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The player's mother gets money in return for withdrawing her federal lawsuit.
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The attorney general is looking into a complaint that the board violated the open meetings law in choosing a law firm.
The district got nothing in return for paying $277,470 to the former superintendent, documents show.
The exodus of officials from the district continues. It's uncommon for an administrator to leave before the end of a budget year.
This continues the firm's "systematic intimidation and harassment" of residents, the former official said.
A parent said the district appeased one person, which served to "cheat the masses."
Administrators said the board directed them to create a course. Board members disagreed.
An official said publication by Patch would threaten people's legal rights to privacy.
The previously secret messages detailed a board member's concerns. The district said the allegations were false.
The board failed to release all the closed session minutes that the attorney general requested.
The district says it followed the school board's directive. It's unclear when such an order was given.
Band and music students pushed for the option to free up their schedules.
The board president explained the nearly four-month delay in making public the recording.
The principal spoke about the danger of the accusations. Board members questioned why so few freshmen wanted to take biology.
Current and incoming board members met with a law firm that appeared to have an inside track to get business.
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A board member wanted the course next fall, but an official said that is next to impossible.
A South father says his daughter can't take biology as a freshman. A board member calls for looking into such matters.
The owner said he opened a similar one in Chicago. Many from that neighborhood moved to Hinsdale, he said.
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The attorney general asked the board to release parts of a closed session recording. It's been three months.
Board members met privately with a law firm before the new majority took control.
The teacher had taught at the high school for two decades.
The district seeks to meet the state mandate for full-day kindergarten.
Officials talked for months about issuing a request for proposals to law firms. Then they hired the one that helped oust the superintendent.
The new fee would consolidate a variety of other fees and cover the costs of textbooks, according to the district.
South acknowledges challenges remain in attracting "underserved" students to Advanced Placement courses.
A resident challenged the secrecy. The board defended it. The attorney general sided, in part, with the resident.
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He said District 86 is "rightfully the envy" of other districts. He aims to draft a plan for further improvements.
A former board leader praised current members for rejecting arguments to give each school a different "flavor."
He is leaving a much larger district, but is seeing a sizable pay bump.
A firm that handled the former superintendent's exit won the contract.