A New Low for Tri-Valley

By: Diane Benjamin No activities used to be scheduled on Wednesday nights at Tri-Valley because many kids and their parents had church activities. That night was reserved out of respect. The new low is scheduling this event on a Wednesday night during LENT. Superintendent Ben Derges also knows candidate Casey Misch can not attend tomorrow […]

Tri Valley: Need some laughs?

By: Diane Benjamin Read this story: https://www.wglt.org/local-news/2024-11-18/tri-valley-district-will-have-contested-school-board-races?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=facebook Excerpt: Maybe this Ben: https://blnnews.com/2024/09/20/tri-valley-incident/ Numerous kids report they saw a gun. The way this incident was handled had 6 parents speak at the September Board meeting according to the minutes. Other parents present didn’t speak. Maybe transparency is a better option than Mouser’s “don’t tell your parents”? […]

Update #2 – Update: Tri-Valley incident

WEEK story: https://www.25newsnow.com/2024/09/20/parents-concerned-after-threat-school-say-administrators-didnt-tell-them-soon-enough/ 2 updates from the Superintendent are below. Ben Derges claims they were sent to parents. By: Diane Benjamin Some incident did occur on Wednesday, but whatever happened has been resolved. I hear Superintendent Derges is supposed to be doing a press conference with WEEK 25. There is nothing on either website and […]

Tri-Valley update to Public Comment Policy

By: Diane Benjamin As I stated in this story Erika Reynolds, State’s Attorney had not responded to my two requests: https://blnnews.com/2024/01/31/tri-valley-lost-my-trust/ She did last night. I not only emailed her directly, but I also sent two emails to the General address listed on the County website. (stateattny@mcleancountyil.gov) From Erika: Wed, Jan 31 at 6:44 PM I am sorry for […]

Tri-Valley lost my trust

By: Diane Benjamin I lost trust in Tri-Valley a few years ago when they paid off some bonds and then put another bond issue for the same amount on the ballot. Evidently TV taxpayers don’t ever want to see their property taxes decrease because they approved it. In the next few years they are plotting to do it […]