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Wheaton Warrenville Community School District 200, Illinois

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Wheaton Warrenville Community Unit School District 200 is a school district in Illinois. Wheaton Community Unit School District 200 serves Wheaton, Warrenville and portions of Carol Stream, Winfield and West Chicago in a 25.67 square mile area. Student enrollment reached 13,426 in 2010-2011.[1]

Website Evaluation

This Web site was most recently evaluated 2013-04-08.

The good

  • Budget
    • The most current budget is listed.[2]
  • Administrative Officials
    • Department heads are listed for each department.[3]
    • Contact information for administrative officials is provided including a mailing address, phone number, and personalized email.
  • Elected Officials
    • Elected officials are listed.[4]
  • Meetings
    • Meeting minutes are archived for 3 years.[5]
    • Meeting agendas are archived for 8 years.[6]
    • A meeting calendar is available and names the times and locations of public meetings.[7]
    • Meeting video or podcasts are available.[8]
  • Audits
    • The most recent audit is posted.
    • Audits dating back to 2010 are available.[9]
  • Contracts
    • Bids and RFPs are posted online.[10]
    • Approved contract statements are provided for vendors.[11]
    • Collective bargaining agreements are posted.[12]
  • Public Records
    • The public information officer is identified and maintained by the FOIA Officer. This person provides a mailing address, phone number and personalized email.[13]
    • A public records form is provided by the XXX.
    • A fee schedule for documents is provided.
  • Taxes
    • Tax revenues are broken down by federal, state, and local funding in the budget.[14]
    • Local taxes, like property taxes, are available online.[15]
  • Academics
    • Academic performance reports for the school are posted online.[16]
  • Background Checks
    • The criminal background check policy and teacher certification requirements are posted online.[17]

The bad

  • Budget
    • Budgets are not archived for at least 3 years.
  • Elected Officials
    • Contact information, including personalized email addresses, are not available for board members.

Budget

The 2011-2012 budget appropriation is projected to be $123,587,150, a 1.10% increase from 2010-2011 ($122,242,005).

Revenue

Local property taxes make up 75.2% ($114,265,925) of revenue and federal funds make up 4.2% ($6,357,884).[18]

Salaries

  • Salary Compensation Report is published and includes name, position, base salary, bonus and pension information. Salaries range from $46,854 (Assistant Business Manager) to $195,000 (Superintendent). No bonuses were awarded in 2010-2011.[19]
  • Average district teacher salary is $72,468 (as compared to the state average $61,402). Average administrator salary in district is $111,333 (as compared to the state average $106,217).[20]

Public records

Wheaton Warrenville Unit District 200 v. Stern is a transparency lawsuit brought before the Illinois Supreme Court in March of 2009. The case is over whether or not to disclose the contract of Superintendent Gary Catalani's contract. Stern sued in 2006 after a FOIA request was rejected by the school district. The Superintendent in 2006 was Gary Catalani, who was the highest paid Superintendent in the state at $306,000.[21] Mark O. Stern v. Wheaton-Warrenville Community Unity School District 200 case established that merely placing documents in an exempted source does not exempt those documents from FOIA requests and that previous voluntary disclosures to FOIA requests eliminate potential claims of exemption on similar FOIA requests.

External links

References

  1. ↑ District 200 Facts
  2. ↑ Wheaton Warrenville Community School District 200, 2013 Budget, Accessed: March 9, 2013
  3. ↑ Wheaton Warrenville Community School District 200, Staff Directory, Accessed: March 9, 2013
  4. ↑ Wheaton Warrenville Community School District 200, Elected Officials, Accessed: March 9, 2013
  5. ↑ Wheaton Warrenville Community School District 200, Meeting Minutes, Accessed: March 9, 2013
  6. ↑ Wheaton Warrenville Community School District 200, Meeting Notices, Accessed: March 9, 2013
  7. ↑ Wheaton Warrenville Community School District 200, Meeting Calendar, Accessed: March 9, 2013
  8. ↑ Wheaton Warrenville Community School District 200, Meeting Podcasts, Accessed: March 9, 2013
  9. ↑ Wheaton Warrenville Community School District 200, Audits, Accessed: March 9, 2013
  10. ↑ Wheaton Warrenville Community School District 200, Bids, Accessed: March 9, 2013
  11. ↑ Wheaton Warrenville Community School District 200, Contracts, Accessed: March 9, 2013
  12. ↑ Wheaton Warrenville Community School District 200, Collective Bargaining Agreements, Accessed: March 9, 2013
  13. ↑ Wheaton Warrenville Community School District 200, FOIA Information, Accessed: March 9, 2013
  14. ↑ Wheaton Warrenville Community School District 200, Revenue Information, Accessed: March 9, 2013
  15. ↑ Wheaton Warrenville Community School District 200, Levy, Accessed: March 9, 2013
  16. ↑ Wheaton Warrenville Community School District 200, Levy, Accessed: March 9, 2013
  17. ↑ Wheaton Warrenville Community School District 200, Background Check, Accessed: March 9, 2013
  18. ↑ Revenue sources
  19. ↑ Administrator salary
  20. ↑ Teacher salary averages
  21. ↑ Daily Herald, Case may determine what taxpayers can know about officials' pay, March 17, 2009


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