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The District 220 Board of Education meets this evening at 6:00 PM at the District Administration Center, 515 W. Main Street. Items on their agenda include:

  • Hearing – Property Tax Levy (Estimated at $177,248,798 for 2025, or a 7.32 percent increase over 2024)
  • Information (FOIA) Reports (None submitted? Really?)
  • Personnel Report
  • Board of Education Norms and Expectations
  • Action on Suspension Appeal for Student A
  • Consideration to Approve Resolution declaring the intention to issue not to exceed $5,400,000 Working Cash Fund Bonds of the District for the purpose of increasing the Working Cash Fund of the District, and directing that notice of such intention be published in the manner provided by law.
  • First Reading of Board Policy
  • BHS Interior Space
  • Barrington High School Parking Considerations

A copy of the agenda can be viewed here. The meeting will be live-streamed on the district YouTube channel.

Related: “Change.org Petition: ‘For the Resignation of Erin Chan Ding ~ D220 Resources are Not for Political Campaigns’,” “BOARD OF ED VOTES, MEMBER CHAN DING MADE FLAGRANT POLICY VIOLATIONS – Part 2,” “BOARD OF ED VOTES, MEMBER CHAN DING MADE FLAGRANT POLICY VIOLATIONS,” “Erin Chan Ding: The violations just keep piling up…,” “Erin Chan Ding starring in another episode of, ‘Rules For Thee But NOT For Me…’,”  “District 220’s Lack of Transparency (Updated),” “District 220’s Lack of Transparency,” “Ding Politicking on School District Property,” “Dual School Board and State Rep Positions Legally Incompatible,” “D220 Abuses Taxpayer Funds in favor of Partisan Campaign,” “Ding In Her Own Words – CONFLICTED!,” “Ding Doubles Down,” “Ding’s D220 Deception,” “Chan Ding running in Democratic primary in 52nd,” “Three (3) Democratic candidates queued to run for the IL 52nd District House seat in 2026

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The District 220 Board of Education meets tomorrow afternoon at 6:00 PM (Corrected) at the District Administration Center, 515 W. Main Street. Items on their agenda include:

  • FOIA Reports
  • Personnel Report
  • Minor Policies
  • Consideration to Approve Board Members’ Professional Development
  • Consideration to Determine Tentative Property Tax Levy
  • Consideration to Approve of Written Decision Regarding Uniform Grievance Procedure Complaint Concerning a Board Member
  • Bond Review Presentation
  • IL Report Card Update/State Assessment Presentation
  • Exploratory Curriculum Update
  • First Reading of Board Policy

A copy of the agenda can be viewed here. The meeting will be live-streamed on the district YouTube channel.

Related: “Paving paradise?: Historic Barrington neighborhood opposes District 220’s plan to buy land for parking,” “District 220’s Lack of Transparency (Updated),” “District 220’s Lack of Transparency,” “Ding Politicking on School District Property,” “District 220 Board of Education meets tonight (9.15.25),” “District 220 posts Notice of Tentative Budget Public Hearing,” “Dual School Board and State Rep Positions Legally Incompatible,” “D220 Abuses Taxpayer Funds in favor of Partisan Campaign,” “Ding In Her Own Words – CONFLICTED!,” “District 220 Board of Education meets this evening (07.15.25)” “Ding Doubles Down,” “Ding’s D220 Deception,” “Chan Ding running in Democratic primary in 52nd,” “Three (3) Democratic candidates queued to run for the IL 52nd District House seat in 2026

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The Village Board of Trustees will be conducting their regular monthly meeting this evening beginning at 6:30 PM. Topics on their agenda include:

A copy of their agenda can be viewed and downloaded here.

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The Village Board of Trustees will be conducting their regular monthly meeting this evening beginning at 6:30 PM. Topics on their agenda include:

  • [Vote] Resolution for Use of Motor Fuel Tax Funds ($190,000.00) on Snow Removal 2026 Resolution 25 –
  • [Vote] Ordinance Granting an Amendment to an Existing Special Use Permit to Allow for the Construction of a Multi-Purpose Interior Prayer and Assembly Space at 160 Hawthorne Road Ordinance 25 –
  • [Vote] Provide Advice and Consent, and to Approve the President’s Appointment of Marsha McClary to Fill the Unexpired Term of Trustee Darby Hills, Whose Resignation Created a Vacancy in the Office of the Village Trustee and to Assume Her Positions on Standing Committees of the Board of Trustees

A copy of their agenda can be viewed and downloaded here.

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The Barrington Countryside Fire Protection District (BCFPD) Board of Trustees meets tonight at 6:30 PM at 22222 N. Pepper Road in Lake Barrington. Topics on their agenda include:

  • Consideration and possible approval of an Ordinance imposing lift assist fees for the Barrington Fire Protection District
  • Consideration and possible approval of a Resolution approving and authorizing execution of the Infectious Disease Specialist Memorandum of Understanding with Northwest Medical Association

A copy of their agenda can be viewed here.

