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OFFICIAL PUBLICATION OF THE 133 ,000 MEMBER ILLINOIS EDUCATION ASSOCIATION-NEA

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In this issueKens Commentary 3As we move into 2010, we find ourselves confronted with unprecedentedchallenges, key among those is the state budget crisis.

News Brief 4llinois is positioning itself to be in the running for federal Race tohe Top money.

Excellence = RESULTS 5Three- and four-year-old children stream in through the doors of KristiAdells high risk Pre-K classes at Tioga Elementary School with their parents in tow as part of a highly-successful program that helps parentsand students.

Thornridge students project could provide aid to Haitisstruggling economy 6Brian Sievers students already know how to make biodiesel. Thats oldhat for the Thornridge High School Biodiesel Club. This year, they arebroadening their project to help another country.

Mr. K 7Fred Kilcullen has been a lot of things to a lot of students over the years their bus driver, their junior high math and science teacher, evenheir cafeteria monitor, but most importantly, a friend.

IEA members work on Extreme Makeover: Home Edition 8When the ABC television show Extreme Makeover: Home Edition decidedo focus on the housing needs of a family in northwest Illinois, IEA

members were there to answer the call for help.

Capitol Report 9-10The Illinois General Assembly created a task force earlier this year designed to analyze pension policies in Illinois. The Illinois EducationAssociation was asked to participate.

IEA retirees on cutting edge of social networking 11The IEA-R mentor program coordinator has a plan to use texting,facebook and twitter to foster growth.

IEA members shine bright for public education 12A 2009 wrap-up of talented IEA award winners making a differenceeveryday in Illinois classrooms around the state.

Coming together 13EA locals take a moment to share thoughts among generations to

set a future path and to unite with other locals to take a stand.

IEA Springtime election information 14-23Theres no time like the present to seriously consider becoming a delegate to the National Education Association RepresentativeAssembly (NEA RA).

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Colleagues,

A s we move into 2010, we find ourselvesconfronted with unprecedented chal-lenges, key among those is the state

budget crisis.The latest estimates show Illinois is facing

a $13 billion shortfall . To give you a senseof the gravity of this, you could completelyeliminate the entire general state aid budgetfor our schools and NOT close the deficit.

Let me be blunt: Unless we pass a tax in-crease this spring, the state will not be ableto fund essential services nor fund educa-tion. That is why IEA has joined the Responsible Budget Coalition, whichseeks to raise state revenues enough to fund public education AND so-cial and other essential state services.

We must have a revenue increase sufficient to fund the entire statebudget. If we get an increase for education but not enough to fund therest of state government, we will find ourselves fighting with humanservice providers and others over revenue insufficient to support stategovernment. Here is the bottom line:

If you want your pensions funded, if you believe public education isimportant and that we cant continue to underfund elementary, sec-ondary, higher and continuing education, if we are to avoid cuts andRIFs, we have to raise taxes.

This is undeniable: If you dont support our efforts to raise taxes,then you should hold no false hope you can somehow have your pen-sion and district funded while everything else in the state implodes.

The upcoming elections are an opportunity to support those whooffer responsible solutions and reject those who offer either emptypromises or a program of cuts and reductions in spending.

There is no way this state can cut its way out of this deficit withoutdisastrous cuts in programs including education and pension funding.

So, please consider recommendations from IPACE as we go to thepolls in February and again in November. If we dont use the ballot boxto pick those who will work on our behalf, why should we have anyhope others will?

I know these are extraordinarily tough times for all of us. We all havefamily or friends who have already been badly hurt by this economy.You know what NCLB has done to your workplace. You know what fur-ther funding cuts can do to your district and perhaps your job. I knowthere is never a great time to convince politicians to raise taxes. I alsoknow that if we fail this spring to pass a significant tax increase, our

lives and professional wellbeing will be at risk to a degree many of ushave never seen.I would lose a great deal of sleep at night if I didnt believe that we

have within IEA members, leaders, and staff, the skill, the capacity andthe commitment to confront the challenges facing us and make a difference for our students, our profession, and the institution of pub-lic education.

Consider this your official SOS notification. I need you to get involvedand join the fight to Save our State and Save our Schools.

K e ns

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Aformerteacher andlocal associ-ation president withstrong educationreform credentials

has been named tothe top staff posi-tion at the IllinoisEducationAssociation.

At its September meeting, the IEA Boardof Directors voted unanimously to hireAudrey Soglin of Evanston as IEA executivedirector.

Audrey Soglin began her teaching careerworking with self-contained special educa-tion students. Over 25 years, she also taught

first, second, fourth and fifth grades inEvanston and was three times elected presi-dent of the District 65 Educators Council, alocal IEA affiliate.

Soglin is uniquely qualified for IEA execu-tive director, said IEA President KenSwanson.

Audrey was an outstanding teacher whoknows what its like to lead a local during acrisis. She has been a major player in thedrive to improve public education in Illinois.People from all the education stakeholdergroups know and respect Audrey, which willserve IEA well going forward, Swansonsaid.

Soglin joined the IEA staff in 2006 asdirector of the Center for EducationalInnovation and serves as executive directorof the Consortium for Educational Change(www.cecillinois.org).

The consortium is a network of Illinoisschool districts and professional organiza-tions designed to improve student achieve-ment by assisting member districts andschools to become collaborative, high per-forming organizations.

Soglin succeeds Jo Anderson, who leftIEA in April to take a position with the U.S.Department of Education. Since Andersonsdeparture, IEA Field Services Director PattiHodges had served as interim executivedirector.

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BriefsIllinois RACE TOTHE TOP

ILLINOIS IS POSITIONING ITSELFto be in the running forfederal Race to the Top money.

All entities with an interest, including the Illinois EducationAssociation, Illinois State Board of Education and others spentmuch of December getting application materials together andtrying to determine exactly what kind of effects the RttT pro-gram could have.

IEA continues to assess the pros and cons of the RttT fund-ing and will post updates as they happen on an RttT website.Please bookmark the page and visit it often at www.ieatop.com .

IEA was invited to participate, along with several other stateaffiliates, in drawing up final rules for the federal program that

will pit states against each other to compete for $4.35 billion infederal funding thats meant to be spent on improving educationquality and results statewide.

The Principal Story provides aglimpse into todays classroomsat low-income schools

The Principal Story is a PBSdocumentary that focuses ontwo low-income Illinois schools,Henry H. Nash ElementarySchool in Chicago and HarvardPark Elementary School inSpringfield, and the challengeseach faces dealing with stan-dards, students and society.

The inspirational documen-tary follows the principals ofeach school, Tresa Dunbar

and Kerry Purcell, through an entire school year whereeach leader faces very real problems that paint a true pictureof what educating children in the 21st Century is like.

It aired this fall on PBS but is available on the PBS POV web-site, at www.pbs.org/pov/principalstory/ , to watch in its entirety.

Viewers will have a chance to see how schools deal with a 98percent poverty rate, behavioral issues with their students, thestruggle of turning test scores around, poor funding, teacherturnover and the lure of societal ills.

The documentary is dramatic and emotional and presentsexamples of what good, hands-on leadership can do for aschool.

The film was made by Tod Lending and David Mrazek, award-winning documentary filmmakers, through Nomadic Pictures,the provider of the photo used here, and funded by The Wal-lace Foundation.

Go to the website for the film and catch up on a teacher we-

binar, links to other websites and reading materials, a sched-ule of when and on what station the show will air near you, in-terviews with the filmmakers, a discussion guide, instructionson throwing your own watch party and tips what the aver-age person can do to take action.

IEA members showsupport for strikinglocals

Two separate locals, the OttawaTownship High School EducationAssociation and Prairie Hills Dis-trict 144, pushed hard this fall forfair contracts.

OTHSEA was out for threeweeks in a standoff between themand their school board oversalary and insurance issues. Thestrike ended Oct. 26.

Prairie Hills went on strike the first weekof December over salary issues. The strike was settled on Dec. 14.

Strikes tend to be physically tough and emotionally drain-ing, but IEA members came through, showing members of eachlocal their support by sending notes, letters, cards, e-mails andother forms of support their way.

Tips for parents in English andSpanish now available on the IEAwebsite

Each fall, its inevitable. Parent-teacher conference season arrives.

So, how does a parent make thebest of that meeting with theirchilds teacher or teachers andensure the students success inschool? There is now a video fea-turing IEA member and veteranteacher Rainy Kaplan availableon the IEA website under the Parents section, a videothats also available in Spanish.

Included in it are:4 Writing down some notes on what youd like to discuss.4 Personality points about your child.4 Stay positive and focus on how to improve your stu-

dents scholastic career.4 Find out what you can be doing at home to reinforce

whats being done at school.In addition, one can also find in the parents section of the

website other items in English and Spanish, such as tips onmaking a childs year successful, ways to turn homework timefrom a chore to a joy, hints on making sleep a priority and othergeneral, useful information.

You may have heard some of these tips on radio commer-cials played across the state this fall. English and Spanish ver-sions of those commercials are posted in the parents section,as well.

Look for more components of this section to arrive in thefuture. Or, if you have ideas on things you think could be help-ful, feel free to e-mail those ideas to [email protected].


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THREE- AND FOUR-YEAR-OLD chil-dren stream in through the doors ofKristi Adells high risk Pre-K classes atTioga Elementary School with their par-ents in tow.

Its the rule.Adell takes that first 20 minutes of

the day to teach the parents to teachtheir children by showing the adultssimple ways to work lessons aboutcolors, numbers, letters, how to lookat a book or hold a pencil, into theirdaily routine.

Its a key component to the 20-plus years of success the programhas had.

The at-risk child has holes that needto be filled in before it can start at a levelplaying field with everyone else .. Ihave an example of a student whostarted two years ago and wasnt speak-ing, said Amy Prester, principal of Tioga.

Shes in kindergarten now. She wentto a bilingual kindergarten. Our expecta-tion is that by November, all our kinder-gartners have their letters and sounds.She was one of six students who had allof her letters and sounds (in October).Through this program, kids are able toreach their potential.

during screening against the average. It

also takes into consideration what is go-ing on in the childs life is mom ondrugs, or dad in jail?

