East Alton-Wood River Community High School District 14
Recent News About East Alton-Wood River Community High School District 14
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Prenzler: School district's $2.4 million tax increase to appear on March ballot
Last week, petitions with more than 1,100 signatures were submitted to the EA-WR district office, in response to its July 12 “backdoor referendum” that gave citizens 30 days to gather 832 signatures to put a $2.4 million bond issue on the March 19, 2024 ballot. -
Prenzler: School district's $2.4 million tax increase is backdoor referendum PTELL seeks to prevent
Chairman Kurt Prenzler is critical of the East Alton-Wood River High School District's $2.4 million backdoor referendum and collected signatures to put the tax increase on the 2024 ballot for voters to decide. -
Metro East school districts contribute to state's pension spiking
Over the past five years, schools in the Metro East have paid hundreds of thousands of dollars in penalties for giving teachers in the twilight of their careers pension-boosting raises. -
Metro East schools to get total of $14.4M less per year under state school funding proposal; Rauner vows to veto bill
Metro East area schools would be net losers of state funding under a bill that passed the Illinois State Senate Wednesday.