230Secrets
Consolidated High School District 230: What They Don't Want You To Know
Nepotism is a type of corruption where insiders are able to get jobs for their family members. Cronyism is similar. Cronyism is when just friends are hired, and it is more difficult to prove. If employees are hired on qualities other than job qualification, staff quality necessarily suffers, and morale can go down. I don't have any information about corruption at Consolidated High School District 230. But, there is publicly available information that strongly suggests nepotism is widespread within District 230. Some names are very common, so maybe teachers Donald Brown and Laura Brown are not related to each other. However, according to the 2010 census, there were only 231 total people in the US with a last name of Hellrung, and coincidentally, 3 of them work as teachers in District 230. The three of them are pulling in over $350k per year. There are only 121 people named Genslinger in the US, but 2 of those work at District 230. The name Zolk is so rare, it didn't even make it on the Census list, but D230 has 3 of those. It makes you think. Perhaps District 230 schools pay so well because they strive to hire only the very best staff. Is it just an incredible coincidence that the very best teachers happen to be related to each other? Or could it just be nepotism?
There is an Illinois executive order that is supposed to "eliminate nepotism in state government hiring" that it calls "unethical" and in many cases makes it illegal.
Here are people who look like they could be related to each other. It is a long list that I don't pretend to be complete. I'll let you be the judge. Send me a note if you know of other corruption going on at Consolidated High School District 230. secret@230secrets.com
| Deborah Baker | Principal at Andrew |
| Kristin Baker | Dean at Andrew |
| Donald Brown | Teacher at Sandburg |
| Laura Brown | Teacher at Stagg |
| Brian Buglio | Teacher at Stagg |
| Kimberly Buglio | Teacher at Stagg |
| Jason Carr | Dean at Stagg |
| Mary Carr | Teacher at Stagg |
| Daniel Dulek | Teacher at Stagg |
| Laurie Dulek | Teacher at Stagg |
| Jill Erdman | Teacher at Sandburg |
| Michael Erdman | Teacher at Sandburg |
| Kevin Fahey | Teacher at Sandburg |
| Michael Fahey | Teacher at Stagg |
| Elizabeth Geiger | Special Ed teacher at Andrew |
| Joseph Geiger | Teacher at Sandburg |
| Jennifer Genslinger | Teacher at Andrew |
| Laurie Genslinger | Aide at Andrew |
| James Hellrung | Teacher at Sandburg |
| Suzanne Hellrung | Teacher at Sandburg |
| Todd Hellrung | Teacher at Andrew |
| Kevin Irvin | Teacher at Sandburg |
| Lauren Irvin | Teacher at Sandburg |
| Jeffry Keane | Teacher at Andrew |
| Julie Keane | Teacher at Andrew |
| Patrick Kelly | Teacher at Stagg |
| Patricia Kelly | Aide at Sandburg |
| Jessica Koleno | Teacher at Andrew |
| Suzanne Koleno | Aide at Stagg |
| Correne Lyons | Dean's Assistant at Stagg |
| Mark Lyons | Teacher at Stagg |
| James Mattera | Teacher at Sandburg |
| Kristin Mattera | Teacher at Sandburg |
| James Martin | Teacher at Sandburg |
| Brenda Martin | Division Chair Secretary at Stagg |
| Daniel McNicholas | Special Ed Teacher at Stagg |
| Patricia McNicholas-Brnicky | Special Ed Teacher at Stagg |
| Ann McNicholas | Aide at Andrew |
| Diana Mendoza | Special Ed Teacher at Andrew |
| Kelly Mendoza | Teacher at Sandburg |
| Stephen Moss | Teacher at Andrew |
| Wendy Moss | Teacher at Sandburg |
| Chad Mozden | Teacher at Andrew |
| Christin Mozden | Special Ed Teacher at Andrew |
| Michael Murray | Teacher at Stagg |
| Rene Murray | Social Worker at Sandburg |
| Kathleen McMillan | Assistant Principal at Stagg |
| Scott McMillan | Special Ed Teacher at Sandburg |
| Carrie Nussbaum | Special Ed Teacher at Sandburg |
| Linda Nussbaum | Teacher at Sandburg |
| Shaun Nussbaum | Teacher at unknown |
| Daniel Olsen | Teacher at Sandburg |
| Eric Olsen | Principal at Stagg |
| Adam Osmanski | Teacher at Sandburg |
| Jamie Osmanski | Teacher at Sandburg |
| Abir Othman | Associate Principal at Andrew |
| Abraham Othman | Teacher at Andrew |
| Ariel Palacios | Associate Principal's Secretary at Sandburg |
| Edgar Palacios | Assistant Special Ed Director |
| Jennifer Peterson | Teacher at Sandburg |
| Kelly Peterson | Teacher at Stagg |
| Mark Peterson | Teacher at unknown |
| Kristin Pila | Teacher at Stagg |
| Michael Pila | Special Ed Teacher at Andrew |
| Clinton Polz | Teacher at Stagg |
| Michael Polz | Teacher at unknown |
| David Reilly | Special Ed Teacher at Sandburg |
| Kathleen Reilly | Teacher at Stagg |
| Ellen Snyder | Teacher at Andrew |
| Jennifer Snyder | Teacher at Sandburg |
| Karen Stearns | Guidance Counselor at Stagg |
| Shannon Stearns | Teacher at Stagg |
| Bob Thielmann | Building Manager at Andrew |
| Carolyn Thielmann | Speech Pathologist at Andrew |
| Harmoni Vasich | Teacher at Sandburg |
| William Vasich | Teacher at Sandburg |
| Jeffrey Weber | Teacher at Andrew |
| Maureen Weber | Teacher at Andrew |
| Nancee Whalen | Division Chair at Andrew |
| Randy Whalen | Building Security at Andrew |
| David Wierzal | Teacher at Sandburg |
| Loreleia Wierzal | Teacher at Sandburg |
| Jill Wright | Teacher at Stagg |
| Patrick Wright | Teacher at Stagg |
| Gary Young | Special Ed Teacher at Andrew |
| Gina Giancarlo-Young | Special Ed Teacher at Sandburg |
| Loren Zolk | Teacher at Andrew |
| Melissa Zolk | Special Ed Teacher at Stagg |
| Randall Zolk | Special Ed Teacher at Stagg |
There are 42 distinct family names on this list. Contact me if you know about corruption at Consolidated High School District 230. secret@230secrets.com
This table contains only publicly available information directly from District 230's website. See more about the sources here.