Adell is co-chair of an Illinois Educa-tion Association task force on early childhood education that was formed af-ter early childhood educators fromacross the state went to the associationsrepresentative assembly to sell their caseabout how early intervention in childrenslearning lives can make huge differences.

Adells classes are an example of that.In addition to having former students

who are now studying education comeback to visit her and thank her, longitudi-nal studies of her students have proventhat huge differences exist betweenthose at-risk kids who had the earlychildhood intervention and those whodidnt.

Voices for Children has released astudy saying for every $1 spent on earlychildhood education, $7 can be savedlater in life by helping those kids avoidlifes social ills.

Adell said there is a certain satisfac-tion in that, but the real satisfactioncomes on a daily basis.

There is the satisfaction of making adifference in someones life, to seeingthem be a whole child who dances andsings and paints, said Adell, an enthusi-astic teacher who has been working inthe district for 20 years. The kids are sofunny, you cant help feeling alive your-self when you are with them. All the in-difference and complacency in the world,its not in here.

Teachers rated 69 percent of pre-

K participants, 83 percent down-state and 45 percent in Chicago, as

above average or average inkindergarten entry skills.

Downstate teachers ranked about 82percent of their former pre-K students

as above average or average inreading, math and language in gradesK-8.

Generally, former pre-K par-

ticipants at least kept pacewith, and often outperformed,

their classmates in marks onIllinois Standards Achievement Tests

and Prairie State Achievement Exams,according to the longitudinal surveys.

About 96 percent offormer pre-K students

downstate, and 78 percent inChicago, went on to graduate

from high school, those same stud-ies show. See the accompanying video on theIEA website at www.ieanea.org

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Bhamini Pal Ray, her husband and sonmoved to Bensenville in the fall of 2008from India. Pre-K screenings were beingconducted and she brought her son, Sam-rat, to see if he might qualify. He did. Whilea good kid at home and obviously bright,it took quite a while for Samrat to adjustto spending time in a classroom, especiallya classroom in a different country.

It was difficult because it was a differ-ent country. It was the same for him andme. It was being a fish out of water, butMrs. Adell and Mrs. Morgan (the teachersaide) worked hard. Sam had to adjust hisbehavior, she said.

I felt so bad seeing Sams behavior. Icried two times in class. Mrs. Adell stood

by me. She was very affectionate and kind.She said (it was natural).Adell said she tries hard to work with

parents to let them know theyre doing agreat job.

In talking to parents, we commendthem and affirm them. Its so important.We really work hard at telling them,Great job!

Part of the programs success comesfrom involving the parents, who mustsign a contract saying they will makesure their children get love and attentionand that they will work with them athome and that theyll bring them to classand spend the first 20 minutes settlingtheir kids in.

Another part of its success is due tothe screening system Adell, her teachingpartner, Laura Wojcieczek, and othershave come up with to determine whatchildren need to be in their classes andwhat children can be in less specializedclasses. Its called the 5-4-3-2-1 methodand it basically measures childrens skills


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Brian Sievers students al-ready know how to make

biodiesel. Thats old hatfor the Thornridge HighSchool Biodiesel Club. Infact, last year they wonthe prestigious Lexus

Eco-Challenge, and a totalof $60,000 in the contest where studentswork to improve the environment andinvolve the community.

To win, they built a biodiesel proces-sor, held a community oil drive, hosteda number of popular presentations andembarked on a media blitz. Last year,the project was about their school andtheir community.

This year, theyre taking this success-ful project and attempting to expand itbeyond the schools borders and to an-other part of the world with: OperationHaiti: Helping the world one drop of oiland CO molecule at a time.

This year, 10 students and I are de-veloping a humanitarian project for asmall town in rural Haiti, Sievers said.

The goal of the project is to donate asolar thermal and solar-powered bio-diesel processor to the town of Pichon,Haiti. This project has the possibility ofhaving a huge impact on the economic

and environmental conditions of Haiti.Haiti is a poor country that has a mul-titude of ecological problems includingdeforestation as the main source of fuelfor residents is wood. The deforestationhas left soil in the country unprotectedand open to washing away.

The idea behind the Thornridge proj-ect is that students would design andbuild a solar thermal and solar-poweredprocessor, donate it to a school in Pi-chon that has no electricity or runningwater and teach them how to use it.

Haiti, for all of its problems, is hometo a shrub called Jatropha which is filledwith seeds that can be crushed to pro-vide seed oil, as oil is a key ingredientin the biodiesel process. Oil is processedand turned into two products fueland the leftovers from the fuel, which isglycerin.

One of the appealing things aboutbiodiesel is the fact that the leftoverglycerin can also be useful. Some use it

as a cleaner. It canalso be used asfertilizer. So, thebiodiesel processcould provide thevillage with notonly fuel but also away to help replen-ish its naturalgrowth.

The hope is

that the ideawould catch onaround the coun-try, teaching peo-ple how to safely

make biodiesel, revitalize the economyby creating new jobs that deal withbiodiesel production and help improvethe environment in Haiti.

Excess energy created by the solarpanels on the processor also could beused by the school, the students and therest of the town.

An extra bonus will be the opportu-

nity it gives the students from Thorn-ridge to reach beyond their world andinto others to help them make betterlives for themselves.

Thornridge is working in conjunctionwith Michigan State University, the Uni-versity of Illinois, Engineers Without Bor-ders and Education for Prosperity.Sievers students also have formed apartnership with Mother McAuley HighSchool to teach them about thebiodiesel process, to work on the Haitiproject and also plan to work with a lo-cal middle school.

On Thursday, Thornridge studentshosted several students from MotherMcAuley and taught them what theydlearned so far. (See photo with thisstory.)

The Thornridge High School Bio-diesel Club is looking for donations tohelp with the project. Please contactBrian Sievers, 15000 Cottage Grove,Dolton, IL, 60419. Classroom phone:708-271-4640.

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Fred Kilcullen has been a lot of things toa lot of students over the years theirbus driver, their junior high math and science teacher, even their cafeteria monitor.

But his most important role, he be-lieves, has been as a friend.

Mr. K is what they call me...figure Mr.Kilcullen is too hard and too long, Kil-cullen laughs. Colored M, R, and Kmagnets stick to the dashboard of hisbus. He carries with him his IEA member-ship card.

IEA-NEA is behind you all the time. Inever had to use it, but it is nice know-ing its there, he said, wondering aloudif at 45 years he might be one of thelongest serving active members of IEA.

IEA doesnt keep specific records onthat, but they do show Kilcullen becamea lifetime member of the National Educa-tion Association in 1970 and that is along time, without question.

Kilcullen started driving a bus whilestudying education at Eastern Illinois Uni-versity as a way to earn some extramoney and he never stopped, even whenhe earned his degree and became ateacher. And, even after retiring fromteaching, he kept driving.

Its something he enjoys and some-thing, he believes, that has been reward-ing not just for him but for the studentshes served.

Five or six years ago, I was going upto Chicago for Thanksgiving Day and I

was listening to the radio, WGN. Peoplewere calling in telling what they werethankful for, he recalls.

The first person called in and remem-bered a bus driver. Out of the first fivecallers, three talked about their bus driv-ers, not teachers, but bus drivers. Theyalways said we were the first person kidssaw in the morning and the last personthey saw during the school day, but itnever sunk in until then.

Kilcullen didnt limit his service to justteaching, or to just driving a bus. For thelast five or six years he was teaching, healso worked in the schools cafeteria.

People used to tease me: You pickthem up, you teach them, you feed themand you take them home. Do you do any-thing else? Id say: No, I leave a bit formom and dad.

Over the course of time, hes seen a lotof changes in the bus industry. Seats usedto be low with metal framing and nosponge on the backs. Quick stops couldlead to chipped teeth. There didnt usedto be any seat belts in buses, even for thedrivers. Everything was manual.

Bus drivers were multi-taskers beforethe word was invented, he said. Youddrive, keep an eye on the kids, pick up a

load, put lights on, put the stop arm out,open the door, put it neutral and whenyou were ready, youd push the clutch,put it in gear, pull in the arm, close thedoor and then you could finally take off.

He remembers a blizzard in the mid-1970s that closed schools for days andeven when roads were opened, snow waspiled bus-window-high when he drovethe route. Road surfaces have changed.Buses have become more automated.Safety measures have been installed.

Through the course of all those changes

though, only one child was ever injured ina Kilcullen bus trip a record hes proudof.

Nothing brings Kilcullen more pridethan talking about the relationships hesbuilt with students over the years, a ca-reer that started in Lovington and is cur-rently based in Chenoa, where he movedto be closer to his son, also a teacher, andhis grandchildren.

But he noted that sometimes buildingthose close relationships can hurt, too.

Sometimes you get to know them alittle too well and it breaks your heart,he said, relating the story of a boy whomoved to a nearby town at the end ofsixth grade. The school had a going awayparty for him. When the child was ineighth grade, he woke on a Saturday witha headache, went to the hospital and diedshortly after of a brain aneurism.

It broke my heart because he was aspecial kid. We got along and teased eachother. At the end of the (party), he gaveme a hug and said, Ill miss you Mr. K.,Kilcullen remembered.

It was sad to go to his funeral. Some-times you get involved with people andyour heart gets broken, but sometimesits better than not getting involved.

Hearkening back to the story aboutcallers to the WGN radio program onThanksgiving Day, Kilcullen realized hedlearned an important lesson that day.

Ive seen many janitors, or others,and students confide in them. Sometimeswe dont realize that just because yourenot a teacher doesnt mean youre notimportant. Anybody who is interestedand who listens to a kid is important tothat kid. I think we really need to under-stand that.

Mr.

KIEA member has

served studentsin countless ways

For 45 years,

See the accompanying video on the IEA website at www.ieanea.org


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EA members work on Extreme Makeover:

WHEN THE ABC TELEVISIONshow Extreme Makeover: Home Edition de-cided to focus on the housing needs of afamily in northwest Illinois, IEA memberswere there to answer the call for help.

