Cover Stories

• FAQs: Referendum activities conducted by school officials

  By a committee of members of the Illinois Council of School Attorneys

• IASB offers referendum data, trends

  By Gary Adkins

• Working towards referendum success

  By Theresa Kelly Gegen

  Three Illinois school districts share their stories of successful referendum campaigns, acknowledging the work involved to engage the community and present the facts to the voting public.

Feature Articles

• Protecting your name

  by Kimberly Small

  How can school board members avoid the appearances of impropriety and protect the good name that brought them to board service?

Regular Features

• Ask the Staff: How can new school boards get off to the best start?

  by Larry Dirks

• Practical PR: Quarantine '17

  by Jim Blaney