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Resident asks District 97 to pause extension of employee—s leave and to cooperate on FOIA about outside work

3611682 · May 30, 2025
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An Oak Park resident urged the Board to halt any further extension of a long-term leave for an employee named Gina Harris and asked the district to assist with his FOIA requests into possible outside contracting and payments involving a third party.

Nick Bonatti, an Oak Park resident and former District 97 parent, used the public-comment period to ask the board to intervene on two related matters he said his investigation uncovered.

Bonatti said he filed a Freedom of Information Act request to District 200 and found communications showing a contractor for a private organization solicited money from a D200 employee. He said a similar FOIA to District 97 was…

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