We imagine a world where Lake Forest and Lake Bluff's public schools serve as exemplary models for North Shore school districts, producing consistently high levels of academic achievement due to a culture that promotes academic rigor, curricular integrity, operational transparency, and responsible budgeting.
To bring our vision to fruition, we plan to grow Parents Care into an enduring pillar of the community as an independent and non-partisan organization that provides academic, operational, and fiscal oversight and advocates for student-first policies and budgets.
Dear Lake Forest & Lake Bluff Neighbors, "Better schools through community oversight." That is Parents Care's motto and what has motivated us daily over the past two years. The events that transpired in Lake Forest Schools involving yet another alleged child sexual groomer have reminded us all of the necessity of independent community oversight and the vital role you play in helping it succeed through your support.
August 29, 2024We are writing to inform you about a deeply concerning issue that has recently come to light. Thanks in part to the vigilance and determination of Parents Care and conscientious whistleblowers in the District, we were able to remove a potentially dangerous new District 67 hire under active police investigation from the classroom before he was given access to children. Yesterday, we submitted a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request to District 67, specifically seeking information about new hires, including a detailed inquiry into the background of Markise Jackson, a newly hired teaching assistant. In our FOIA request, we shared with the District, Board President, Superintendent and Human Resources lead a troubling news article discovered through our simple due diligence Google search. The article reveals that Mr. Jackson, a former teacher at Tremper High School in Kenosha, Wisconsin, resigned in lieu of termination amidst a criminal investigation into "inappropriate conduct." According to the article, he is under active criminal investigation for inappropriate conduct with students by the Kenosha Police Department. Read the News Article (We did not make this information public yesterday in the abundance of caution and a desire to verify that the new hire was the same individual. We would have gone public today before the first day of school had the District not responded or acted.)
August 20, 2024Parents Care released a report yesterday detailing our investigation into the termination of Lake Forest High School District 115 employee Ryan Eleveld (known to students as Mx. E) earlier this school year. Please take a moment to read the Executive Summary and report at this link if you have not already. Parents Care Board Member Philippe Melin writes to remind us why transparency is critical to keeping our kids safe and offer the elected school board a renewed call to action.
May 24, 2024
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