At least nine IEA member volunteers, ac-tive and retired, contributed time, expertiseand sweat equity to rebuilding a family home,barn and other structures on a family farmjust outside Lena. The complete makeoverof the farm buildings took less than a week,with crews of some 50 volunteers, contrac-tors and supervisors working round-the-

clock to get the project done while the familywas sequestered on vacation in California.

Philip and Joey Stott own a small organicfarm that caught fire earlier this year. Theproject was designed to help restore theirhome and their hope.

Leading one of the night constructioncrews was Russ Hasken , an IEA memberand five-year industrial technology teacherat Freeport Junior High School. Haskensbrother, Rick, owns the construction com-

pany that contracted withABC television to com-plete the project.

It was an incredible ex-perience, said Hasken.Everybody in the com-munity wanted to be apart of it. Not everybody was skilled in con-struction work, but they still came out to dowhat they could to help the family.

Hasken said there were only about fourweeks to prepare for all aspects of the proj-ect, including fundraising, securing volun-

teers, skilled trades workers and companies,planning, preparing architectural drawings,etc. Actual construction of the new struc-tures occurred in about five days.

We basically had 106 hours to build anentire house, a barn, a chicken coop and sev-eral other structures, and we did it, Haskinsaid. Home construction alone usually takesmonths. The lesson for students is that if anentire community works as one whole, wecan do whatever we set out to do.

Though volunteer records may be incom-plete, other IEA members and retirees whocontributed time and effort to the project in-cluded: Sarah Hasken, Freeport; MikeBerentes, Sr., Freeport; Mike Berentes, Jr.,

Freeport; Greg Feiner, Dakota High School;Tom Colborn, Freeport; Doug Visel, DakotaHigh School; Diane DeWitt, Freeport HighSchool, retired; Andy Lobdell, Freeport, andSheryl Klotz, Rockford.

This episode of Extreme Makeover:Home Edition had not yet aired as of presstime, but is expected to do so in Decemberor January.

See the accompanying video on theIEA website at www.ieanea.


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Capitol ReportPension task force study submit-ted not endorsedT H E I L L I N O I S G E N E R A L A S S E M B LY created atask force earlier this year designed to an-alyze pension policies in Illinois. TheIllinois Education Association wasasked to participate.

But the task forces final report,it was announced in November,was not to be submitted to policy-makers as the official report of the

group. Instead, the report was to beinformally submitted to the membersof the General Assembly and the governor.While each section of the report was adopted by the subcom-mittees of the task force, the overall report was rejected.

By a vote of 10 to 9, the Illinois Pension Modernization TaskForce decided not to endorse the report it had compiled. Thedecision was blasted by the task forces labor representatives,including the IEA.

The report included research findings that proved thestates moderate retirement costs are lower than the privatesector and lower than those paid in neighboring states.

The facts in the report collided with the interests of busi-ness representatives on the task force who have claimed thatIllinois pension benefits are too generous and should be cutto ease the states financial crisis.

Among the other facts contained in the rejected report:The cost to taxpayers of state-funded pension benefits is

less than the private sector, and less than public pensions inneighboring states.

4 The level of benefits when compared to 85 public em-ployee retirement systems nationwide are average;

4 Seventy-eight percent (78%) of the funds beneficiar-ies do not receive Social Security their pension istheir sole source of retirement income;

4 Changes or cuts to future benefits will not reduce the

states debt for past benefits already earned (the un-funded liability), nor lower required pension pay-ments in the near term;

4 The primary cause of that debt is the states decades-long failure to make its full employer contribution,even as participants continue to pay their own verysignificant share.

The pension task force is a body of 19 voting members thatincludes state senators and representatives from both parties,leaders from unions that represent teachers and state and uni-versity employees, annuitants of the state-funded retirementsystems and others.

Lobbyist Will Lovett represented IEA on the Task force.Teachers Retirement System annuitants were represented byIEA-Retired member Ed Rosenthal.

The task force studied the five pension systems fundedby the State of Illinois those covering teachers, state em-ployees, state university employees, judges, and the GeneralAssembly.

IEA lobbyists will be referring to the report as they meetwith policymakers in the months to come. The full copy isavailable at www.ieanea.org . You can use the IEA Fact Sheeton the IEA websites legislative section when talking to yourlegislators.

Rally at IEA helps grant pardonto Illinois MAP grant programO N O C T. 1 5 , T H O U S A N D S O F P E O P L E gathered

at the Illinois Education Association headquarters to fight tokeep funding for the Monetary Award Program, a need-basedprogram that helps pay tuition and other fees for 138,000 col-lege students

On Oct. 18, Gov. Pat Quinn signed legislation designed toreinstate $205 million in funding for the spring semester.

Funding to the program was cut by the Illinois legislatureduring the budget process as the state looked for ways to elim-inate expenses to deal with a multi-billion dollar deficit.

Cutting the MAP funding also could have meant removingthousands of Illinois college students from school becausethey relied on that money to pay their way through the highereducation system.

The news, while a good sign, does not mean the problemis solved. As of yet, no source for that funding has yet beenidentified. And, an estimated 130,000 people were denied fund-ing because the need far surpassed the funding allotted.

Efforts are still underway to ensure the program is fundedand stays on the radar screen. There is a website set up foranyone interested in joining the effort with directions on whatyou can do to help. Visit www.saveillinoismapgrants.org .

A round-the-state wrap-up of legislative activitieson the part of IEA members and staff


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photo stream on flickfor more pictures fromthese events. Flickr iaccessible by going tothe IEA website anclicking on the flicbutton at the top righhand section of thpage.

MORE THAN 150 PEOPLE gathered inCollinsville earlier this month to commem-orate the 25th anniversary of the passageof the Illinois Educational LaborRelations Act at a two-dayconference.

Pictured on the right are former StateSen. Terry Bruce, sponsor of the original

bill, former IEA IPACE Director KenBruce and Reg Weaver, past presidentof both the IEA and the National Education As-sociation as they hold a poster that marked the event.

More photos of the event are also available on Flickr.The Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service along with the Labor

Management Committee of Southwestern Illinois sponsored the Nov. 5conference that honored the anniversary of the signing of the bill thatgave public school employees in this state the right to form unions andrequired school districts to bargain contracts.

Keynote speakers at the event included Weaver, Bruce and Bruce aswell as Will Lovett, a current IEA lobbyist, Rich Frankenfeld, formerlyof the IEA government relations department, IEA attorney Wanda VanPelt, attorney Brian Braun and Ralph Martire, executive director of the

Center for Tax and Budget Accountability.

time for cuts, theirs may be the first jobs to go.Miller said it will take the mobilization of all IEA members

to realize the importance of fair funding of all schools and tolobby their own legislators, ensuring them that theyll still havetheir support should they vote for the bill.

Similar meetings have been held around the state, includingin Edwardsville, Carterville, Decatur and elsewhere.

The meetings were an attempt to allow legislators and IEAmembers to get to know each other and to visit about con-cerns that both have.

The upcoming legislative session could prove to be a toughone with an ongoing budget crisis, the unending battle overpensions and other education-related issues.

STATE REP. DAVID MILLER, sponsor of HB 174,the bill that pushes for the fair funding of Illinoisschools spoke at a super region meeting in the

southwest suburb of Warrenville, in October inan effort to let IEA members know that theyneed to speak up if they want to see money gotoward education.

But Miller also got a chance to hear from IEAmembers at the Oct. 6 meeting about some ofthe struggles theyre facing, including a librar-ian from Queen Bee who has also been askedto help out with reading intervention, despitenever having taken a class on the subject.

And, he heard from an Oswego bus driver who spoke ofconcerns ESPs from around the state have that when it comes

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IEA MEMBERS HAVE BEEN FLOCKING to our face-book page and were thrilled. About 2,000 of you have joined.Now, where are the rest of you?

You must not know what you are missing out on or youd join right away.

So far this fall, Kay S. from Crystal Lakewon Bears tickets and was able to see theBears and the Green Bay Packers face off.Theresa B. from Litchfield won a $200 BestBuy gift card, as did Svea P. of Lisle. JohnR. from the Pleasantdale school districtwent to see the Bears battle the Cleve-land Browns.

And, all 2,000 facebook fans are keptin the loop about whats going on withinthe IEA, about issues and news that af-fect them and their careers, and theycan discuss matters with other IEA

members that they think are important.

There will be moreprizes given away inthe future, too.

Become eligible towin by simply joiningthe IEA facebookpage. Its free. Its fun.It offers a way tocommunicate withfellow IEA membersacross the state.Plus, your kids willthink youre cool.

Go to the IEA website at www.ieanea.org . On the righthand side of the page, you will see a facebook button. Click

it and you will see the IEA facebook page. If youre alreadyon facebook, you just click the become a fan button. Ifnot, submit some basic information and you will be an IEAfacebook fan, too.

IT OCCURRED TO LINDA WALCHERwhen she was trying to get in touch withher older grandkids, even e-mail, now,was too slow for them.

So, what did she do? She startedto text them.

Walcher, IEA-Retired Mentor Pro-gram coordinator, said texting has be-come a valuable tool for her to com-municate with her grandchildren andshe thinks it could open up a whole newrealm of possibilities for the mentor pro-gram which pairs retirees with students.

I found that if I text older grandchildren, Iget an immediate response back. They thinkit is cool that grandma texts them. Its quick.Its fun. And it gets an instant message tothem that grandma is thinking about them.

Walcher hopes to introduce her fellowretirees to the world of social networkingthrough texting, twitter and facebook.

Shes already started a facebook pagefor the IEA Retired Mentor Program. Ithas 62 fans, a majority of which are students.

Walcher acknowledged that one of thebiggest obstacles a successful mentor/mentee relationshipfaces is how to find time to communicate. She believes

these newer avenues provide a solution to that problem.

She noted that communication doesntpose a problem for students, as theycommunicate with each other throughcell phones almost constantly.

