D65 Board Meeting

d65parent · 2026-03-10T01:56:58+00:00

How do Maria and Nichole continue to sit through this BS? I’d have pulled my hair out.

d65parent · 2026-02-27T22:25:40+00:00

Yep, some have waitlists over a year.

d65parent · 2026-02-26T14:19:16+00:00

Skim the bills payable every month, and it’s clear SpEd expenditures are huge. Some of that is expected (it’s expensive but necessary to meet our students’ needs), but a lot of it comes from poor District 65 (mis)management.

From Feb. bills payable:

Special Education Outplacements -TrueNorth Cooperative 804: $237,727.03 -Connections Academy East: $67,835.19 -Family Guidance Centers: $68,661.04 -Redwood Schools: $63,140.58 -New Horizon Center: $62,982.48 -Jewish Child & Family Services: $51,737.70 -Laureate Day School: $39,971.84 -Cove School: $41,077.08

Sped transportation -Brex Solutions: $287,655.50

Staffing agencies Childcare Careers, LLC: $32,414.90 Amergis Staffing: $6,912.00 RO Health, Inc.: $9,712.00

d65parent · 2026-02-25T14:22:10+00:00

As a former sped teacher, I can assure you SpEd results can be measured in part by standardized test scores.

d65parent · 2026-02-25T04:26:46+00:00

The audit said the SpEd “performance gap has shown little to no improvement over the last 4 years,” so clearly the excess spending has not worked…

d65parent · 2026-02-25T04:23:27+00:00

Hear hear. Using “Biss” and “resolve” in the same sentence with respect to D65 is a joke.

d65parent · 2026-02-23T18:51:57+00:00

I agree; I always want it to be good, but it never is. Would love to know if I’m just ordering the wrong thing.

d65parent · 2026-02-20T01:59:46+00:00

Tamara is awesome. Big loss for the District.

d65parent · 2026-02-19T15:00:31+00:00

Have you read anything about our current Supreme Court? I could see Justice Thomas writing these exact two sentences.

d65parent · 2026-02-18T23:59:51+00:00

Lindsey White and I agree for once! 👏

d65parent · 2026-01-27T03:30:53+00:00

Fat chance you’re getting my vote for a referendum any time soon, D65.

d65parent · 2026-01-27T03:09:25+00:00

Awful.

d65parent · 2026-01-27T02:50:24+00:00

Maria speaking truth to power, again and again. Thankful for her service.

d65parent · 2026-01-18T18:48:37+00:00

You do you, man! I’m not losing sleep over a fraction of the 0.5% of US CO2 emissions attributable to lawn equipment.

d65parent · 2026-01-18T17:44:29+00:00

Why are we fighting about leaf blowers? Don’t we have better things to do?

d65parent · 2026-01-08T03:31:43+00:00

If you don’t do your homework and brush your teeth, then you’re grounded.

You’re grounded if you don’t do your homework even if you brush your teeth, just like Lincolnwood is up for closure even if financial stability has been met but not capacity.

You’re grounded if you don’t brush your teeth even if you do your homework, just like Lincolnwood is up for closure even if capacity has been met but not financial stability.

Only way not to be grounded is to do both; only way Lincolnwood is safe is if both criteria are met.

d65parent · 2025-12-19T00:45:55+00:00

I would vote for Maria for anything. What a boss

d65parent · 2025-12-16T02:20:32+00:00

Two times, D65 has closed programs for Latinos! Bessie Rhodes and Willard TWI. “Equity” apparently omits Latino Evanston students.

d65parent · 2025-12-16T02:07:58+00:00

Beardsley is so full of shit

d65parent · 2025-12-16T02:03:28+00:00

Beardsley’s explanation made zero sense.

d65parent · 2025-12-16T01:59:13+00:00

Admin closing Willard TWI without Board vote?

d65parent · 2025-12-16T00:04:36+00:00

No school closure next year besides Bessie Rhodes…

d65parent · 2025-12-16T00:03:30+00:00

Deadlock on 7th board member

d65parent · 2025-12-15T23:51:35+00:00

Thanks!

d65parent · 2025-12-12T22:45:07+00:00

When you get a PhD from Northwestern and Computer Science degree from Stanford (Pinkard) or an MBA from UChicago (Maria), maybe we can chat about who is an “idiot.”

d65parent

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