board, park district board, library board and several local school boards are up for grabs this year, only one race is contested. That's the race in which five candidates are competing for four spots on District 30's school board. Also on the ballot for residents of School District 31 is a tax referendum that would raise taxes by $59 per $1,000 of taxes paid last year, according to school administrators. Polls are open from 6 a.m. to 7 p.m.; here's a list of sites where you can vote in Northbrook. Don't know your precinct? Search by typing your address into the County Clerk's …
Wednesday, March 30, 2011
Bream has served as board president for the past two terms.
Northbrook Patch sat down to ask questions of the five candidates vying for four open seats on the District 30 school board. Each day this week, we'll provide you with the answers from one of those candidates. Today's Q&A is with James Bream, a Glenview resident who has served on the board of education for three terms, the past two as president. He is an attorney whose four children all attended district schools. Editor’s Note: Despite repeated attempts, Patch was unable to reach incumbent Yasmeen Bilimoria and newcomer John Smith. We were able to reach Chuck Gitles, who served on the school board from 2005 to 2009, and Scott Margolin, who has served on the school board for the past eight years. Patch: How would you assess the state of …
Tuesday, March 29, 2011
Gitles served on the school board from 2005 to 2009 and went to District 30 schools himself.
Northbrook Patch sat down to ask questions of the five candidates for four open seats on the District 30 school board. Each day this week, we'll provide you with the answers from one of those candidates. Today's Q&A is with Chuck Gitles, a member of the school board from 2005 to 2009 who served on the education, policy, finance, food service and buildings and grounds committees as well as a team that negotiated union contracts with teachers. The Glenview resident has three children in the district and went to Maple School himself. He is currently employed as a first vice president of American Chartered Bank in Northbrook and has served on the Kohl Children’s Museum board of governors since 2003. Editor’s Note: Despite repeated attempts, …