So, shes urging her fellow retirees inthe mentor program to jump on the tech-nology highway.She wrote to them in a recent newslet-

ter: It wouldnt be good to make a nuisance ofoneself. After all, these students have lots of friends

texting them all day long. But you could text, oncein a while, just to let them know you are out there

and you care how they are doing in theirstudies and their career choice.

She acknowledges that some re-tirees may not feel comfortable with theidea and emphasizes that there will al-ways be a place in the mentor programfor everyone who wants to participate.But, she said shes hoping some retireeswill jump on board.

If you are a retiree who is part of theprogram, or who is interested in joining the program, look onthe IEA website at www.ieanea.org under retirees in themember section.

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Two Rock Island teachers win NEA foundationgrant to create study circles

Two Rock Island teachers have been awarded a $5,000 National Education Association Foundation student achievement grant.

Linda Golden teaches students in grades nine to 12 at the Thurgood Mar-shall Learning Center with her partner Mary Kmoch and the two want to increasestudent achievement levels by forming study circles, with an emphasis placed oncritical thinking skills.

Schaumburg local wins award to helpbilingual families

The Schaumburg Education Association has been awarded a 2009-10 Na-tional Education Association Urban Grant.

The $5,000 award will be used to support a junior high school/home learn-ing program aimed at bilingual students and their families that is designedto advance social and behavioral development, literacy instruction and goal

setting.Buffalo Grove advisor wins statewide award

A Buffalo Grove High School advisor has been named the 2009 Advisor ofthe Year by the Illinois Directors of Student Activities, an organization made up ofadministrators and activity directors who support the development of studentactivities.

Jeff Siegal, an IEA ESP, sponsors the student-based BGHS BlueCrew spirit group and makes a true effort every year to include

as many students as possible and to help them feel they be-long to the schools community. The Blue Crew supports the

student athletes and student activities, butthey also do a lot of service for the com-munity, including Meals on Wheels and

Adopt-A-School. They also aid other chari-

ties including at least two cancer supportgroups.

Art educators, IEA members,garner awards from peers

Pecatonica High School teacher Eric R.Donaldson was named the 2009 Art Educatorof the Year by the Illinois Art Education Asso-

ciation at the groups annual conference last weekend.Donaldson, an Illinois Education Association member, was se-

lected on the basis of his outstanding commitment to visual arteducation in his district, 321, as well as his wider contributionsin the northern Illinois area.

In addition to Donaldson, the IAEA alsorecognized two other IEA members as well asan IEA-Retired member for their great contribu-tions to art in Illinois.

Joan LeGrys Mills, Fry Elementary School inthe Indian Prairie School District in Naperville,was named the 2009 Elementary Art Educa-tor of the Year.

Jaclyn Wargo of Homewood FlossmoorHigh School, School District 233, wasnamed the Early Professional Award Winner.

Roger Shule of Antioch, a retired art educator, was named the 2009Distinguished Service to Art Education Outside the Profession award win-

ner. He taught art for 35 years inschool districts 285, 24 and 34.

He is the president and chartermember of the Antioch Fine Arts Foundation and continues toteach and maintain a studio at the foundation gallery.

Galesburg librarian wins award for Polestaraward

Becky Robinson, media coordinator for Galesburg High School, has beenamed the Illinois School Library Media Associations Polestar Award winner

The Polestar Award is one of ILSMAs biggest and is presented to honor members who have made outstanding contributions to school library media programin Illinois.

Four Chicago-area Golden Apple winnerscelebrated

This fall four members of the Illinois Education Association were among thyears 10 Golden Apple winners in the Chicago area and were honored during ceremony Friday that took place at and aired on WTTW Channel 11.

The IEA members were Kristin ORourke Salamanca of Red Oak ElementSchool in Highland Park, Peter Schreurs of the Laura B. Sprague School in Licolnshire, Michele Mangold of Dryden Elementary School in Arlington Heigand David Sobel of Hunting Ridge Elementary School in Palatine.

In all, 972 teachers from Cook, DuPage, Kane, Lake and Will counties wenominated for the award. Thirty finalists were announced in March.

Six of 10 state board teacher finalists were IEA members

The Illinois State Board of Education announced earlier this fall the finalifor its 2009-10 Teacher of the Year award and of the 10, six are Illinois Education Association members.

The six IEA members were:Robert Canada, a fifth grade teacher at Columbus Elementary School in Ed

wardsville CUSD 7. Amy Garcia, an alternative education teacher for grades nine to 12 at Home

wood-Flossmoor Community High School in Homewood-Flossmoor CHSD 2Cathryn Olsen, a pre-K teacher at Benjamin Franklin Early Childhood Cen

in Mt. Vernon. Ann Rodman, a family and consumer science teacher at Oswego High Scho

in Oswego CUSD 308.Tim Schnoeker, an industrial technology/vocational education teacher a

Coulterville High School in Coulterville USD 1.Melissa Sievers, a special education teacher at Brussels High School in Brus

sels CUSD 42.

Illinois teachers blog is named among top20 in education, says Scholastic

Scholastic magazine has announced its Top 20 list of education-related blogs, which includes, at No. 4, a blog written by two fellow IE

members in Hinsdale.The list also includes the best education-related blogs about hands-on activ-

ities, student teaching, technical wizardry, special education, science, superintend-ent and principal straight talk, a student-written blog and a bus driver who blogsabout what students do before they enter a classroom and after they leave it.

At No. 4 is The Teaching Palette, a blog written by Hillary Andrlik and TherMcGee, both elementary art teachers in Hinsdale, but who write about class-room management and tips for other teachers along with the arts.

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When memberstalk, IEA listensREGIONS 13 AND 16 IN CENTRAL ILLINOIS took thatsaying from the old E.F. Hutton commercial and made it happenwhen it hosted an intergenerational dinner in East Peoria inOctober.

The purpose is to find out where weve been, how our moreveteran members got involved andto tap into our new members, saidJames Drainer, Region 13 chair.

To do that, the two regionshosted an intergenerational din-ner at the Eastport Banquet and

Meeting Center in East Peoria onOct. 20.There, veteran members were

asked to bring new members whomight not be heavily involved withIEA so the association could hearfrom them what benefits they hopeto get from their membership.

We arent sure what the expec-tations are of our new memberscompared to our veteran membersand were concerned about memberinvolvement, said Carla Jurgenson, a UniServ director for thearea.

Guests were treated to dinner and then asked to participatein a brainstorming session where IEA leadership gathered theirideas to use in charting a future course.

Hopefully we can use this data to help us and our localsand to make our organization even stronger, said Kim Mc-Cormick, UniServ director.

Members also enjoyed the added benefit of socializing withothers within their local who they may not often see and wereable to meet people from locals in the same geographic area,but who they also may not know.

Tony Feleccia, a Morton High School teacher, said he ap-preciated the opportunity for veteran and new members toget together.

oming togetherTradition is always admired and re-

spected but its good to get new ideas in theforefront, too, he said.

Mario Bonaparte, a Lincoln ESP leader, said he hoped totake away some good ideas to share with his members.

I want to see what ideas locals have and incorporate thoseinto my views. My views are to get everyone involved, he said.

Drainer, Jurgenson and McCormick gathered the ideas fromthe group during the brainstorming session and then plannedto organize them and bring them back to locals in both regionsto see where they stand, what theyve been doing well and toshare ideas about things they might be able to do differently.

Rockford schooldistrict unionsunite, rally

ALL SEVEN LOCALS IN THE ROCKFORDschool districtrallied Nov. 10 at the districts administrative offices in hopesof convincing the school board to bargain fairly, despite thefact that the locals belong to different organizations.

Mary Beth Mickelson, president of the education office per-sonnel association, said allseven locals, who belong to ei-ther the Illinois Education As-sociation or the AmericanFederation of State, Countyand Municipal Employees,decided to join hands in thisfight for fairness.

Were all looking forrecognition from the district.A contract. Workplace col-laboration is important.Were going to continue totry to get respect and col-laboration from the districtto get it to move forward,she said.

Many showed up tomarch in unison, carrying signs and shouting slogans

indicating theyd united forces.Regina Love Cockrell, another district employee who

showed up to rally, said the district pushed employees to be-come highly-qualified. They did. But, now she feels the districtisnt living up to its end of the bargain.

I just want the contract to be over with. Weve done whatthe district has asked . and we just want to be treated fairly.

Latisha Jones said she and her coworkers who work as cler-ical personnel, bus drivers, food service workers and parapro-fessionals are the first people to come into contact withstudents and their families and they feel a strong bond withthem. But the district is a different story.

We cant get the same respect from the administration thatparents and students give to us.

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THE FOLLOWING NOMINATION PROCEDURES ARE APPLICABLE TO ALL ELECTIONS ANDSHOULD BE FOLLOWED CAREFULLY BY ALL CANDIDATES.

1. Nominations will be accepted if received in the IEA-NEA presidents office byFebruary 24, 2010 . These nominations are to be filed by CERTIFIED MAIL. Can-didates may state on the form, in 100 characters or less, what their qualifica-tions are for the position. (STUDENT DELEGATE NOMINEES MUST USE THESTUDENT DELEGATE NOMINATION FORM AND RETIRED NOMINEES MUST USE

THE RETIRED NOMINATION FORM.)Note: The 100 character limit on statements will be strictly followed.Candidate statements will be mailed with the ballots.

2. Sample ballots will be sent out to all candidates and IEA-NEA board membersby March 3, 2010 .

3. Names shall appear on the ballots in order as determined by lot.

4. Challenges regarding the ballots must be received by March 17, 2010 by CER-TIFIED MAIL.

5. Ballots shall be sent by bulk mail no later thanMarch 31, 2010 . They must bereturned to the IEA-NEA Headquarters, 100 East Edwards St., Springfield, IL62704, no later than 11:59 p.m. on April 28, 2010 , in the official ballot enve-lope, one ballot per envelope. Ballots received other than in the official ballot envelope shall be considered spoiled.

