FOIA Requests

• Information on Food Service Workers – list of workers, background checks and identity badges

• Transportation Stipends

• Contract Information from the last 24 months

• Contract for copiers

• Current Food Service Contract

• Superintendent’s Contract Teacher Contract Information defining retirement plans. (401k, 403B, etc.)

• RFP for bus transportation, current Busing Contract with addendum, any violations

• Transportation invoices, last trans bid, current trans contract, any extensions

• Price Proposal from Aesop

• Written opinions on Life Safety Matters

• Trans Vendors, types of vehicles used and charge rates

• Current Transportation contract, costs, invoicing, transportation budget/expenditures and bus routes

• Current Busing Contracts and addendum’s

• Current copier contracts

• Security Audit Study Contract

• Flooring contract and Payroll information

• Busing Contract and addendum’s

• Busing Contract and addendum’s

• Additional Busing Contract Information

• Building usage Info and Rates

• Same request – duplicate – we advised that the info was sent on 1-12-12

• Relationships between the Board Members and district staff in regards to all matters relating to employment – Request for Extension of time sent

• Bid results for the last bid opening for custodial services contract.

• Request for all personnel reports included on the Board Packets from January 2012-September 2012 (yellow copies provided to the public)

• Request for a copy of the bid results by vendor for the recent cleaning bid.

• Request for administrator graduate studies, cost, Dr. Barbour’s salary, cell phone costs, literacy coaching program costs and technology coaching program costs. Request for Extension of time sent.

• Request for information on how much the district has spent in the last 7 years on graduate studies programs for administrators.
• For the 7 years Dr. Barbour has been the Assistant Superintendent what the district has paid in salary total.
• How much has the district paid in the past 7 years on cell phones.
• How much in total has the district spent on literacy coaching program.
• The amount the district has spent on the technology coach.
• What the district has paid the superintendent for the past 7 years.
• What bonuses were given.
• Does the district pay $1500 a year to teachers for continuing education.
• All compensation and spending for Dr. Van Pelt and Dr. Barbour.
• Any loans, travel expenses, dinners, etc. which the district paid for out of tax/district dollars in the past 7 years.
• Cell phone expenses for Dr. Van Pelt and Dr. Barbour.
• Any other miscellaneous expenses not specifically requested.

• Request for what the district has paid administrators in the cell phones over the past 7 years.
• Salary and bonuses for Dr. Van Pelt and Dr. Barbour over the past 7 years.
• Continuing education expenses, graduate work tuition and books and expenses related to district administrators over the past 7 years.
• What percentage of reimbursement has the district paid for continuing education and for whom.
• If it was a group Ph.D. program and project please explain that in terms of expense.
• What the district has paid for literacy coaches and technology coach salaries along with travel expenses, dinners, continuing education expenses for the years the program has been in existence.
• Other miscellaneous expenses beyond salary the district is paying for Dr. Van Pelt and Dr. Barbour.
• How much the district has paid on conferences and workshops for travel and back to the state in which Dr. Van Pelt’s children live.

• Request for salary bonuses and miscellaneous expenses paid for Dr. Van Pelt and Dr. Barbour including travel expenses, dinners out, cars, loans, etc.

• Request for names of the administrators for which the district paid graduate school tuition for the 7 years listed.  What percentage of reimbursement was it.
• Were miscellaneous items like books laptops and travel in conjunction with graduate schooling paid for out of district funds.
• What Ph.D. programs completed by district administrators were done as a group project.
• If any financial implications to the group approach to Ph.D.’s.
• What is the time frame of agreement for length of time each administrator stays in the district post completion of their Ph.D.’s and our paying for their doctorate programs.

• 2011-2012 deficit, district budget and 2012-2013 estimated deficit projection.

• Request for amount of money district has spent in the last 7 years on curriculum changes and changing the report card.  Money spent on purchase of materials, intellectual and textbooks and computer programs.
• Money spent on substitutes to free up teachers to be trained on new curriculum and reporting system.
• Subject and year that each curriculum change was made and the years that the report card changed as well as a financial work up. Request for time extension sent.

