Superintendent Matt Montgomery and School Board 115 President John Noble Speak Unedited

Unedited conversation with District 115 Superintendent Matt Montgomery and School Board President John Noble regarding the latest issues at Lake Forest High School
Join host Pete Jansons and co-host Joe Weiss in a thought-provoking episode of "Lake Forest Unfiltered," where we delve into a recent incident that has sparked discussions across our community. This episode brings to light the complexities and challenges faced by our educational system and community leaders:
Featuring:
Matt Montgomery, Superintendent 🏫, addressing the nuances of school management and community relations.
John Noble, School Board President 📜, sharing insights on governance and oversight in our schools.
🔍 In This Episode:
Incident Overview: A contract worker at the school coffee shop passed her phone number to a student, raising questions about security and protocol 📱.
Community Response: We discuss the reactions from the community, the importance of maintaining a safe environment for our students, and the measures being taken to prevent such incidents in the future 🛡️.
Open Dialogue: Emphasizing the significance of transparency and open lines of communication between the school, parents, and students 🗣️.
We welcome your thoughts and questions on this matter. Engage with us in the comments below to share your perspective and be part of the conversation towards a safer and more informed community.
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Key Moments:
0:00
3:31 Clip to last show
5:09 Summary of what happened with contract worker at lake forest Hight School
5:36 Matt Montgomery Email which included Parents Care and Opposition group
6:09 What Happened Dr Montgomery gives his take what happened and why recognizing Parents Care
9:00 Pete tries to summarize
9:20 Joes Summary Matt Montgomery calling Parents Care Opposition
10:00 Joes asks Matt Montgomery's thinking on why using opposition
11:50 John Noble's thoughts he said to Matt beforehand dont use the word Opposition
15:38 Matt Montgomery gives his thoughts on using opposition
16:45 Matt Process trying to get all the facts
17:30 Joe Weiss asks why public heard about issue from Parents Care First instead of school district
19:20 Matt Montgomery response to joe Maybe he could have sent it out notification earlier
20:41 Matt MOntgomery tells why contract worker gave student phone number
21:12 Joe Weiss some of the stuff hes heard that this has happened before at the grind and contract employees where laughing about it
23:00 Joe Weiss brings up Paul Brock, Drama teacher and several other incidents
23:25 Matt says that things are bringing up things from the past to try and make them correlated
24:49 John Noble asks why Parents Care isnt lobbying lawmakers for change in laws that prevent adminstators take action
27:08 Face law "pass the trash" www.chicagotri...
29:40 ISBE www.isbe.net/ there is no cross state sharing of information of bad actors but it is in state
31:00 Can you go look at current employees and see if there are bad actors
33:02 The guy sitting at the bar point of view
34:43 Going Forward
37:15 Proble with both parties
37:45 New Organization calling for Matt Montgomery to step down Parents Rights in Education
45:07 Solutions offered what could we have done differently
46:43 Is there a pass the trash process to check contract workers?
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Links to school communications:
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[@nicolausnotabene2331]

Thanks to Pete and Joe for a great discussion on this issue. I'll be the first to agree that all school districts owe their constituents clear and accurate information, but the Parents Care argument seems based on some vague grievance politics. In this case, an employee gave a student their phone number; the employee was fired within an hour of the school finding out. Good work, LFHS!

[@paulhamann9336]

Federal District Court complaint filed in 2021 against LFHS. (21-CV-2755)
2021, 2022, 2023, 2024
4 years later and the Federal District Court still can not determine what facts are the truth.

[@AndreaBatiste]

Not a good look, Matt.

[@lakeforestpodcast]

What should he have done differently

[@AndreaBatiste]

@@lakeforestpodcast Don’t feel like getting into it but I think you’ve picked the wrong side to align yourself to

[@lakeforestpodcast]

sorry you dont feel like it