6. Results shall be tallied or certified by the State Elections Committee onApril30, 2010 at the IEA-NEA Headquarters Building in Springfield. Candidates shallbe notified of the results by May 7, 2010 .

ADDITIONAL PROCEDURES OR INFORMATION REGARDING EACH SPECIFIC ELECTIONARE LISTED BELOW:

State Delegate(s) for NEA RA:

IEA-NEA members who plan to run for election as State Delegates to the 2010NEA Representative Assembly, to be held July 1-6, 2010 in New Orleans, LA, shouldnote the following:

Eligibility: To be voted on by all members.

1. Ethnic-Minority members are encouraged to run for these delegate positionsand take an active role in the governance of the organization.

2. Members eligible to run as local delegates are also encouraged to indicate in-terest, participate in the local nominating process, and seek delegate positionsin local secret-ballot elections.

Retired Delegate(s) for NEA RA:

Eligibility: All IEA-NEA retired members are eligible to participate in the above elec-tion. All retired delegate nominees must use the Retired Nomination Form.

Student Delegate(s) for NEA RA:

Eligibility: All IEA-NEA student members are eligible to participate in the aboveelection.

Nomination: Only student members who are enrolled for a minimum of twelve(12) semester hours may be nominated. All student delegate nominees must usethe Student Delegate Nomination Form.

IEA-NEA Council of Retirees:

Vacancies: Member-at-large 3-year term (3 positions).

Eligibility: All IEA-NEA Retired Members are eligible to participate in the election forthe above positions. All retired nominees must use the Retired Nomination Form.

Central Section Retiree Council Member (2 year term):

Eligibility: Central Section Retiree Council Member All IEA-NEA retired members from Chapters 4, 5, 9, 14, 15, 16, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 25 and 27 are eligibleto participate in the election for this position. All retired nominees must use the Re-tired Nomination Form.

Educational Support Professional Council:

Vacancies: Member 3 year term (2 positions).

Eligibility: All IEA-NEA members who are employed as Educational Support Pro-fessionals in a school district and/or combination of school districts are eligibleto participate in the election for the above positions.

Educational Support Professional Northern/Central Representative/NEA RA State Del-egate (3 year term):

Eligibility: All IEA-NEA members in Regions 15-25, 37, 38, 40, 44, 49, 51, 53, 54,60, 61, 63, 65 and 66 are eligible to participate in the election for the above posi-tion.

Educational Support Professional Southern/Central Alternate/NEA RA Successor Del-egate (2 year term):

Eligibility: All IEA-NEA members in Regions 1-14, 45, 47, 48 and 62 are eligible to par-ticipate in the election for the above position.

Higher Education Council:

Vacancies: Chairperson/NEA RA State Delegate, Member 3 year term (2 posi-tions).

Eligibility: All IEA-NEA members who are employed in institutions of higher edu-cation are eligible to participate in the election for the above positions.

Higher Education Suburban Alternate/NEA RA Successor Delegate (1 year term):

Eligibility: All IEA-NEA members in Regions 23-43, 46, 49, 50, 52-60 and 63-67 areeligible to participate in the election for the above position.

Central Ethnic-Minority Alternate/NEA RA Successor Delegate (2 year term):

Eligibility: All IEA-NEA members in Regions 8, 9, 12-18, 44, 51, 61 and 62 are el-igible to participate in the election for the above position.

Northern Ethnic-Minority Alternate/NEA RA Successor Delegate (1 year term):

Eligibility: All IEA-NEA members in Regions 19-25, 35, 37, 38, 40, 42, 49, 53, 54,60 and 63-66 are eligible to participate in the election for the above position.

Southern Ethnic-Minority Representative/NEA RA State Delegate:

Southern Ethnic-Minority Alternate/NEA RA Successor Delegate:

Eligibility: All IEA-NEA members in Regions 1-7, 10, 11, 45, 47 and 48 are eligibleto participate in the election for the above positions.

Theres no time like the present to seriously consider becoming a delegate tothe National Education Association Representative Assembly (NEA RA).

The most important part of being a member of an association like the Illinois Education As-sociation is the ability to have ones voice heard on a variety of issues that affect the work-ing conditions of school employees and learning environments of students across this nation.

One of the most effective ways to accomplish this is to become a delegate to the NEA RA.This assembly is one of the largest democratically elected deliberative bodies in the worldwhen it is seated, and the debates on educational issues are a true reflection of what eachmember experiences in his or her community.

To become a part of such an important, exciting and influential assembly, follow these steps:

1. Note the deadlines above for submitting required paperwork.

2. Fill out the required form on page 18 of this issue and send it via certified mail to theIEA before the stated deadline.

3. Notify your local president, region council chairperson, and any other leaders in yarea that you are running to be a delegate. Solicit their support and tell them to spreathe word.

4. If you are a minority, and we strongly encourage minorities to run, be sure to notify Iminority caucus chairpersons so that they can assist you in gathering votes across thestate.

5. Make sure you are aware of the issues that are facing us nationally and talk about youdesire to influence the debate with all IEA members you encounter. Check the I(www.ieanea.org ) and NEA (www.nea.org ) websites for issues of importance.

6. Make sure people in your local know you are running and that they VOTE when the tcomes.

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Social security number or membership identification number:

Region: Address:

City: State: Zip:

Home Phone: ( ) School Phone: ( )

Fax: E-mail:

Spring Election Nomination Form(Indicate Position Sought)

K State Delegate to NEA RA

K ESP Council Member

K ESP So./Central Alternate (2-yr. Term)

K ESP Northern/Central Representative

K ESP Northern/Central Alternate

K Higher Ed. Suburban Alt. (1-yr. Term)

K Higher Ed. Council Chair

K Higher Ed. Council Member

K Southern Ethnic-Minority Representative

K Southern Ethnic-Minority Alternate

K Central Ethnic-Minority Alternate (2-yr. Term)

K Northern Ethnic-Minority Alt. (1-yr. Term)

Please type or print your name below exactly as you wish it to appear on the ballot. INCLUDE SPACES AND PUNCTUATION.ONLY ONE CHARACTER PER BOX.

Please type or print your candidate statement in the space provided below. ONLY ONE CHARACTER PER BOX. SPACESAND PUNCTUATION COUNT AS CHARACTERS. Candidate statements are limited to 100 characters or less. Statementsmust not include an exhortation to vote for the candidate and must be nonpromotional , factual and objective.

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NOMINATIONS MUST BE SENT BYCERTIFIED MAIL. PLACE ONLY ONE FORM IN EACH CERTIFIED ENVELOPE. SEND PRESIDENT'S OFFICE, IEA-NEA, 100 E. EDWARDS, SPRINGFIELD, IL 62704-1999.

(This form may be duplicated.)


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Former Region: Retired Chapter:

Address:

City: State: Zip:

Home Phone: ( ) Cell Phone: ( )

Fax: E-mail:

Retiree Nomination Form:(Indicate Position Sought)

K Retired Delegate to NEA RA K Retiree Council Member At-LargeK Central Section Retiree Council Member (2-yr. Term)

Please type or print your name below exactly as you wish it to appear on the ballot. INCLUDE SPACES AND PUNCTUATION

ONLY ONE CHARACTER PER BOX.



NOMINATIONS MUST BE SENT BYCERTIFIED MAIL. PLACE ONLY ONE FORM IN EACH CERTIFIED ENVELOPE. SEND PRESIDENT'S OFFICE, IEA-NEA, 100 E. EDWARDS, SPRINGFIELD, IL 62704-1999.



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NEA RA Student Delegate Nomination FormPlease type or print your name below exactly as you wish it to appear on the ballot. INCLUDE SPACES AND PUNCTUATION. ONONE CHARACTER PER BOX.

NOMINATIONS MUST BE CERTIFIED BY REGISTRARS OFFICE AND SENT BYCERTIFIED MAIL. PLACE ONLY ONE FORMIN EACH CERTIFIED ENVELOPE. SEND TO: PRESIDENT'S OFFICE, IEA-NEA, 100 E. EDWARDS, SPRINGFIELD, IL 1999.




Region: Student Chapter:

Address:

City: State: Zip:

Home Phone: ( ) Cell Phone ( )

Fax: E-mail:

Student Signature Name of College/University

TO BE COMPLETED BY REGISTRARS OFFICE:The above-named student is enrolled for a minimum of 12 semester hours.

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REGION 11 continued REGION 7 continued

REGION 1

Mail Ballots: 02-23-10Return by: 03-09-10To: PO Box 504, BentonElection: 03-03-10Time: School HoursPlace: School BuildingsFinal Tally: 03-10-10Time: 4 pmPlace: Carterville IEA OfficeRun-Off (If Necessary)Mail Ballots: 03-16-10Return by: 03-30-10To: PO Box 504, BentonElection: 03-24-10Time: School HoursPlace: School BuildingsFinal Tally: 03-31-10Time: 4 pmPlace: Carterville IEA Office

REGION 2

Mail Ballots: 02-23-10Return by: 03-09-10To: PO Box 203,

Carterville, IL 62918Election: 03-03-10Time: School HoursPlace: School BuildingsFinal Tally: 03-10-10Time: 4:45 pmPlace: Carterville IEA OfficeRun-Off (If Necessary)Mail Ballots: 03-16-10Return by: 03-30-10To: PO Box 203,

Carterville, IL 62918Election: 03-24-10Time: School HoursPlace: School BuildingsFinal Tally: 03-31-10Time: 4:45 pmPlace: Carterville IEA Office

REGION 3

Mail Ballots: 03-11-10Return by: 03-30-10To: PO Box 6004, Eff inghamElection: 03-23-10Time: School HoursPlace: School BuildingsFinal Tally: 03-30-10Time: 6 pmPlace: Effingham IEA OfficeRun-Off (If Necessary)Mail Ballots: 04-08-10Return by: 04-27-10To: PO Box 6004, EffinghamElection: 04-20-10Time: School HoursPlace: School BuildingsFinal Tally: 04-27-10Time: 6 pmPlace: Effingham IEA Office

Local elections for delegates to the2010 National Education Associa-tion Representative Assembly arescheduled in the following regionsas listed. In the event of an emer-gency school closing on the dateof the election, the election will beconducted on the first day back toschool. It might be a good idea toinclude language to this effect onyour election materials.