• Request how much the district has spent per student for the past 7 years.

• Request for how much the district has spent per student for the past 7 years. (additional information).

• Request for additional time extension sent.

• Request – Last year the teachers were told they had more money to spend than was actually there pertaining to classroom budgets and supplies.  If this is true, request for total amount of how much the accounting error cost the tax payers.

• Request for the number of years left on each administrators contract.
• The ending year balance of the district for the past 7 years.
• Total compensation for Dr. Van Pelt and Dr. Barbour for the past 7 years.

• Request for how long Dr. Van Pelt has been with District #41.
• The numbers of the transportation report made to the FAC regarding busing costs for neighborhood schools vs. grade level centers.
• The projected increase in costs taking into consideration the added gas, mileage and wear and tear on buses for district long term.
• If Durham is simply able to fulfill the current contract regardless of the configuration of our schools is not the questions, as long term the implications of added gas, mileage, etc. would have to be figured into any and all contracts.  What truly is the expense of both scenarios for taxpayers.

• Request for information regarding the start date or number of years Dr. Van Pelt has been with Lake Villa District #41.

• Request for information on how much the secretary to the assistant superintendent is paid for health, life, dental, retirement, etc. over the past 7 years.

• Request for insurance benefits for administrators paid for in full by the district while the teachers have to pay a percentage of the amount for full coverage and what percentage of payment do the teachers need to pick up.
• Was new furniture purchased for the district office anytime during Dr. Van Pelt’s employment – when and how much.
• The balance of the district budget for each year over the past 7 years (requested previously but only last years and the projected deficit for this year were in the last report).
• Are insurance benefits for clerical staff paid by the district and at what percentage do we pay those.

• Request for how much is allocated and how much actually was spent for the district expense (classroom budgets and supplies) for the last schools year.  The amount of money allocated for the purpose vs. the total amount of district funds which was actually spent on this expenditure for the last school year.  Amount allocated for each teacher.
• Amount actually spent per teacher.
• Total amount spent by district.
• Total overage.
• The district balance for 8 years ago, 9 years ago and 10 years ago to get a complete picture of the financial decline of District #41.
• When the district started to employ Mrs. Barbour.
• When the district employed Mrs. Terry Hansen.
• How long Mr. Kurt Hansen has been a board member.
• Did Mr. Hansen work on the committee which negotiated the last pay increase for district employees while his wife works in payroll in the district office.
• Mr. Hansen’s economic stake of being a school board member has changed since the last election. Could it be reviewed with a new statement of economic interest from the Lake County Clerk’s office.
• Request for transportation report to see the work up of numbers comparing busing costs for neighborhood schools vs. grade level centers, among several other requests.

• Kindergartners instruction time vs. previous years.
• Time lost for special instructions for students 1st through 6th grade.
• Busing numbers regarding mileage, fuel costs, wear and tear on buses, etc.
• Actual deficit or surplus for the district for the past 10 years.

• What is the total minutes/hours lost for kindergartners in specials classes.
• What are total number of minutes/hours classroom teachers lost in planning minutes.
• What has district paid in mileage to specials teachers for travel this year going from building to building.
• Have the life insurance premiums for the secretary to the assistant superintendent actually gone down over the years.

Request for time extension – recurrent requester 21 days to respond.

• Budget balance (deficit/surplus) for the past 7 years.
• Request for when the math curriculum was last updated prior to 2010 and the expenses that incurred including payment of subs for the training of classroom teachers.

Request for time extension – recurrent requester 21 days to respond.

• Names of all school board members or school district employees who attended the Illinois Association of School Boards conference November 16-18, 2012 in Chicago.
• Copies of all invoices, receipts and expenses reimbursed to any of the school board members and/or district employees who attended.
• Include expenses for the actual workshop and hotel.

• Expenses paid to consultants for curriculum consulting.
• Amount of money paid in attorney fees over the past 7 years.
• Administrator costs over 7 years.
• Have administrators taken, considered or asked to take a pay freeze.

Request for time extension sent.