Corruption plagues the D209 school board. In 2023, the D209 Together Slate was formed to re-elect then-school board member Theresa Kelly.
What you may not know is that two sitting board members, Della Patterson and Rodney Alexander, formed and led the D209 Together Political Party, financially supporting her campaign.
What if I told you that then-superintendent Henderson was instrumental in financing their campaign by utilizing district resources? On Illinois Sunshine, you can see all campaign contributors. I direct your attention specifically to two donors, Metropolitan Corp and Unique Products.
Why is this significant? Those two organizations are actually school vendors, as in they provide goods and services to D209. So what, you may think, vendors always contribute to campaigns - nothing wrong there.
Well, the issue here is how they were contacted. You see, then-superintendent Henderson provided them a list of school vendors to contact. He leveraged district resources and labor to compile a list of vendors.
Say what?! The superintendent colluding with board members to influence an election? What they were promised, no-bid contracts, preferential treatment? One can only wonder...
Corruption has no place in any government body, let alone a board of education. You're dealing with the educational formation of future generations - generations that will continue to call Proviso home. The community will provide a huge disservice if we continue to undermine their educational outcomes.
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