D E L E G A T E S T O T H E 2 0 1 0 N E A R A

Time: 4:30 pmPlace: Effingham IEA OfficeRun-Off (If Necessary)Mail Ballots: 04-05-10Return by: 04-21-10To: PO Box 6004, EffinghamElection: 04-14-10Time: School HoursPlace: School BuildingsFinal Tally: 04-21-10Time: 4:30 pmPlace: Effingham IEA Office

REGION 8

Mail Ballots: 02-23-10Return by: 03-09-10To: PO Box 169, BismarckElection: 03-03-10Time: School HoursPlace: School BuildingsFinal Tally: 03-10-10Time: 6 pmPlace: Champaign IEA OfficeRun-Off (If Necessary)Mail Ballots: 03-16-10Return by: 03-30-10To: PO Box 169, BismarckElection: 03-24-10Time: School HoursPlace: School BuildingsFinal Tally: 03-31-10Time: 6 pmPlace: Champaign IEA Office

REGION 09

Election: 03-03-10Time: School HoursPlace: School BuildingsFinal Tally: 03-10-10Time: 4 pmPlace Champaign IEA OfficeRun-Off (If Necessary)Election: 03-24-10Time: School HoursPlace: School BuildingsFinal Tally: 03-31-10Time: 4 pmPlace: Champaign IEA Office

REGION 10

Mail Ballots: 02-23-10Return by: 03-09-10To: PO Box 621, MonticelloElection: 03-03-10Time: School HoursPlace: School BuildingsFinal Tally: 03-10-10Time: 6 pmPlace Decatur IEA OfficeRun-Off (If Necessary)Mail Ballots: 03-16-10Return by: 03-30-10To: PO Box 621, MonticelloElection: 03-24-10Time: School HoursPlace: School BuildingsFinal Tally: 03-31-10Time: 6 pmPlace: Decatur IEA Office

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Election: 03-09-10Time: School HoursPlace: School BuildingsFinal Tally: 03-10-10Time: 4:15 pm Continued on page 19

Place: Liberty Drive IEA OfficeRun-Off (If Necessary)Election: 04-13-10Time: School HoursPlace: School BuildingsFinal Tally: 04-14-10Time: 4:15 pmPlace: Liberty Drive IEA Office

REGION 12

Mail Ballots: 02-16-10Return by: 03-10-10To: PO Box 223, RushvilleElection: 03-03-10Time: School HoursPlace: School BuildingsFinal Tally: 03-10-10Time: 5:01 pmPlace: Rushville IEA OfficeRun-Off (If Necessary)Mail Ballots: 03-16-10Return by: 03-31-10To: PO Box 223, RushvilleElection: 03-24-10Time: School HoursPlace: School BuildingsFinal Tally: 03-31-10Time: 5:01 pmPlace: Rushville IEA Office

REGION 13

Mail Ballots: 02-19-10Return by: 03-09-10To: PO Box 1282, PekinElection: 03-03-10Time: School HoursPlace: School BuildingsFinal Tally: 03-10-10Time: 4:30 pmPlace Peoria IEA OfficeRun-Off (If Necessary)Mail Ballots: 03-16-10Return by: 03-30-10

To: PO Box 1282, PekinElection: 03-24-10Time: School HoursPlace: School BuildingsFinal Tally: 03-31-10Time: 4:30 pmPlace: Peoria IEA Office

REGION 14

Mail Ballots: 02-23-10Return by: 03-09-10To: PO Box 62, Normal

ISU NTT FA (only)Election: 03-03-10Time: School HoursPlace: School Buildings

Final Tally: 03-10-10Time: 5 pmPlace: Bloomington IEA OfficeRun-Off (If Necessary)Mail Ballots: 03-16-10Return by: 03-30-10To: PO Box 62, Normal

ISU NTT FA (only)Election: 03-24-10Time: School HoursPlace: School BuildingsFinal Tally: 03-31-10Time: 5 pmPlace Bloomington IEA Office

REGION 4

Mail Ballots: 02-23-10Return by: 03-09-10To: PO Box 415, CentraliaElection: 03-03-10Time: School HoursPlace: School BuildingsFinal Tally: 03-10-10Time: 5 pmPlace: Pistol City Restaurant ,

CoultervilleRun-Off (If Necessary)Mail Ballots: 03-16-10Return by: 03-30-10To: PO Box 415, CentraliaElection: 03-24-10Time: School HoursPlace: School BuildingsFinal Tally: 03-31-10Time: 5 pmPlace: Pistol City Restaurant ,

Coulterville

REGION 5

Mail Ballots: 02-23-10Return by: 03-09-10To: The UPS Store, PMB 243

17 Junction DriveGlen Carbon, IL 62034

Election: 03-03-10Time: School HoursPlace: School BuildingsFinal Tally: 03-10-10Time: 4 pmPlace: Edwardsville IEA OfficeRun-Off (If Necessary)Mail Ballots: 03-16-10Return by: 03-30-10To: The UPS Store, PMB 243

17 Junction DriveGlen Carbon, IL 62034

Election: 03-24-10Time: School HoursPlace: School BuildingsFinal Tally: 03-31-10

Time: 4 pmPlace: Edwardsville IEA Office

REGION 6

Mail Ballots: 02-23-10Return by: 03-09-10To: PO Box 973, EdwardsvilleElection: 03-03-10Time: School HoursPlace: School BuildingsFinal Tally: 03-10-10Time: 4:30 pmPlace: Edwardsville IEA OfficeRun-Off (If Necessary)Mail Ballots: 03-16-10Return by: 03-30-10To: PO Box 973, Edwardsville

Election: 03-24-10Time: School HoursPlace: School BuildingsFinal Tally: 03-31-10Time: 4:30 pmPlace: Edwardsville IEA Office

REGION 7

Mail Ballots: 03-09-10Return by: 03-24-10To: PO Box 6004, Eff inghamElection: 03-17-10Time: School HoursPlace: School BuildingsFinal Tally: 03-24-10

REGION 15

Mail Ballots: 02-23-10Return by: 03-09-10To: PO Box 843, StreatorElection: 03-03-10Time: School HoursPlace: School BuildingsFinal Tally: 03-10-10Time: 5 pmPlace: Morris IEA OfficeRun-Off (If Necessary)Mail Ballots: 03-16-10Return by: 03-30-10To: PO Box 843, StreatorElection: 03-24-10Time: School HoursPlace: School BuildingsFinal Tally: 03-31-10Time: 5 pmPlace: Morris IEA Office

REGION 16

Mail Ballots: 02-23-10Return by: 03-09-10To: PO Box 10683, PeoriaElection: 03-03-10Time: School Hours

Place: School BuildingsFinal Tally: 03-10-10Time: 5 pmPlace: Peoria IEA OfficeRun-Off (If Necessary)Mail Ballots: 03-16-10Return by: 03-30-10To: PO Box 10683, PeoriaElection: 03-24-10Time: School HoursPlace: School BuildingsFinal Tally: 03-31-10Time: 5 pmPlace: Peoria IEA Office

REGION 17

Mail Ballots: 02-23-10

Return by: 03-09-10To: PO Box 128, GalesburgElection: 03-03-10Time: School HoursPlace: School BuildingsFinal Tally: 03-10-10Time: 6 pmPlace: Hammers General

Feed Store,394-L Plaza, Galesburg

Run-Off (If Necessary)Mail Ballots: 03-16-10Return by: 03-30-10To: PO Box 128, GalesburgElection: 03-24-10Time: School HoursPlace: School BuildingsFinal Tally: 03-31-10Time: 6 pmPlace: Hammers General

Feed Store,394-L Plaza, Galesburg

REGION 18

Election: 03-03-10Time: School HoursPlace: School BuildingsFinal Tally: 03-10-10Time: 4:30 pmPlace: Moline IEA Office



19/24

Run-Off (If Necessary)Election: 03-24-10Time: School HoursPlace: School BuildingsFinal Tally: 03-31-10Time: 4:30 pmPlace: Moline IEA Office

REGION 19

Mail Ballots: 02-23-10Return by: 03-09-10To: PO Box 1075, SterlingElection: 03-03-10Time: School HoursPlace: School BuildingsFinal Tally: 03-10-10Time: 5 pmPlace: Sterling IEA OfficeRun-Off (If Necessary)Mail Ballots: 03-16-10Return by: 03-30-10To: PO Box 1075, SterlingElection: 03-24-10Time: School HoursPlace: School BuildingsFinal Tally: 03-31-10Time: 5 pmPlace: Sterling IEA Office

REGION 20

Mail Ballots: 02-06-10Return by: 03-10-10To: PO Box 1075, SterlingElection: 03-03-10Time: School HoursPlace: School BuildingsFinal Tally: 03-10-10Time: 4 pmPlace: Sterling IEA OfficeRun-Off (If Necessary)Mail Ballots: 03-26-10Return by: 04-14-10To: PO Box 1075, SterlingElection: 04-07-10Time: School HoursPlace: School BuildingsFinal Tally: 04-14-10Time: 4 pmPlace: Sterling IEA Office

REGION 21

Mail Ballots: 02-26-10Return by: 03-22-10 NoonTo: PO Box 1804, RockfordElection: 03-16-10Time: School HoursPlace: School BuildingsFinal Tally: 03-22-10Time: 5 pmPlace: Rockford IEA OfficeRun-Off (If Necessary)Mail Ballots: 03-31-10Return by: 04-21-10 NoonTo: PO Box 1804, RockfordElection: 04-15-10Time: School HoursPlace: School BuildingsFinal Tally: 04-21-10Time: 5 pmPlace: Rockford IEA Office

REGION 26

Election: 03-03-10Time: School HoursPlace: School BuildingsFinal Tally: 03-10-10Time: 4:30 pmPlace: Matteson IEA OfficeRun-Off (If Necessary)Election: 03-24-10

