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When the district was first established, it covered part of the western suburbs of Cook County and a small portion of Chicago. [2] [3] The district was bizarrely shaped. It stretched from Wheeling Township (about ten miles north of O'Hare International Airport) to the county line with Will County, the two points being 42 miles apart. For much ...
The new school district was approved by the voters by a ratio of 3-to-1 on November 12, 1966, and District 16 took over the school system on July 1, 1967. The voters then approved a bond issue of $4,000,000 in November 1967. [ 2 ]
A five-member district board of trustees is appointed by the county governing body or, in home rule counties, by the chief executive. In districts located in more than one county, the district board is appointed by each respective county governing body in proportion to population. The districts may levy taxes and issue bonds after voter ...
Curran received his bachelor's degree from the University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign and his law degree from Northern Illinois University College of Law. Following 19 years working as an Assistant State's Attorney in the Cook County State's Attorney's Office, Curran now works as an attorney at a private law firm in Oak Brook. [2] [3] [4]
The district has been considered solidly Republican. [11] Nevertheless, it saw a close result in its most recent election, which saw an unprecedentedly strong and well-funded effort by the Cook County Democratic Party to target the district. [12] [13] For decades after its inception, the district was considered to be a Republican stronghold.
The 16th congressional district of Illinois is represented by Republican Darin LaHood.Prominent past representatives from the 16th district have included Everett Dirksen, who went on to become the Republican leader in the United States Senate; John B. Anderson, who became the 3rd highest ranking Republican in the House and went on to run as a major independent candidate in the 1980 ...
The district was established in 1994, when the board transitioned from holding elections in individual districts, as opposed to the previous practice of having two multi-member districts districts: one for ten members from the city of Chicago and another for seven members from suburban Cook County. [1]
Virginia Community Unit School District 64 is a unified school district located in the city of Virginia, the county seat of western Illinois' Cass County. It reports to the state as two schools: Virginia Elementary School for pre-kindergarten through fifth grade, and Virginia Junior/Senior High School for sixth grade through twelfth grade.