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KT's avatar

Seriously, what has the board been doing?!

Tom Hayden's avatar

I hope the board can recognize that we got played here, he was clearly gunning for a bigger role the entire time. All the national media attention, public spats, etc were all for attention so he could lever up to a bigger con.

Tom Hayden's avatar

Congrats to the local Greek food restaurateurs in the Dekalb area

Terry's avatar

Well, he did say he wants to continue his "Chat and Chews." He also said he wants to start work before July 1 even though he just sent an email to parents saying his last day in Evanston will be 30 June.

Keeping the side gigs up until the end!

https://www.ajc.com/education/dekalb-county-school-board-hires-devon-horton-as-superintendent/CJRUK3XOKJBBBOWOACSZKWWKIU/

Rory Clement's avatar

Interesting tidbits when you enter his name in this website. Does anyone do background checks anymore?

https://casesearch.cookcountyclerkofcourt.org/CivilCaseSearchAPI.aspx

Tom Hayden's avatar

Yeah I've seen all of those + his bankruptcies. I haven't written about it because it's hard to write about without seeming petty.

Jonsont's avatar

Have you done any digging into Joey Halipern's many consultancies? He quit his job as a principal a couple of years ago and I think he spends most of its time running something called InnovateK12. My sense is that these consultancies cross pollinate quite a bit and that there is a "you scratch my back, I'll scratch yours" mentality in that world.

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Tom Hayden's avatar

I thought you were leaving the site

Name one's avatar

Can anyone name one politician that hasn’t hired all of their clique/ and their friends? Especially a Democrat. Especially in Illinois or Chicago this is all that I’ve seen happen in my entire life

Tom Hayden's avatar

I thought you were quitting the site

Questions's avatar

I am starting to find the articles and the commentary hypocritical. this is wrong, but him using the same company to post emails that parents sent him you said there was no ethical problem with.

Oh no did he forget to check a box?

Tom Hayden's avatar

I have no idea what you're talking about but listen, I'm going to give you this warning once. You've been creating dozens of fake accounts on here every day to comment. If you create another fake account I'm going to permanently ban you and delete any future comment you post, no matter how polite. Be critical of me all you want but play within the rules and cut out the fake accounts. Got it?

Tom Hayden's avatar

You seem to have not listened and created more fake accounts. You are perma-banned