Time: School HoursPlace: School BuildingsFinal Tally: 03-31-10Time: 4:30 pmPlace: Matteson IEA Office

REGION 27

Election: 03-03-10Time: School HoursPlace: School BuildingsFinal Tally: 03-10-10Time: 4:30 pmPlace: Matteson IEA OfficeRun-Off (If Necessary)Election: 03-24-10Time: School HoursPlace: School Buildings

Final Tally: 03-31-10Time: 4:30 pmPlace: Matteson IEA Office

REGION 28

Election: 03-09-10Time: School HoursPlace: School BuildingsFinal Tally: 03-11-10Time: 4 pmPlace: Matteson IEA OfficeRun-Off (If Necessary)Election: 04-13-10Time: School HoursPlace: School BuildingsFinal Tally: 04-15-10Time: 4 pmPlace: Matteson IEA Office

REGION 29

Election: 03-03-10Time: School HoursPlace: School BuildingsFinal Tally: 03-10-10Time: 5 pmPlace: Lombard IEA OfficeRun-Off (If Necessary)Election: 03-24-10Time: School HoursPlace: School BuildingsFinal Tally: 03-31-10Time: 5 pmPlace: Lombard IEA Office

REGION 30

Mail Ballots: 02-23-10Return by: 03-09-10To: PO Box 1252, Tinley ParkElection: 03-03-10Time: School HoursPlace: School BuildingsFinal Tally: 03-10-10Time: 4 pmPlace: Sandburg High SchoolRun-Off (If Necessary)Mail Ballots: 03-16-10Return by: 03-30-10To: PO Box 1252, Tinley ParkElection: 03-24-10

Time: School HoursPlace: School BuildingsFinal Tally: 03-31-10Time: 4 pmPlace: Sandburg High School

REGION 31

Election: 03-03-10Time: School Hours

Place: School BuildingsFinal Tally: 03-09-10Time: 4:30 6:30 pmPlace: Lombard IEA OfficeRun-Off (If Necessary)Election: 03-24-10Time: School HoursPlace: School BuildingsFinal Tally: 03-30-10Time: 4:30 6:30 pmPlace: Lombard IEA Office

REGION 32


Time: 4:30 pmPlace: West Suburban IEA OfficeRun-Off (If Necessary)Election: 03-24-10Time: School HoursPlace: School BuildingsFinal Tally: 03-31-10Time: 4:30 pmPlace: West Suburban IEA Office

REGION 33

Election: 03-03-10Time: School HoursPlace: School BuildingsFinal Tally: 03-10-10Time: 4 pmPlace: Lombard IEA Office

Run-Off (If Necessary)Election: 03-24-10Time: School HoursPlace: School BuildingsFinal Tally: 03-31-10Time: 4 pmPlace: Lombard IEA Office

REGION 34

Election: 03-03-10Time: School HoursPlace: School BuildingsFinal Tally: 03-10-10Time: 4:15 pmPlace: Palatine IEA OfficeRun-Off (If Necessary)Election: 03-24-10Time: School HoursPlace: School BuildingsFinal Tally: 03-31-10Time: 4:15 pmPlace: Palatine IEA Office

REGION 35

Election: 03-08-10Time: School HoursPlace: School BuildingsFinal Tally: 03-08-10Time: 4 pmPlace: District #54 OfficeRun-Off (If Necessary)Election: 03-30-10

Time: School HoursPlace: School BuildingsFinal Tally: 03-30-10Time: 4 pmPlace: District #54 Office

REGION 36


Place: School BuildingsFinal Tally: 03-10-10Time: 4:30 pmPlace: Skokie IEA OfficeRun-Off (If Necessary)Election: 03-24-10Time: School HoursPlace: School BuildingsFinal Tally: 03-31-10Time: 4:30 pmPlace: Skokie IEA Office

REGION 37


Time: 4:30 pmPlace: Skokie IEA OfficeRun-Off (If Necessary)Election: 03-24-10Time: School HoursPlace: School BuildingsFinal Tally: 03-31-10Time: 4:30 pmPlace: Skokie IEA Office

REGION 38

Election: 03-02-10Time: School HoursPlace: School BuildingsFinal Tally: 03-09-10Time: 5 pmPlace: Libertyvil le IEA OfficRun-Off (If Necessary)Election: 03-24-10Time: School HoursPlace: School BuildingsFinal Tally: 03-31-10Time: 5 pmPlace: Libertyvil le IEA Offic

REGION 39

Election: 03-02-10Time: School HoursPlace: WorksiteFinal Tally: 03-09-10Time: 4:30 pmPlace: West Suburban IEA OfficeRun-Off (If Necessary)Election: 03-16-10Time: School HoursPlace: WorksiteFinal Tally: 03-23-10Time: 4:30 pmPlace: West Suburban IEA Office

REGION 40

Election: 03-10-10Time: School HoursPlace: School BuildingsFinal Tally: 03-17-10Time: 4 pmPlace: West Suburban IEA OfficeRun-Off (If Necessary)Election: 03-24-10

REGION 18 continued REGION 30 continued REGION 35 continued

ELECTIONS FOR DELEGATES TO THE 2010 NEA REPRESENTATIVE ASSEMBLY

REGION 22

Mail Ballots: 02-23-10Return by: 03-09-10To: PO Box 625, RochelleElection: 03-03-10Time: School HoursPlace: School BuildingsFinal Tally: 03-10-10Time: 5 pmPlace: Rockford IEA OfficeRun-Off (If Necessary)Mail Ballots: 03-16-10Return by: 03-30-10To: PO Box 625, RochelleElection: 03-24-10Time: School HoursPlace: School BuildingsFinal Tally: 03-31-10Time: 5 pmPlace: Rockford IEA Office

REGION 23

Mail Ballots: 02-23-10Return by: 03-09-10

To: PO Box 147, Crystal LakeElection: 03-03-10Time: School HoursPlace: School BuildingsFinal Tally: 03-10-10Time: 4:30 pmPlace: Crystal Lake South H.S.Run-Off (If Necessary)Mail Ballots: 03-16-10Return by: 04-13-10To: PO Box 147, Crystal LakeElection: 04-07-10Time: School HoursPlace: School BuildingsFinal Tally: 04-14-10Time: 4:30 pmPlace: Crystal Lake South H.S.

REGION 24

Election: 03-02-10Time: School HoursPlace: School BuildingsFinal Tally: 03-02-10Time: 5 pmPlace: Elgin IEA OfficeRun-Off (If Necessary)Election: 03-09-10Time: School HoursPlace: School BuildingsFinal Tally: 03-09-10Time: 5 pmPlace: Elgin IEA Office

REGION 25

Election: 03-03-10Time: School HoursPlace: School BuildingsFinal Tally: 03-10-10Time: 4:30 - 6 pmPlace: Elgin IEA OfficeRun-Off (If Necessary)Election: 03-24-10Time: School HoursPlace: School BuildingsFinal Tally: 03-31-10Time: 4:30 - 6 pmPlace: Elgin IEA Office



20/24

REGION 40 continued REGION 48 continued REGION 53 continued REGION 57 continued

Time: School HoursPlace: School BuildingsFinal Tally: 03-26-10Time: 4 pmPlace: West Suburban IEA Office

REGION 41

Election: 03-10-10

Time: School HoursPlace: School BuildingsFinal Tally: 03-17-10Time: 4:30 pmPlace: School BuildingRun-Off (If Necessary)Election: 04-21-10Time: School HoursPlace: School BuildingsFinal Tally: 04-28-10Time: 4:30 pmPlace: School Building

REGION 42


Place: School BuildingsFinal Tally: 03-10-10Time: 4:30 pmPlace: Palatine IEA OfficeRun-Off (If Necessary)Election: 03-24-10Time: School HoursPlace: School BuildingsFinal Tally: 03-31-10Time: 4:30 pmPlace: Palatine IEA Office

REGION 43


Time: 4:30 5:30 pmPlace: Home BuildingRun-Off (If Necessary)Election: 03-24-10Time: School HoursPlace: School BuildingsFinal Tally: 03-31-10Time: 4:30 5:30 pmPlace: Home Building

REGION 44

Mail Ballots: 02-23-10Return by: 03-09-10To: PO Box 504, BradleyElection: 03-03-10Time: School HoursPlace: School BuildingsFinal Tally: 03-10-10Time: 6 pmPlace: 453 Cleveland,

BourbonnaisRun-Off (If Necessary)Mail Ballots: 03-16-10Return by: 03-30-10To: PO Box 504, BradleyElection: 03-24-10Time: School HoursPlace: School BuildingsFinal Tally: 03-31-10Time: 6 pmPlace: 453 Cleveland,

Bourbonnais

REGION 45

Mail Ballots: 02-23-10Return by: 03-09-10To: PO Box 91, Glen CarbonElection: 03-03-10Time: School HoursPlace: School BuildingsFinal Tally: 03-10-10Time: 5 pm

Place: Edwardsville IEA OfficeRun-Off (If Necessary)Mail Ballots: 03-16-10Return by: 03-30-10To: PO Box 91, Glen CarbonElection: 03-24-10Time: School HoursPlace: School BuildingsFinal Tally: 03-31-10Time: 5 pmPlace: Edwardsville IEA Office

REGION 46

Election: 03-04-10Time: School HoursPlace: School BuildingsFinal Tally: 03-11-10Time: 4:30 pmPlace: Lombard IEA OfficeRun-Off (If Necessary)Election: 04-08-10Time: School HoursPlace: School BuildingsFinal Tally: 04-15-10Time: 4:30 pmPlace: Lombard IEA Office

REGION 47

Mail Ballots: 02-23-10Return by: 03-09-10To: PO Box 7063, SpringfieldElection: 03-03-10Time: School Hours

Place: School BuildingsFinal Tally: 03-10-10Time: 4 pmPlace: Liberty Drive IEA OfficeRun-Off (If Necessary)Mail Ballots: 03-16-10Return by: 03-30-10To: PO Box 7063, SpringfieldElection: 03-24-10Time: School HoursPlace: School BuildingsFinal Tally: 03-31-10Time: 4 pmPlace: Liberty Drive IEA Office

