Friday, November 30, 2012
Maine Township High School District 207 released a statement about investigations into reports of hazing and bullying at Maine West High School in Des Plaines on Nov. 28.
A few hours after the parent of a former Maine West High School student spoke about her son being hazed and bullied in 2008, and the response from school and district officials, at a press conference at her attorney’s Chicago office on Nov. 28, Maine Township High School District 207 released a statement regarding investigations into the allegations. In part, D-207 stated: “Maine Township High School District 207 is aware of correspondence from 2008 between the mother of a student and Maine West High School administrators concerning a hazing incident that occurred that spring. As previously stated, that incident, involving members of West’s freshman baseball team, came to the attention of Superintendent Dr. Kenneth Wallace on November 16, …
A parent of a Maine West High School student wrote a letter to the principal in August 2008 outlining the reasons why she wanted a transfer for her son to Maine East High School.
In a letter from a parent of a Maine West High School student in 2008, a mother outlines the reasons why she was requesting a transfer for her son to Maine East High School. In a letter to Dr. Audrey Haugan, principal at Maine West, on Aug. 5, 2008, the parent stated the following: “Due to the lack of supervision which occurred in the locker rooms on the Maine West property my son endured a hazing by the freshman baseball A team. The incidents that occurred but are not limited to are physical aggression, a sexual assault, humiliation, verbal abuse, and ongoing emotional distress. These occurred at the hands of a core group of young men on the team.” Antonio Romanucci, an attorney representing four families from the Des Plaines high school…
Athletes at the Des Plaines high school were given letters with information about hazing to present to their parents on Nov. 28, according to a Patch reader.
Maine West High School student athletes were given agreement letters regarding hazing for them and their parents to sign on Nov. 28, according to a Patch reader, the same day a press conference regarding a bullying and hazing lawsuit was held, and Maine West Township High School District 207 released a statement about investigations into reports of bullying and hazing at the Des Plaines high school. In the comments section of a story about three plaintiffs being added to the lawsuit, Patch reader “jsjs” stated: “My daughter came home yesterday with an agreement that needed to be signed by her and a parent that said she would not participate in any hazing activities.” Patch reader “jsjs” added: “This is all just making Maine West look so …
Wednesday, November 28, 2012
Four families have filed a lawsuit against D-207 administrators, faculty, coaches and staff over hazing, bullying, physical and sexual assault allegations. Three plaintiffs were added to the suit on Wednesday.
Shielded by a cap and sunglasses to conceal her identity, the mother of a former Maine West student spoke to reporters with her attorney, Antonio Romanucci, about why she joined the hazing and bullying lawsuit at the law firm’s Chicago office on Wednesday. The woman said she was “sickened” when she heard about the report of a Maine West High School student being hazed and bullied recently. Some of the same coaches were employed at the Des Plaines high school, including varsity soccer coach Michael Divincenzo, she said, as were when her son was the target of similar assaults in 2008. Her son was transferred to Maine East High School in Niles, and continued to suffer as a result of being repeatedly targeted by other student athletes, she …
Tuesday, November 27, 2012
Law firm to hold press conference to announce an additional plaintiff or plaintiffs in its lawsuit against D-207 administrators, faculty, coaches and staff.
The law firm representing the Maine West parents in a sexual assault lawsuit regarding an incident in September is going to announce an additional plaintiff or plaintiffs at a press conference scheduled on Wednesday, according to a statement released by Chicago-based Romanucci & Blandin on Monday. Since the lawsuit regarding the reported hazing incident in September was filed on Nov. 19, another Maine West family has stepped forward and contacted Maine Township High School District 207 regarding a hazing incident in August 2008. D-207 released a statement regarding the report of hazing in August 2008 on Monday. Antonio Romanucci made the following statement regarding the allegations on Monday: It is our belief that Maine West High School …
Monday, November 26, 2012
After a lawsuit alleging sexual assault and hazing of a student was filed last week, D-207 launched another investigation--this time into a hazing incident that reportedly took place in 2008. It involved a coach also named in this month's lawsuit.
OUTSIDE CHICAGO, IL -- After a parent brought a hazing and sexual assault lawsuit against a Des Plaines high school last week, a second family stepped forward to allege their child was the victim of hazing on a sports team at the school. The second family said their child was on the Maine West High School freshman boys' baseball team in 2008, when Michael Divincenzo was coach. D-207 has launched investigations into both sets of allegations. The 2012 lawsuit, filed on Nov. 19, named Divincenzo, along with other administrators, faculty, staff and the high school district, as being the responsible adults in charge when the hazing took place in September 2012. Their child was on a soccer team. On Monday, Nov. 26, Maine Township High School …
Wednesday, July 18, 2012
They signed a teachers contract because they had common goals–to avoid the financial chaos that led to laying off 137 employees two years ago.
The new three-year contract between Maine Township High School District 207 and the Maine Teachers Association was approved with little dissension June 18. “We had a really good teacher leadership team and a good administrative team coming together,” District 207 Superintendent Ken Wallace said. “We work together with teachers every day on a variety of issues for the good of the students. We’ve got good trust, we’ve got a good working relationship and we took that to the table.” Earlier: District approves teacher contract The contract includes an average raise of .66 percent in the first year, no raise in the second year and an increase of between .5 percent and 2.4 percent in the third year depending on the consumer price index. It also …
Monday, May 21, 2012
Ninth-graders at Maine East, South were tested when they arrived in September, and have higher scores than the district's sophomores, juniors and seniors.
Freshmen in Maine Township High School District 207 did better, on average, than previous classes on the ACT’s Explore test. The Explore test is generally given as the first is a series of tests culminating with the ACT college entrance exam. All Illinois public high school juniors take the ACT as part of the Prairie State Achievement Exam. The scores, which were presented in a report at a recent school board meeting, showed that the composite Explore score for District 207’s class of 2015 was 17. That's 0.4 points above the average of the composite scores of the last three years, according to the report from Barbara Dill-Varga, the assistant superintendent for curriculum. Earlier: Test scores for class of 2012 slipped “In every …
Monday, November 14, 2011
Some administrators cite costs to families as prohibitive factor.
Some students in Maine Township High School District 207 are not signing up for summer schools because they cannot afford it, administrators said at the school board meeting on Nov. 7. The number of students that took summer school classes dropped from 7,735 in 2008 to 6,769 in 2011 across the district, according to a report presented at the meeting. Over the three-year period all three high schools, Maine East and Maine South in Park Ridge and Maine West in Des Plaines, experienced reduced enrollments. Scholarships are available, but they don’t pay the full cost, and sometimes that’s not enough, said Barbara Dill-Varga, assistant superintendent of curriculum and instruction. “Some of our students have to work, or perhaps they have to stay…
Friday, September 9, 2011
The high school district is also ready to move info online, and a state grant promised for 2002 may finally arrive.
The Maine Township High School District 207 school board approved a final budget at its Sept. 6 meeting calling for $140 million in revenue and $140.2 million in spending for the current school year. Both numbers were adjusted slightly from the tentative budget on which the district held a public hearing in August. Projected revenue rose from $137.4 million to $140 million based on new projections for state aid, based on updated poverty and special education estimates, as well as the addition of grants that had not been approved a month ago. Projected expenses decreased from $140.6 million to $140.2 million based on the actual level of staffing, recent medical insurance claims history and other adjustments. Earlier: District 207 Students …
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