An error is an error is an error ...... that was PERSONAL!

If testimony and case law verify it, how could two board members vote against it. Sounds totally personal and political to me.

It is the candidates responsibility to correctly fill out the petitions. As an experienced candidate, Mrs. Miller knows this. There was not just one error but as I understand multiple errors and ommitions on multiple pages. It was a sloppy piece fraught with erros by her own admission.
This has gone on with candidate petitions for as long as there have been petitions. The question is, should we all live by the same rules, by adhering to the rules, or should we make exceptions when certain people "feel" like it? I think we should stick with one set of rules, the rules, and leave no exceptions. That's is the only way to be fair isn't it?
If she had just gone over the petitions with a little care before turning them in, she wouldn't have any problem. Her pity party whining about it doesn't help her case.

I am sure the appeal will straighten out the clerical error. But not the personal part of it. So we are now faced with having a contentious board. Wonderful.

What a shame that in this era of such limited financial resources for education the taxpayers of New Lenox are being forced to finance this clear vendetta against Mrs. Miller. The attorney present at the board meeting made it clear that the errors within Mrs. Miller's petition were not sufficient to disqualify her. He backed up this opinion with relevant case law. Tax payers of New Lenox, is this how you want your hard earned money spent?

Kathy Miller has been a supportive school board member and active, beneficial community member for a number of years. What happened today was most obviously personal. The lawyer present cited case law showing the errors on the petition were not substantial to delete Mrs. Miller from the ballot. Hearing this, how could Broderick and Smith vote for this deletion? That is what made this personal.

Sounds like candidates should double check their paperwork. Good for members Broderick and Smith. When the time came to fill Gillooley's spot the good Dr. Sass told one candidate her paperwork was not in on time when according to the Patch's fb page the candidate said it was. She was unable to interview for the position. The district had to stick to the rules in that case apparently. When it's one of them the rules should be followed as well. It's the candidates responsibility to make sure their paperwork is without errors. Thank you members Broderick and Smith.

If a person cannot correctly fill out a simple one page document, how can that person be expected to understand the complexity of the Lincoln-Way School District multimillion dollar budget?

Ed Ronkowski, the guy who never made a mistake!!! Aren't you a lawyer? The district lawyer said the boards decision wouldn't stand in court but Smith and Broderick decided they knew better and now are wasting taxpayers dollars! Smith and Broderick put that woman up to challenging the petition, then they sat in judgment. What a conflict of interest on the part of Smith and Broderick, but that's nothing new! Anyone that voted for Smith in this election is supporting someone who wastes taxpayers dollars!

Why is this a top story?!? Seems very small

Ed Ronkowski, give me a break! You were the biggest jerk at the recent will county republican caucus. Maureen Broderick, give me a break! You have your share of skeletons in the closet! Kathy Miller just keep fighting!

Talk about white noise, deflecting from the real problem at hand. The bottom line in NL is we spend too much for mediocre results. We shouldn't be satisfied by measurements taken from standardized tests that support the weakest state/national education system in the industrialized world.
As taxpayers, it's time we say a collective NO to waste, administrator/teacher salary increases of an average > 10%, well beyond CPI (3%). Please take a close look at your next Will County Tax Bill. You will see that the NL School Districts consume over 60% of your tax burden. NL 122 approved another increase recently, with total disregard to current financial conditions. Did your salary and compensation increase > 10% in each year since 2006? Sass & Manville want you to focus on averages, state payments, transportation costs, and everything but the real problem (salaries).

Administrator TOTAL Compensation (estimated)
Sass = $380,000.00 (not $212K)
Manville = $220,000.00
Total = $600,000.00

We spend an incredible $105 per student on the compensation of two individuals leading an elementary school district of 5700 students with avg. performance.
Instead of application errors, we should demand fiscal restraint, beginning with DiSandro, who as President of NL 122 is failing residents.

NOTE/FACT: Ms. Miller supports HIGHER taxes in NL

If not for Sue Smith & Maureen Broderick, it would be much worse!

Proposal: 50% pay reduction for Sass & Manville, & double standards!

This is not a situation where a petition requiring hundreds or thousands of signatures was required.
There were only a dozen or so signatures that were at issue and could easily have been verified. It is those signatures that are important not the Notarization. Disqualifying the petition may or may not have been political, but in any event it was really foolhardy. Those who did that ought to be ashamed of themselves.

When someone tells you it's nothing personal, you can bet your bottom dollar it's personal.

Talk about white noise, deflecting from the real problem at hand. The bottom line in NL is we spend too much for mediocre results. We shouldn't be satisfied by measurements taken from standardized tests that support the weakest state/national education system in the industrialized world.
As taxpayers, it's time we say a collective NO to waste, administrator/teacher salary increases of an average > 10%, well beyond CPI (3%). Please take a close look at your next Will County Tax Bill. You will see that the NL School Districts consume over 60% of your tax burden. NL 122 approved another increase recently, with total disregard to current financial conditions. Did your salary and compensation increase > 10% in each year since 2006? Sass & Manville want you to focus on averages, state payments, transportation costs, and everything but the real problem (salaries).

Administrator TOTAL Compensation (estimated)
Sass = $380,000.00 (not $212K)
Manville = $220,000.00
Total = $600,000.00

We spend an incredible $105 per student on the compensation of two individuals leading an elementary school district of 5700 students with avg. performance.
Instead of application errors, we should demand fiscal restraint, beginning with DiSandro, who as President of NL 122 is failing residents.

NOTE/FACT: Ms. Miller supports HIGHER taxes in NL

If not for Sue Smith & Maureen Broderick, it would be much worse!

Proposal: 50% pay reduction for Sass & Manville, & double standards!

Gosh NLDad, don't know where you went to school but we were taught that half of zero is zero. Zero is exactly what Mr. DiSandro earns volunteering his time to the students of New Lenox. Not sure how he could possibly earn less.

School employees don't get social security you idiot!

Keep Your Day Time Job!