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14 | January 19, 2017 | The highland park landmark Sound-off<br />
hplandmark.com<br />
Letters to the Editor<br />
Time for Ross to resign<br />
from D112 board<br />
“Politicians and diapers<br />
must be changed often,<br />
and for the same reasons.”<br />
— Mark Twain<br />
2017 is off to a great<br />
start here in Highland<br />
Park. The days are getting<br />
longer, the sun feels<br />
a little warmer and the<br />
contentious North Shore<br />
School District 112<br />
school board is going to<br />
be “almost” fully replaced<br />
shortly. Notice I said,<br />
“almost.”<br />
Let’s review the school<br />
board math. There were<br />
three school board members<br />
that voted for the<br />
referendum, but wisely<br />
opposed BDR3 (Karla<br />
Livney, Samantha Stolberg<br />
and Eric Ephraim).<br />
Both Livney and Stolberg<br />
have decided not to run<br />
again and Ephraim’s term<br />
expires in 2019. I believe<br />
they should be thanked<br />
for their service, applauded<br />
for trying to slow<br />
down the process and for<br />
arguing to develop a better<br />
solution to our school<br />
problems. Additionally,<br />
Ephraim deserves a special<br />
dispensation since<br />
he appears to have been<br />
the “voice of reason”<br />
throughout the entire<br />
process and will provide<br />
important continuity for<br />
the new school board<br />
members.<br />
Conversely, there were<br />
four board members that<br />
supported the ill-fated referendum<br />
and steadfastly<br />
defended BDR3 at almost<br />
any cost to the community.<br />
Two of these board<br />
members have already<br />
resigned. A third member,<br />
Jane Solmor-Mordini, is<br />
running for re-election.<br />
She will face the voters in<br />
April. I’m not much of a<br />
handicapper, but I don’t<br />
like her chances for reelection.<br />
Then there is a fourth<br />
board member, Yumi<br />
Ross, (whose term ends<br />
in 2019) that quietly supported<br />
the referendum,<br />
supported BDR3, until the<br />
horse had left the barn,<br />
and now wants to continue<br />
to sit on the school<br />
board for two more years.<br />
Huh?? She has been on<br />
the wrong side of major<br />
issues on the school board<br />
and taken no responsibility<br />
or ownership for her<br />
bad decisions. Ross had<br />
the extraordinary power,<br />
with her vote, to end<br />
much of the acrimony<br />
over BDR3 and she chose<br />
to consistently punt.<br />
(What were you possibly<br />
thinking?) She showed<br />
no independence and no<br />
leadership. Voting “present”<br />
and warming a chair<br />
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