Schools
District 135 School Board Candidate Forum Set For Tonight
A packed house is expected for the District 135 school board candidate forum tonight.
ORLAND PARK, IL â The League of Women Voters of Palos-Orland is sponsoring a forum tonight for the candidates running for the Orland District 135 school board.
Incumbents Gregory Okon and Linda Peckham-Dodge, former board member Dave Shalabi and accountant Tara Schreiber are running for the three seats up for election.
A panel will present questions to the candidates, who will each have three minutes to answer.
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The race comes at a time when the district has been troubled by deficit spending and is seeking to cut more than $2.5 million from its budget. Recent cuts approved by the current board were overwhelmingly unpopular with parents and voters, and the board rolled back its decisions to look for new solutions to the budget crunch. Taxes, parents have said, are on everyone's minds.
The forum is from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. at Orland Junior High, 4855 West Avenue. It is open to the public.
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