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Kim Mines's avatar

The Board was lied to. Even though finances (and looking into them) are their responsibility. Joey can’t play the victim here.

Now the Board lied to Rhodes parents. It’s the Circle of Life. Cycle of Abuse.

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Tom Hayden's avatar

Here in Evanston, the lies just flow downhill until it screws the poor kids.

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Angela's avatar

The board was not lied to by Horton - they didn’t do their job to ask or say no. They let him run wild. They absolutely failed at their jobs.

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Tom Hayden's avatar

I still can't believe they gave him those awards in that empty field in June 2023 without once looking around and being like "hey, wheres the school?"

To quote from the Evanston Roundtable story:

https://evanstonroundtable.com/2023/06/20/evanston-d65-dedicates-fifth-ward-school-site/

Stepping to the lectern one final time, Horton said that back in 2020, when he had just arrived in Evanston, the school board gave him the all-important task of returning a school to the Fifth Ward, even though a funding source had not been identified at that point.

“It happened,” Horton said. “The Fifth Ward is a community of strength and resilience, and I believe that today’s reopening of a school is a testament to that spirit.”

Amid the good vibes and celebratory mood in the air at Foster Field, Ruff also harkened back to the hardship and sacrifice that he and others in the Fifth Ward had to go through for years to get to today.

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Please consider how absolutely fricking insane it was to give this speech in a completely empty field!!

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Penny's avatar

I remember that bit where he said the board gave him the task to build the new school at the beginning of his tenure.

When, exactly, was the proposed school first brought up at a board meeting? I don’t remember hearing anything until after the SAP nonsense was underway.

Are we talking about another open meetings act violation here?

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Tom Hayden's avatar

Probably. I suspect the 2020-2023 era was rampant with OMA violations

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Kim Mines's avatar

Absolutely!

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