Why was the Cook County Suburban Regional School Superintendent position eliminated and not others?
The Illinois General Assembly has spoken and the Cook County Suburban Regional School Superintendent’s office has been abolished. Charles Flowers,(D) the current regional schools superintendent, has been charged with stealing about $400,000 from the office and is not seeking re-election in November. The Democrats had refused to slate anyone for the office believing that it was a political time bomb. The media has reacted positively to this news that the office, which is considered unnecessary, will no longer be draining money from the taxpayers in suburban Cook County. The legislation, which was signed by Governor Patrick Quinn (D), transfers all of the duties of the office to the State Board of Education. For several years, politicians from both parties have argued that the State Board of Education could also be eliminated. Now that office will have the duties formerly reserved for the Cook County Regional Superintendent. Unfortunately, the legislation only affects suburban Cook Count
