Friday, May 17, 2013
Former Lincoln-Way Central High School teacher Ryan Gardner will be taken from the Will County jail to a facility run by the Illinois Department of Human Services.
A former Lincoln-Way Central High School teacher jailed for allegedly threatening district officials was found unfit to stand trial. Ryan Gardner, 41, will be taken from the Will County jail to a facility run by the Illinois Department of Human Services. Garnder will be returned to Joliet to face the charges if his condition improves. Gardner has been locked since Jan. 16. Before that, he was receiving psychiatric treatment at University of Illinois Hospital in Chicago. Gardner was charged with making a Dec. 6 telephone call to Lincoln-Way School District Deputy Superintendent Thomas Eddy. About a week after the call to Eddy, the authorities in the Danville area—where Gardner is originally from and where he was living in December—learned …
Sunday, April 28, 2013
A car went in the pond at Lincoln-Way Central High April 26. Divers fished it out April 27.
New Lenox Fire Protection District fished a car out of the pond at Lincoln-Way Central High School. Divers from NLFPD about 10 a.m. April 27 pulled a vehicle from the pond on the north end of Lincoln-Way Central High School, 18001 E. Lincoln Highway. According to NLFPD Battalion Chief Chris Ward, the car went in the pond about 9 a.m. the day before. The vehicle, a silver Saturn, belonged to a teacher at Lincoln-Way Central High School. The identity of the vehicle's owner has not been released. Ward said she had parked her car along the edge of the lot in front of the pond about 30-minutes to an hour before it was discovered to have entered the water. "I'm not going to speculate how it got in the water," he added. School officials …
Tuesday, March 5, 2013
New Lenox's Anthony LaGiglia, an art major at Illinois State University, used the snow as a natural medium.
A recent snow storm at Illinois State University campus in Bloomington brought out the artistic flair in New Lenox's Anthony LaGiglia, a Lincoln-Way Central High School grad. He used a plastic knife from the cafeteria to carve a 6-foot tall sculpture of Batman, according to a feature story in STATEside, the Illinois State University magazine. An adamant fan of the superhero, LaGiglia spent about six hours completing a free-hand sculpture of Batman. He needed no picture of the superhero, he said. The figure was carved from memory. The sculpture temporarily decorated the Quad on campus. For more information about the local sculptor and what inspired him, read the full story in STATEside. Get news alerts and Facebook updates from these …
Wednesday, December 19, 2012
Larry Wyllie talks about his decision to retire and what prompted it.
Saturday, December 15, 2012
Larry Wyllie talks about his decision to retire and what prompted it.
Larry Wyllie, who served as the superintendent of Lincoln-Way High School District 210 for 24 years, announced his retirement at the regular Thursday board of education meeting. Wyllie takes time to reflect on his career shaping a generation of students at four high schools and his decision to retire at the end of the school year. For a man whose day regularly starts before 6 a.m. and frequently stretches toward midnight, he said he's ready to hand over the reins to Scott Tingley, the newly announced superintendent-to-be and current principal at Lincoln-Way East High School. Summing up his career, Wyllie said, "I'm a schoolteacher. I've been a schoolteacher my whole life, and I've enjoyed it." Having been in education for 54 years, he …
Thursday, December 13, 2012
Superintendent Larry Wyllie has been at the helm of Lincoln-Way High School District 210 for 24 years. He's helped shape a generation of students.
Lincoln-Way High School District 210 Superintendent Larry Wyllie, who announced his retirement at the Thursday Board of Education meeting, has helped shape a generation of students in the 105-square miles of the district. His retirement is effective June 28, 2013. A man well respected by his professional colleagues—administrators, teachers and staff—he relinquishes the reins over a district that grew exponentially since his arrival. The district has grown from one building in New Lenox to four. Each of the Lincoln-Way High Schools—LW Central in New Lenox, LW East in Frankfort, LW North in Frankfort and LW West in New Lenox—will forever benefit from the mark he's left on the community as a whole. Wyllie's replacement, Scott Tingley, …
Monday, October 29, 2012
An increase in the Equalized Assessed Valuation (EAV) reflects upward movement in the economy.
For the first time in four years, the tax levy for Lincoln-Way High School District 210 is slated for an increase of roughly $3.5 million. Details of the proposed tax levy were presented Oct. 25 at the board of education meeting at Lincoln-Way East High School. The total property taxes to be levied for 2012 are $77,927, 589, according to Sawin. “As you know from previous levies, levying a certain amount does not guarantee that the district will receive the amount requested. For example, our 2011 levy was $74,416,681, while the actual amount extended was $69,951,870. The final official equalized assessed valuation for the district, the prior year’s extension, new property value, the adjusted tax rate, and the consumer price index all help …
Friday, October 26, 2012
Bullying is bound to get you in hot water at Lincoln-Way High School District 210. A new online bullying reporting system is in place.
No longer does a kid have to battle bullying in fearful silence. At Lincoln-Way High School District 210, board members learned the details at their meeting Thursday at Lincoln-Way East High School of an online bully reporting system. Principal Steve Provis, of Lincoln-Way Central High School, presented the board with a PowerPoint that explained the ins and outs of the bullying reporting. On the Lincoln-Way High School District website, and on each of the four Lincoln-Way high schools’ web pages, is a new category called simply “Bully Reporting.” This new pull down gives students, parents, and community members a description of bullying and a reporting form to fill out and submit. On the district's website, the bullying reporting system is…
Friday, October 12, 2012
As part of the Will County HELPS symposium on heroin, State's Attorney James Glasgow addressed a packed house talking about the proven success of Drug Court.
Normally the Little Theater at Lincoln-Way Central High School is full of parents, grandparents and friends watching on-stage student performances. On one particular evening, the regular crowd filed in and sat down as usual. This time, however, it wasn't about applauding achievements. It was about preventing tragedy and saving lives. On Sept. 27, the Will County HELPS symposium on heroin packed the house with community members desperately seeking information about the drug that in decades past was associated with the dangerous margins of society and how it's become trendy and chic. It's the new heroin; it's more potent, cheap, easily accessible and flourishing as an underground capitalistic market that's driven by gangs. Will County State'…
Wednesday, October 10, 2012
At only $8-to-$10 for a hit of heroin, teens are getting addicted fast and finding themselves in front of a stern judge who's looking to save their lives.
Will County Circuit Judge Ray Nash doesn't mind being considered tough or rough in the eyes of those who come before him on a heroin related charge. Nash joined a panel discussion Sept. 27 at Will County HELPS symposium on heroin at Lincoln-Way Central High School. He told a crowd of 450-plus that he will do everything in his power to beat back the silent killer, heroin, from robbing the current generation of teens and young adults of productive lives. Heroin is no longer a drug reserved for the back alley; it's accessible and plentiful in the suburbs. A former prosecutor for the Will County State's Attorney Jim Glasgow's Office, Nash took the lead as chief of the gang crimes division some 25 years ago. In those days, "we were behind" on …
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