High School District 214 is the second largest district in the state with a $200 million budget... making it one of the largest employers and equivalent to a very significant corporation. Whether you're a parent or grandparent of a student or just a concerned taxpayer, you really need to understand what's going on in our high schools. You won't get anywhere near the full story you deserve from local media, especially the largest print source, where their unofficial motto appears to be, "ALL BIAS, ALL THE TIME!"
It's truly amazing what key information from a board meeting for example, never gets reported... like the former financial superintendent that told the board and administration, "District 214 is really good at taking in revenues, but we need to be more like business and better at controlling our costs." Some school board members of District 214 don't seem to provide "plain talk", opting instead for a "circle the wagons" mentality regarding OUR schools' budgets, spending for unnecessary areas unrelated to student education or a social agenda that's out of sync with most families' values in this community.
Your family is busy and often doesn't have time or energy to keep up with what's happening in our District 214 High Schools, but we do, so you can have the full scoop not the hype. All the students of our community deserve the best quality education possible within the financial resources available. There also needs to be respect, dignity, excellence in teaching and truth... but NO social engineering agendas.
That's where CQE comes in... we're committed to ensuring that both quality education and respect for all happens... and we've got an eagle eye and sources throughout the district providing us inside perspectives.... Please visit the Up-to-Date Info page often to find out what's really going on. Tell us when you see things that don't seem right... forward us school materials that are agenda laden, we want to know... we owe it to our youth. Click here to report a concern you have about District 214!