REGION 48


Return by: 03-09-10To: PO Box 1525, Mt. VernonElection: 03-03-10Time: School HoursPlace: School BuildingsFinal Tally: 03-10-10Time: 4:30 pmPlace: Mt. Vernon IEA Off iceRun-Off (If Necessary)Mail Ballots: 03-16-10Return by: 03-30-10To: PO Box 1525, Mt. VernonElection: 03-24-10Time: School Hours

Place: School BuildingsFinal Tally: 03-31-10Time: 4:30 pmPlace: Mt . Vernon IEA Office

REGION 49

Election: 03-16-10Time: School HoursPlace: School Buildings

Final Tally: 03-22-10Time: 4:30 pmPlace: Libertyvil le IEA OfficeRun-Off (If Necessary)Election: 04-15-10Time: School HoursPlace: School BuildingsFinal Tally: 04-19-10Time: 4:30 pmPlace: Libertyvil le IEA Office

REGION 50

Election: 03-03-10Time: School HoursPlace: School BuildingsFinal Tally: 03-10-10Time: 4 pmPlace: Washington SchoolRun-Off (If Necessary)Election: 03-17-10Time: School HoursPlace: School BuildingsFinal Tally: 03-24-10Time: 4 pmPlace: Washington School

REGION 51

Mail Ballots: 02-23-10Return by: 03-09-10To: PO Box 209, MorrisElection: 03-03-10Time: School HoursPlace: School BuildingsFinal Tally: 03-10-10Time: 5 pmPlace: Morris IEA OfficeRun-Off (If Necessary)Mail Ballots: 03-16-10Return by: 03-30-10To: PO Box 209, MorrisElection: 03-24-10Time: School HoursPlace: School BuildingsFinal Tally: 03-31-10Time: 5 pmPlace: Morris IEA Office

REGION 52

Election: 03-03-10Time: School HoursPlace: School BuildingsFinal Tally: 03-10-10Time: 5 pm

Place: West Suburban IEA OfficeRun-Off (If Necessary)Election: 03-24-10Time: School HoursPlace: School BuildingsFinal Tally: 03-31-10Time: 5 pmPlace: West Suburban IEA Office

REGION 53

Mail Ballots: 02-23-10Return by: 03-09-10To: PO Box 548, BurlingtonElection: 03-03-10Time: School Hours

Place: School BuildingsFinal Tally: 03-10-10Time: 4 pmPlace: Elgin IEA OfficeRun-Off (If Necessary)Mail Ballots: 03-16-10Return by: 03-30-10To: PO Box 548, BurlingtonElection: 03-24-10Time: School HoursPlace: School BuildingsFinal Tally: 03-31-10Time: 4 pmPlace: Elgin IEA Office

REGION 54

Mail Ballots: 02-23-10Return by: 03-09-10To: PO Box 469, Cherry ValleyElection: 03-03-10Time: School HoursPlace: School BuildingsFinal Tally: 03-10-10Time: 4:30 pmPlace: Rockford IEA OfficeRun-Off (If Necessary)

Mail Ballots: 03-16-10Return by: 03-30-10To: PO Box 469, Cherry ValleyElection: 03-24-10Time: School HoursPlace: School BuildingsFinal Tally: 03-31-10Time: 4:30 pmPlace: Rockford IEA Office

REGION 55

Election: 03-03-10Time: School HoursPlace: School BuildingsFinal Tally: 03-10-10Time: 5 pmPlace: Matteson IEA OfficeRun-Off (If Necessary)Election: 03-24-10Time: School HoursPlace: School BuildingsFinal Tally: 03-31-10Time: 5 pmPlace: Matteson IEA Office

REGION 56

Election: 03-03-10Time: School HoursPlace: School BuildingsFinal Tally: 03-09-10Time: 4:30 pmPlace: Matteson IEA OfficeRun-Off (If Necessary)Election: 03-24-10Time: School HoursPlace: School BuildingsFinal Tally: 03-31-10Time: 4:30 pmPlace: Matteson IEA Office

REGION 57

Election: 03-03-10Time: School HoursPlace: School BuildingsFinal Tally: 03-08-10Time: 4:30 - 6:30 pmPlace: Lombard IEA Office

Run-Off (If Necessary)Election: 03-24-10Time: School HoursPlace: School BuildingsFinal Tally: 03-29-10Time: 4:30 - 6:30 pmPlace: Lombard IEA Office

REGION 58

Election: 03-03-10Time: School HoursPlace: School BuildingsFinal Tally: 03-10-10Time: 5 pmPlace: Lombard IEA OfficeRun-Off (If Necessary)Election: 03-24-10Time: School HoursPlace: School BuildingsFinal Tally: 03-31-10Time: 5 pmPlace: Lombard IEA Office

REGION 59


Return by: 03-09-10To: PO Box 1668, BridgeviewElection: 03-03-10Time: School HoursPlace: School BuildingsFinal Tally: 03-10-10Time: 3 pmPlace: Oak Ridge SchoolRun-Off (If Necessary)Mail Ballots: 03-16-10Return by: 03-30-10To: PO Box 1668, BridgeviewElection: 03-24-10Time: School HoursPlace: School BuildingsFinal Tally: 03-31-10

Time: 3 pmPlace: Oak Ridge School

REGION 60

Mail Ballots: 02-23-10Return by: 03-18-10To: PO Box *Election: 03-12-10Time: School HoursPlace: School BuildingsFinal Tally: 03-18-10Time: 8 pmPlace: IEA RARun-Off (If Necessary)Mail Ballots: 04-01-10Return by: 04-19-10To: PO Box *

Election: 04-14-10Time: School HoursPlace: School BuildingsFinal Tally: 04-20-10Time: 6 pmPlace: Libertyvil le IEA Offic

REGION 61

Election: 03-03-10Time: School HoursPlace: School BuildingsFinal Tally: 03-08-10Time: 4:30 pm


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21/24

Place: Plainf ield South H.S.Run-Off (If Necessary)Election: 03-24-10Time: School HoursPlace: School BuildingsFinal Tally: 03-26-10Time: 4:30 pmPlace: Plainf ield South H.S.

REGION 62

Election: 03-03-10Time: School HoursPlace: School BuildingsFinal Tally: 03-10-10Time: 7 pmPlace: Bloomington IEA OfficeRun-Off (If Necessary)Election: 04-07-10Time: School HoursPlace: School BuildingsFinal Tally: 04-14-10Time: 7 pmPlace: Bloomington IEA Office

REGION 63


Place: School BuildingsFinal Tally: 03-04-10

Time: 5 pmPlace: Elgin IEA OfficeRun-Off (If Necessary)Election: 03-29-10Time: School HoursPlace: School BuildingsFinal Tally: 03-31-10Time: 5 pm

Place: Elgin IEA OfficeREGION 64

Election: 03-03-10Time: School HoursPlace: School BuildingsFinal Tally: 03-10-10Time: 4:30 pmPlace: Seth Paine School

Lake Zurich, ILRun-Off (If Necessary)Election: 03-24-10Time: School HoursPlace: School BuildingsFinal Tally: 03-31-10Time: 4:30 pm

Place: Seth Paine SchoolLake Zurich, IL

REGION 65

Election: 03-09-10Time: School HoursPlace: School BuildingsFinal Tally: 03-16-10Time: 2 pmPlace: Bednarcik Junior HighRun-Off (If Necessary)

Election: 03-18-10Time: School HoursPlace: School BuildingsFinal Tally: 03-25-10Time: 2 pmPlace: Bednarcik Junior High

REGION 66

Mail Ballots: 03-08-10Return by: 03-23-10To: PO Box 7336, Libertyvi lleElection: 03-17-10Time: School HoursPlace: School BuildingsFinal Tally: 03-24-10

Time: 4 pmPlace: Libertyvil le IEA Office

Run-Off (If Necessary)Mail Ballots: 03-30-10Return by: 04-20-10To: PO Box 7336, Libertyvi lleElection: 04-14-10Time: School HoursPlace: School BuildingsFinal Tally: 04-21-10Time: 4 pmPlace: Libertyville IEA Office

REGION 67

Mail Ballots: 02-23-10Return by: 03-09-10To: IEA Region 67

P.O. Box 246,Chicago,IL 60690-0246

Election: 03-03-10Time: School HoursPlace: School BuildingsFinal Tally: 03-10-10Time: 3 pmPlace: Chicago IEA Office

Run-Off (If Necessary)Mail Ballots: 03-16-10

Return by: 03-30-10To: IEA Region 67

P.O. Box 246,Chicago, IL 60690-0246

Election: 03-24-10Time: School HoursPlace: School BuildingsFinal Tally: 03-31-10Time: 3 pmPlace: Chicago IEA Office

* Post Office Box informationwill be furnished along withmail ballot instructions.


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REGION 3

Mail Ballots: 03-11-10Return by: 03-30-10To: PO Box 6004, EffinghamElection: 03-23-10Time: School HoursPlace: School BuildingsFinal Tally: 03-30-10Time: 6 pmPlace: Effingham IEA OfficeRun-Off (If Necessary)Mail Ballots: 04-08-10

Return by: 04-27-10To: PO Box 6004, EffinghamElection: 04-20-10Time: School HoursPlace: School BuildingsFinal Tally: 04-27-10Time: 6 pmPlace: Effingham IEA Office

REGION 8

Mail Ballots: 02-23-10Return by: 03-09-10To: PO Box 169, BismarckElection: 03-03-10Time: School HoursPlace: School BuildingsFinal Tally: 03-10-10Time: 6 pm

Place: Champaign IEA Off iceRun-Off (If Necessary)Mail Ballots: 03-16-10Return by: 03-30-10To: PO Box 169, BismarckElection: 03-24-10Time: School HoursPlace: School BuildingsFinal Tally: 03-31-10Time: 6 pmPlace: Champaign IEA Off ice

REGION 10

Mail Ballots: 02-23-10Return by:

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