I would encourage you to look into the LLC recently established by the Superintendent called National Stand Up LLC. He is an officer with the firm along with a few other people who apparently have CPS ties.
Given the Superintendent's personal debt of tens of thousands of dollars that NBC reported on before he was hired, I think there ne…
I would encourage you to look into the LLC recently established by the Superintendent called National Stand Up LLC. He is an officer with the firm along with a few other people who apparently have CPS ties.
Given the Superintendent's personal debt of tens of thousands of dollars that NBC reported on before he was hired, I think there needs to be more scrutiny of his outside businesses. As you report here, the District uses consultants all the time and is not forthcoming about the nature and fulfillment of the contracts.
While I understand that people can start outside businesses (if their contract allows), I think that it is very unusual behavior for a high-paid public servant responsible for a $20 million budget. In the Superintendent's case he has started at least three corporations that I have found and they include operations outside of Illinois (St. Chi Enterprises (MO), National Stand Up LLC, and Altering the Xpectation)
I am not accusing anyone of any untoward actions, but it certainly should be reasonable to investigate any relationships between the District and the Superintendent's business partners:
In fact, I just submitted a FOIA request for a company called "CONNECTING THE DOTS" which has been paid over $50,000 in the last year. This contract was approved without going in front of the board, in violation of 105 ILCS 5/10-20.44, which is why I FOIA'ed it.
However, the owner of that company is a named officer on the link you just shared. This is news to me. More to come. Thanks for the heads up. Feel free to email me if you have other comments.
I would encourage you to look into the LLC recently established by the Superintendent called National Stand Up LLC. He is an officer with the firm along with a few other people who apparently have CPS ties.
Given the Superintendent's personal debt of tens of thousands of dollars that NBC reported on before he was hired, I think there needs to be more scrutiny of his outside businesses. As you report here, the District uses consultants all the time and is not forthcoming about the nature and fulfillment of the contracts.
While I understand that people can start outside businesses (if their contract allows), I think that it is very unusual behavior for a high-paid public servant responsible for a $20 million budget. In the Superintendent's case he has started at least three corporations that I have found and they include operations outside of Illinois (St. Chi Enterprises (MO), National Stand Up LLC, and Altering the Xpectation)
I am not accusing anyone of any untoward actions, but it certainly should be reasonable to investigate any relationships between the District and the Superintendent's business partners:
https://opencorporates.com/companies/us_il/LLC_09199365
In fact, I just submitted a FOIA request for a company called "CONNECTING THE DOTS" which has been paid over $50,000 in the last year. This contract was approved without going in front of the board, in violation of 105 ILCS 5/10-20.44, which is why I FOIA'ed it.
However, the owner of that company is a named officer on the link you just shared. This is news to me. More to come. Thanks for the heads up. Feel free to email me if you have other comments.