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Independent Glenview Village Board candidate Benjamin Polony (left), 19. speaks at
a hearing Jan. 3 about a challenge to his nominating petitions. Polony will appear on
the ballot after seeing off the challenge. photo by jason addy/22nd century media
Independent teen Village Board
candidate fends off ballot challenge
Jason Addy, Editor
Nineteen-year-old Benjamin
Polony will be
included on the April 2
ballot as a candidate for
Glenview Village Board
after four Glenview
residents dropped their
objections.
The four residents —
Elizabeth Brown, Kathleen
Gazda, and Judith and
William Traynor — filed
paperwork on Wednesday,
Jan. 9, to withdraw their
previous objections to
more than half of the signatures
Polony submitted
to appear on the ballot.
Mary Ryan Norwell, an
attorney with Odelson and
Sterk who represented the
residents, submitted the
documents several hours
after a review by the Cook
County Clerk’s Office of
Polony’s nominating petitions
showed Polony had
enough valid signatures
to withstand the residents’
objections.
The review on Wednesday,
Jan. 9, found that
222 of the 286 signatures
Polony submitted were
valid - 26 more than the
196-signature requirement
for a candidate to
have his or her name appear
on the ballot.
Village President Jim
Patterson, Trustee Debby
Karton and Village Manager
Matthew Formica
- the three members of
the Village of Glenview
Municipal Officers Electoral
Board - will now
sign an order to dismiss
the residents’ objection as
it is now moot following
their withdrawal, according
to Lynne Stiefel, the
village’s communications
manager.
That means the final
ballot will include seven
names.
Polony is running as an
independent candidate;
Dia Morgan, Cathy Wilson
and Tom Greenhaw
are running as the Better
Government in Glenview
Party; and incumbent
trustee Mike Jenny,
Chuck Gitles and Mary
Cooper are running under
the Citizens for Glenview
banner.
‘Bound to fail’
After the Cook County
Clerk’s review and learning
the residents’ objections
were withdrawn,
Polony told The Lantern
he felt the challenge was
“bound to fail from the
start” as he collected the
signatures alongside family
and friends “in good
faith” and in “great locations,”
like outside
Village Hall during last
November’s election.
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Northbrook/Glenview D30 Board of Education
D30, Park Districts ready to keep
students busy during long summer
NEIL MILBERT
Freelance Reporter
Many years ago, the documentary
motion picture
“Endless Summer” chronicled
the global search by
a couple of surfers for the
perfect wave.
This summer, Maple
School will present its own
rendition of “Endless Summer.”
Because of the massive
building project at Maple
School, the 2018-19 school
year will end on May 29
and the 2019-20 school year
won’t begin until Sept. 3.
To fill the activities void
for students and parents,
the Glenview and Northbrook
Park Districts are
offering special programs,
Northbrook/Glenview District
30 Superintendent Dr.
Brian Wegley told the district’s
Board of Education
at its Jan. 10 meeting.
The Glenview Park District
is going to host Camp
Willowbrook June 3-7,
Aug. 12-16 and Aug. 19-
23, while the Northbrook
Park District will offer its
Summer Warm-Up camp
from June 10-14 and its
Awesome August camps
Aug. 12-16, Aug. 19-23
and Aug. 26-30.
The Northbrook locations
will also offer beforeand
after-camp day care.
Glenview children can
participate in the Northbrook
camps for the same
price as Northbrook children,
Dr. Wegley said.
Further information can
be obtained by calling the
Glenview Park District
at (847) 724-5670 or the
Northbrook Park District at
(847) 291-2993.
Kindergarten Critique
Willowbrook Principal
Scott Carlson and Dr. Melissa
Hirsch, the district’s
assistant superintendent for
curriculum and instruction,
provided board members
with an overview of the
kindergarten program at
Willowbook School.
“It has been 12 years
since we have had kindergarten
at Willowbrook,
and it is our fourth year of
full-day kindergarten,” Dr.
Hirsch said. “Every year
we’ve had full-day (kindergarten),
we’ve tweaked it a
little bit.”
There are 118 kindergarten
students at Willowbrook
— including three
who joined the school
after winter break —
across six classrooms. Of
those students, 34 receive
English-language services,
12 are currently receiving
supplementary academic
interventions and three
are shared with the North
Shore Special Education
District.
Dr. Hirsch said team
reading and phonics
launched after winter
break, adding the school is
using a new program called
Fundations that emphasizes
a multi-sensory approach
to alphabet letters,
sounds and handwriting.
The school’s math workshop
integrates multiple
visuals and games.
New classroom furniture
The board also approved
the purchase of modern
classroom furniture for
grades 3 through 5.
“We value all kids getting
involved in learning
in a child-centric way,” Dr.
Wegley said. “The furniture
we have now is not conducive
to that. Today’s kindergarten
students will enter
the work force in 2035,
and in business today, there
are flexible environments
for learning.”
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