Daily Herald endorses Rita Balgeman and Janette Hernandez in the April 4 election for West Chicago Elementary District 33 board. dh_opinion WeGoD33
This endorsement is a consensus opinion of the Daily Herald Editorial Board. Four candidates are running for three seats on the West Chicago Elementary School District 33 board: incumbents Tom Doyle and Rita Balgeman and newcomers Kathleen Fry and Janette Hernandez.
Balgeman, a board member since 2019 who has four children in the district, points out District 33 is different from many other DuPage County school districts in that it has a high population of low-income families and English language learners. She expresses concern over the low academic achievement scores on the district's report card and believes in data-driven decision making.
Hernandez, who has lived in West Chicago all her life and worked in a special education department in another school district, wants to bring more diversity to the board and offer a voice to parents who have a language barrier, as well as help them to become more involved. Some of them, she says, work multiple jobs and cannot attend board meetings. She would like to create a social media page in Spanish to summarize information from the district and solicit parents' feedback.
Doyle did not complete a candidate questionnaire and declined to attend an online joint candidate interview. Fry did not respond to any invitations to complete a candidate questionnaire or attend an interview. Unfortunately, this limits our ability and that of voters to evaluate their candidacies.
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