Posts Tagged ‘ Ken Hinton ’

They are being close-lipped about it, but WEEK/HOI is reporting that police are investigating whether there is wide-spread theft of equipment from District 150, which is being sold on the Internet. Naturally, the district’s critics and crowing about it.More evidence on how corrupt the entiore district is. It’s hard to argue that it isn’t true....
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District 150 superintendent Ken Hinton will retire effective Dec. 1, a source from district HQ on Wisconsin Avenue told me today. He is expected to tell administrative staff during a meeting today. My source did not know the reason for his decision to retire early. He previously was expected to stay with the district until the...
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Diane Vespa has heard some disturbing comments: I have received multiple reports that the District has informed staff and employees that as of the end of this month they will begin purging e-mails – despite the fact there is an on-going criminal investigation into the activities of its central administration. I have placed a call...
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So, you’re an auditing firm that failed to find anything wrong at an institution that hired you specifically to see if anything was wrong. Later, after you give it a clean report, it becomes apparent that plenty is wrong. So what do you do? Simple. You figure out what went wrong and announce the...
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Having to work a day job today kept me from talking to the many people who returned phone calls about this story. But since WEEK has about half of the story (stating the Peoria School District 150 board is meeting in private to discuss the termination of a whistleblower), I’m going to go ahead...
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This story is still developing, but I’ve confirmed from a very reliable source that an administrator described as “high ranking” is going to be fired very soon by Peoria School District 150. My source does not know the name or position of this administrator, but it is NOT superintendent Ken Hinton. Money — the...
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District 150 Superintendent Ken Hinton once again displayed his lack of respect to taxpayers and parents. In an interview with the Journal Star, he said that, sure, he’s meet with parents who are upset that 45 minutes has been cut from the school day. But he claimed that kids will benefit from all that...
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From the Journal Star: You know, if I had a bullet wound in the gut, I’d be a tad uncooperative, too. Ken Hinton is in rare form. Bull-headed, condescending … come to think of it, that’s not rare for him at all. Here’s my big dream: A new board and administrators at District 150. Visualize, visualize, Visualize...
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I couldn’t go to last night’s meeting of the group of parents upset at District 50 for slashing a month of instructional time from primary school students (in daily 45-minute increments). I had to work. In the days since the school board voted to slash the school day, there has been something of an uprising...
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No doubt the morning Journal Star will have ore complete versions of these “breaking news” articles: JS reporter John Sharp has some details about the “task force” put together to study the feasibility of running a trail right next to the Kellar Branch. The six member group was appointed by the city of Peoria...
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Editor’s note: Regular commenter PrairieCelt left this comment, and I liked it so much, I made it into a post — Billy. RE: Paul Vallas Prospect Rd. Properties: In addition to the $877,500 to purchase the residential sites on Prospect, you have to factor in the cost of demolition, rehab, renovation, legal fees, and the...
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Kudos to the Journal Star’s Clare Jellick. Once again, she’s used her j-blog to insert leftover material from her notebook into the public discussion, this time to provide some background to Tuesday’s article about Peoria School District 150’s sudden decision to consider locating its new East Bluff school at the site of the now-closed...
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Today’s news links via the Journal Star, unless noted: One of the biggest lessons one learns from school is how to deal with the arbitrary application of power. They kicked kicked her of school because she broke a vaguely defined rule whole value to the educational process cannot be explained. That so many people are...
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Links via the Journal Star: There are some ideas on how to restructure Manual High School. Too bad the public won’t hear them. When you pay a consultant to advise you on what insurance carrier to you, you assume that the consultant isn’t getting money from the insurance carrier they recommend. Hence, Cat’s lawsuit. I was under...
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After last year’s shooting inside Woodruff High School, the public demanded metal detectors. School Superintendent Ken Hinton responded by: 1. Saying he was seriously considering recommending they be installed. 2. Deciding, after consulting with building principals, not to do so because of cost and time concerns. 3. Never bothering to tell anybody, including certain school board...
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