Media: HOI News winning respect from disgruntled D150 parents

May 8, 2008
By Billy Dennis

I was chatting with one of the parents who unsuccessfully tried to convince District 150 to NOT gouge 45 minutes of instructional time from primary schools. His assessment mirrored my own: HOI News has presented the best coverage, hand’s down, of the whole controversy.

And this was before today’s story about how at least one school’s plans to try to count recess as physical education is contrary to a state law requiring actual physical education classes (which means recess doesn’t count). This particular newscast also included a report on how the number of guns being brought into schools might be higher than the media is being led to believe.

I’m not saying that other news organizations are ignoring the whole mess. But HOI News has made itself the station to watch if you have kids in D150 and are concerned about how the district is being run. Kudos.

Conversely, WEEK’s coverage is considered to be the weakest. Sorry Mac and Mike.

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15 Responses to “ Media: HOI News winning respect from disgruntled D150 parents ”

  1. Diane Vespa on May 8, 2008 at 9:57 pm

    Agreed! I saw HOI hawtie Ian Schwartz and his camera crew at every school meeting as well as the Board Meeting that resulted in that hideous vote. We really appreciate their committment and dedication to the children of D150.

    Incidentally, the PJStar editorial today by Phil Luciano exposing the weaknesses of the shortened school hours really rocked too!

  2. Michael on May 9, 2008 at 4:29 am

    Good Post.

  3. Randall L Emert Sr on May 9, 2008 at 4:34 am

    What’s a “hawtie”?

  4. PeoriaIllinoisan on May 9, 2008 at 7:04 am

    Good Post.

  5. diane vespa on May 9, 2008 at 7:23 am

    Em – It’s a girl thing.

  6. C. J. Summers on May 9, 2008 at 7:39 am

    Very thoughtful.

  7. postsimian on May 9, 2008 at 10:02 am

    I wonder if any of those jokers at D150 read the pundit.

  8. Jimi on May 9, 2008 at 10:26 am

    Thnaks for the good info Billy. Not likely postsimian, they’re too busy high-fiven, slappin’ each others rumps and congratulating themselves on a job “well done.”

  9. PeoriaIllinoisan on May 9, 2008 at 11:48 am

    If they do read it, they’re reading it from home. Isn’t The Pundit blocked?

  10. Billy Dennis on May 9, 2008 at 11:53 am

    Indeed, PI. The last I heard my site could not be read at District 150.

  11. PeoriaIllinoisan on May 9, 2008 at 12:57 pm

    Confirmed. You are still blocked.

  12. postsimian on May 9, 2008 at 12:57 pm

    That’s because you’re DANGEROUS.

    *pops collar and lights a cigarette*

  13. Anon E. Mouse on May 9, 2008 at 1:06 pm

    More likely because of Bill’s on-again, off-again flirtations with eye-candy.

  14. Billy Dennis on May 9, 2008 at 2:18 pm

    This has been the subject of much speculation before.

  15. peoria on May 10, 2008 at 10:29 am

    “This particular newscast also included a report on how the number of guns being brought into schools might be higher than the media is being led to believe”

    I graduated from Richwoods 8 years ago…I don’t doubt this in the least. I can remember bomb threats, kids bring pipe bombs to school, men in black suits walking around talking in plants…and NONE of this appeared in the newspaper or the news. It just didn’t get reported…I remeber when I was a sophomore we had a regular Peoria cop at our school for the last full week of school because of threats…again nothing in the news or reported to parents (that was in addition to the rent a cops)