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Kevin B. Huber

Photo courtesy of Kevin Huber

Kevin B. Huber

Photo courtesy of Kevin Huber

Kevin Huber is running for reelection as a D128 board member, having first been elected in 2017. He decided to run for reelection after finding out that current Board of Education President Pat Groody and Secretary Karin Lunstedt, with 16 and 12 years on the board respectively, would not run again. If reelected, Huber will be the second-most senior member of the board, and he feels the board could use his seniority. Huber is a retired CEO of the Chicago Teachers Pension Fund and the current chairman of the Illinois Student Assistance Commission, which provides $400 million in need-based financial aid for undergraduate students through the Monetary Award Program. He has two children currently enrolled at LHS.

Huber feels his time on the board has been a success. He emphasized the district’s investments in a new LHS pool and wrestling room and the new VHHS west gym, which were paid for from the district’s fund balance. He worked to institute a policy requiring the district’s balance to remain between three months and 12 months of operating expenses.

“You need to have a policy in case. You can’t just save money,” said Huber.

When the pandemic first hit last March, the board was bound by strict state guidelines, Huber said. Over the course of the summer, Huber pushed (unsuccessfully, he feels) for high-tech streaming equipment to be installed in each classroom to ensure there’s minimal disparity between outcomes for in-person and remote students.  Huber was the only board member who voted to start the year with an in-person learning option.

“I thought that the kids should be back, in a safe environment. I thought the building was safe. I thought the administration did a wonderful job caring,” said Huber. He said he also worked to ensure that staff members were comfortable returning to in-person teaching.

The next challenge, Huber feels, is working to return students to in-person learning full-time. The decision is largely based on state guidelines, he explained, and the level of social distancing the district can ensure.

Huber also noted the possibility of continuing to offer a remote learning option even after the pandemic, either full-time or for students who are sick on any given day.

“This all goes back to this concept of equity, and how you make sure every kid gets a great education,” Huber said. “We should still have some facets of remote learning going forward.”

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