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Letter: Former D200 Educator Supports Ken Knicker for School Board

Former District 200 educator Charles Baker supports Ken Knicker for the District 200 Board of Education. To send a letter to the editor, email Charlotte@Patch.com.

Wheaton Patch accepts and publishes letters to the editor emailed to Local Editor Charlotte Eriksen at Charlotte@patch.com, or sent as a message through the Wheaton Patch Facebook page. Please note in subject lines the message is a Letter to the Editor. ------------- There is no question that District 200 faces significant challenges. So does every school district in the state of Illinois. Legislative ineptitude, both state and federal, pressure on local resources, and increased educational expectations at all levels tax school districts in ways once unthinkable. I know because I spent thirty-eight years as an educator in District 200. Though I have been absent from District 200 for more than two years, my interest in it is as important as…

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Mark Stern

3:27 pm on Wednesday, April 3, 2013

Though Dr. Baker has been absent from District 200 for two years, he is not really gone, as he continues to get health insurance fully paid (as do all retired administrators including Ken Knicker's wife - is Ken on the health plan? - for 5 years after retirement, and Dr. Catalani, until 2021). Knicker voted for all this. So I do not consider Dr. Baker an objective source.   more ›

Election 2013: Ken Knicker

Ken Knicker is one of nine candidates running for the District 200 Board of Education in the 2013 election.

Ken Knicker is one of nine candidates running for the Community Unit School District 200 Board of Education in the 2013 election. Knicker, 68, has been a board member since 2001. He has a Bachelor of Science in economics from Benedictine and a Master of Science in educational administration from Northern Illinois University. He lives in Wheaton with his wife, and has three children who attended District 200 schools. Name: Ken Knicker Position sought: District 200 Board of Education Campaign contact information: Age: 68 Family (name, relationship and age): Married with 3 adult children, all products of District 200 Schools. Four grandchildren, 2 who reside in District 200 and one will begin Kindergarten in fall of 2014. Education (degree …

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WheatonWisdom

6:12 am on Saturday, March 9, 2013

And Mr. Knicker's conflict continues, in addition to the $144,000 pensions (which grow unlike private sector pensions) his wife, Linda Knicker, continues to work at the Dupage Regional Office of Education. Maybe someone can find out if and what she is paid there.   more ›