Lincolnwood School District 74 is a

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headquartered

Lincolnwood, Illinois Lincolnwood (formerly Tessville) is a village in Niles Township, Cook County, Illinois, United States. Per the 2020 census, the population was 13,463. An inner suburb of Chicago, it shares its southern, eastern, and a small section of its west ...

History

It was created in

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, with Lincoln Hall as the only school at the time. In January 2012, several Lincolnwood residents became concerned with the finances in School District 74. After using a

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(FOIA) request the residents discovered the School Board President, other School Board Members, and the Superintendent Mark Klaisner were discovered to have spen
tens of thousands
of dollars on trips, cellphone service, gasoline for personal use. The local CBS affiliate did a story on th
overspending
In a
interview
in the Skokie Patch, Superintendent Dr. Mark A. Klaisner admitted to poor internal controls and being "completely unaware" of details of the car provided by taxpayers. The School Board extended the contract of Superintendent Dr. Mark A. Klaisner. On April 9, 2012, School Board President Amy Franke
resigned
as first reported in the Skoki
Patch
. On April 17, retired superintendent Ken Cull (formerly Itasca District 10) was elected interim superintendent through June 2012. Joseph Bailey was scheduled to retire as superintendent in June 2017, and in 2016 the district's board selected Kimberly "Kim" Nasshan as his replacement. During the COVID-19 pandemic in Illinois, the district had 33 persons collectively complete its reopening plan, which allowed both in-person and remote options. The classroom desks,

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when possible, were oriented the same.

Governance

Potential board members must be citizens of the United States, have lived in the district for at least one year; this means effectively all board members are residents of the state of Illinois.

Schools

*Lincoln Hall - Grades 6-8 ( middle school) *Rutledge Hall - Grades 3-5 *Todd Hall - Preschool-Grade 2

References

{{School districts in Cook County, Illinois School districts in Cook County, Illinois