“There’s a lot to unpack here,” Thiessen said. “Let’s focus our resources on our children and learning.”īefore going into closed session, TTO board President Michael Thiessen made some general comments about the judge’s ruling. “This is a significant amount that could be used to hire teachers and support staff for our children,” Schumacher said. Schumacher estimated that District 102’s share of the TTO’s legal bills to be between $400,000 and $500,000. We are asking that this stop so that we can focus our resources on the children in our district.”
Taxpayers in the community are responsible for paying both sides of this lawsuit. “Appealing this decision will have a negative impact on the ability to educate our students moving forward. “This lawsuit has stretched on too long at the expense of all of our communities,” Schumacher wrote. The elementary school superintendents are tired of seeing their funds, and those of their taxpayers, being used on lawyers in the nearly eight-year long case. Since the TTO is not a taxing authority and has no money of its own, all of its funds come from the school districts within Lyons Township. At a special meeting of the TTO Board of Trustees on May 26, LaGrange-Brookfield School District 102 Superintendent Kyle Schumacher, Western Springs District 101 Superintendent Brian Barnhart, and LADSE Executive Director Ellie Ambuehl made public comments by email calling on the TTO to commit to not filing an appeal. That’s what most other school superintendents seem to want also. “What LT wants is to accept this decision and move ahead,” said LTHS District 204 Superintendent Tim Kilrea.
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