The Summit Hill school board Monday approved Denise Wildeveld to fill the seat recently vacated by Dee Molinare, who was honored by the board and superintendent.
It was about hellos and goodbyes for some of Wednesday's Summit Hill School District 161 board meeting. Denise Wildeveld was approved by the board and sworn in as its new member, replacing Dee Molinare, who resigned last month to take the open seat on the board for Lincoln-Way High School District 210. READ: New Cost-Cutting Model Could Close Mary Drew School The board voted 5-1 to appoint Wideveld, with board member Sean William Doyle dissenting. Doyle said after the meeting that his objection to the appointment was over the process and not Wildeveld's qualifications. The board received 14 applications for the position, which board members narrowed down to three candidates using a point system. Those candidates were interviewed in closed …
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Wildeveld, who served on the Summit Hill school board from 1999 to 2007, says her main priority will be to help find a creative solution to the district's more than $2 million budget deficit for the 2012-13 school year.
Denise Wildeveld has been chosen by the Summit Hill School District 161 board to fill that body's open seat. Board members will vote to officially appoint Wildeveld at next Wednesday's regular meeting. She will then be sworn in, filling the seat recently vacated by Dee Molinare, who resigned from the board after taking a seat on the Lincoln-Way High School District 210 board. Wildeveld was elected to two terms on the D161 board, serving from 1999 to 2007. During that time, she served as the board's secretary, worked on several committees and was involved in passing two referendums. Wildeveld has lived in the district for 20 years, and although her son and daughter are in college and high school, respectively, they both attended D161 …
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7:33 pm on Thursday, January 12, 2012
Thanks again. To me it seems like Doyle still could of cared to interview those few. Ever since the 2 old board members got replaced he now does not like anything the board does. more ›