Former state school employee Patricia Hennessy, who retired in June 2016, saved $156,658 toward a pension over 35 years working for public schools, Teachers' Retirement System of the State of Illinois records show.
Former state school employee Gail Weerts, who retired in December 2016, saved $18,330 toward a pension over 5 years working for public schools, Teachers' Retirement System of the State of Illinois records show.
Former state school employee Georgiann Foley, who retired in January 2017, saved $54,446 toward a pension over 13 years working for public schools, Teachers' Retirement System of the State of Illinois records show.
DuPage County schools would be net losers of state funding under a bill that passed the Illinois State Senate Wednesday.
Former state school employee Debra Sasveld, who retired in June 2017, saved $132,892 toward a pension over 39 years working for public schools, Teachers' Retirement System of the State of Illinois records show.
Former state school employee Susan Demeyer, who retired in June 2017, saved $120,407 toward a pension over 34 years working for public schools, Teachers' Retirement System of the State of Illinois records show.
Former state school employee Madeleine Ciezak, who retired in June 2017, saved $41,418 toward a pension over 9 years working for public schools, Teachers' Retirement System of the State of Illinois records show.
Former state school employee Alice Butler, who retired in June 2017, saved $152,184 toward a pension over 30 years working for public schools, Teachers' Retirement System of the State of Illinois records show.
Winfield School District 34 has $3,223,164 in debt, which is $4,219 per household in the district, according to Illinois State Board of Education 2016 financial reports obtained by the DuPage Policy Journal.
Former state school employee Gwynne Kell, who retired in July 2017, saved $312,959 toward a pension over 32 years working for public schools, Teachers' Retirement System of the State of Illinois records show.
The Illinois State Board of Education (ISBE) has placed Winfield School District 34 on its financial "Recognition" list.
Grade school districts in Oak Brook, Hinsdale and Naperville ranked among Illinois' top 100 for reading aptitude, according to the Illinois State Board of Education.
Grade school districts in Oak Brook, Hinsdale and Naperville ranked highest in DuPage County for reading aptitude, according to the Illinois State Board of Education.
Lisle Community Unit School District 202, Salt Creek School District 48 and Burr Ridge Community Consolidated School District 180 received the best financial ratings by the Illinois State Board of Education (ISBE) for their 2017 finances.
School districts in Itasca, Darien and Winfield were among those in Illinois that paid the least in penalties since 2005 for spiking employee salaries to boost outgoing teachers' retirement benefits, according to data obtained from the Teache