Dupage Policy Journal

Winfield elementary school parents are questioning a math coach’s judgment over political correctness.  

The point of contention is that the coach told the children they were not allowed to use the word "dice" to refer to throwing dice, but rather "dot cubes" to protect the children whose parents may be gambling addicts. In addition, the coach allegedly told the kids they were unable to use dried beans as counters because it was offensive to starving families. 

“It was verified multiple grades were given this directive from the math coach," a source told DuPage Policy Journal.

Pleasant Hill Elementary School, located in Winfield and headed by its principal Paraskevi Stamatoukos and assistant principal Robert Cerny, serves 602 children in kindergarten through fifth grade, according to usnews.com. 

The school is part of Community Unit School District 200. CUSD 200 was under the spotlight earlier this year after details of its "Panthers in Black" lecture series were provided to Dupage Policy Journal. In that incident, the school district prompted black students to lecture whites on topics such as "black hair culture" and the "importance of Black History Month." District 200 is located in DuPage County and according to its website, it "primarily serves the communities of Wheaton and Warrenville, as well as portions of Carol Stream, Winfield, West Chicago, and adjacent unincorporated areas."

CUSD 200 was a strong supporter of masking in schools. Despite this, spokeswoman Erica Loiacono was spotted last fall, long before the school system, as one of many across the state to drop masking due to its unconstitutionality, DuPage Policy Journal previously reported. 

The school has supported allowing graphic novels, including pornography, in school libraries, DuPage previously reported. Despite this, when one parent went to read the novels aloud, CUSD 200’s Dr. Jeff Schuler cautioned a parent not to read aloud from the books. "Reading some passages from that text would not likely be appropriate for a public Board Meeting setting," Schuler emailed the parent. Schuler makes $269,620.80 per year.