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The Illinois State Capitol is shown in Springfield. Photo: Greg Bishop / The Center Square

By Jared Strong | The Center Square

The average wages for Illinois state employees are among the highest in the nation and belie the state’s more modest cost-of-living rankings, according to state and federal data.

A living cost analysis this year by the Economic Research and Information Center in Missouri ranked Illinois as the 24th most-expensive state. That is similar to the findings of the federal Bureau of Economic Analysis, which placed Illinois 19th among states and the District of Columbia, where it is most expensive to live.

But Illinois is among the Top 5 states for highest salaries for state workers, according to OpenPayrolls, which tracks the data nationwide.

It found that the average annual state government salary in 2023 in Illinois, excluding university jobs, is about $79,000.

That pay has been further buoyed by raises since, including a recently self-imposed raise for lawmakers that increased their base pay to $98,000, which is also in the Top 5 among states.

A review by the Illinois Policy Institute this year found that pay for state government employees who are represented by the AFSCME Council 31 union has increased 57% faster since 2021 than for private sector jobs.

Read more here.

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If Chicago’s pension systems become insolvent, the city will have to reduce benefits or make serious cuts to city services. The only way out is constitutional reform.

By LyLena Estabine | Illinois Policy Institute

Pension insolvency isn’t a distant hypothetical for Chicago: the city is setting itself up to be consumed by pension obligations.

Chicago’s four pension funds have more combined debt than 44 states. Seven of the nation’s 10 worst-funded local pensions are in Chicago.

To make matters worse, the state recently passed a police and fire pension sweetener that adds $11 billion in new liabilities. Some estimates say these benefits have dropped the funding ratio for Chicago police and fire pensions to 18%.

In mid-September, Mayor Brandon Johnson had to dip into the city’s cash reserves to cover $28 million in payments for the fire pension so they wouldn’t have to sell off assets.

All of that adds up to a city that must grapple with the realities of pension system insolvency.

A pension system becomes insolvent when it no longer has the money needed to pay out benefits. Right now, Chicago pension funds only have between 22 cents and 52 cents on hand for every dollar they must eventually pay their members.

Those benefits aren’t all due at once, but if funding levels are low enough it can make a system “technically insolvent.” That is how Chicago’s Chief Financial Officer Jill Jaworski described Chicago’s police and fire pensions to a top administrator in Gov. J.B. Pritzker’s office before the pension sweetener was signed into law.

Read more here.

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The District 220 Board of Education meets this evening at 6:00 PM at the District Administration Center, 515 W. Main Street. Items on their agenda include:

  • Special Public Comment on IASB Resolutions
  • FOIA Reports
  • Personnel Report
  • Consideration to Approve Reunification Contract with Willow Creek Community Church
  • Consideration to Approve a District Representative at the Lake County Lake Division Meeting
  • Consideration to Approve the Proposed Lake County Slate of Officers
  • Consideration to Approve IASB Resolutions

A copy of the agenda can be viewed here. The meeting will be live-streamed on the district YouTube channel.

Related:District 220’s Lack of Transparency (Updated),” “District 220’s Lack of Transparency,” “Ding Politicking on School District Property,” “District 220 Board of Education meets tonight (9.15.25),” “District 220 posts Notice of Tentative Budget Public Hearing,” “Dual School Board and State Rep Positions Legally Incompatible,” “D220 Abuses Taxpayer Funds in favor of Partisan Campaign,” “Ding In Her Own Words – CONFLICTED!,” “District 220 Board of Education meets this evening (07.15.25)” “Ding Doubles Down,” “Ding’s D220 Deception,” “Chan Ding running in Democratic primary in 52nd,” “Three (3) Democratic candidates queued to run for the IL 52nd District House seat in 2026

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The Village Board of Trustees will be conducting their regular monthly meeting this evening beginning at 6:30 PM. Topics on their agenda include:

A copy of their agenda can be viewed and downloaded here.

Related:Barrington Board votes unanimously to approve the Claremont residential subdivision proposal” 

Editorial note: Darby Hills, “…formally submitted her letter of resignation from her position as Trustee for the Village of Barrington Hills, effective September 1, 2025.” Unfortunately, we cannot cite anything of any significance she contributed in her 3.5 years seated on the Board of Trustees and that is a pity.

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The District 220 Board of Education meets Tuesday evening at 6:00 PM at the District Administration Center, 515 W. Main Street. Items on their agenda include:

A copy of the agenda can be viewed here. The meeting will be live-streamed on the district YouTube channel.

Related: “District 220 posts Notice of Tentative Budget Public Hearing,” “Dual School Board and State Rep Positions Legally Incompatible,” “D220 Abuses Taxpayer Funds in favor of Partisan Campaign,” “Ding In Her Own Words – CONFLICTED!,” “District 220 Board of Education meets this evening (07.15.25)” “Ding Doubles Down,” “Ding’s D220 Deception,” “Chan Ding running in Democratic primary in 52nd,” “Three (3) Democratic candidates queued to run for the IL 52nd District House seat in 2026

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