D207 - More Than 3 Schools
When we discuss District 207 we talk in terms of its three schools; Maine East, Maine South and Maine West. We talk in terms of its 6,000+ students and 480+ teachers and administrators. We talk about its 7 member elected Board. Sometimes we even discuss D207s $166 million yearly expense account.
We almost never talk about the most important part of this equation, the people who pay the bills.
So let’s talk about them - us.
The people who pay D207s bills live in Des Plaines, Harwood Heights, Morton Grove, Niles, Norridge, Park Ridge and Unincorporated Cook County. See: D207 Boundary Map
Note: D207 website does not mention Unincorporated Cook County - why is that?
A few stats:
There are over 204 thousand residents
90 thousand plus Male
105 thousand plus female
median age is 43
Districts growth rate for since 2000 is 1.5% although the rate has slowed to 0.3 since 2010
54% of our work force is “Blue Collar”
Median Income (Age: 25-44) of $57,832.
An income significantly less than the average salary of Districts Teachers $112,000 or Administrators $124,000, let alone Superintendents $221,000 Base + $50,000 Merit Pay or Asst. Superintendent - Business $175,000+ salaries. It’s also significantly smaller that newly hired Director of Communications $150,000 salary. The “Hired Gun.” leading D207s PR campaign.
Out of a total of 79,167 households located within the District, 70.30% are without children.
Last on this list, around 69% have an Associate Degrees or more.
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District 207 is not as affluent as Park Ridge. Too bad D207s Administration and Board doesn’t understand that.
What do you think?
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