A Wheaton man who wanted to examine the employment contract of the Community Unit School District 200 superintendent is waiting for the Illinois Supreme Court to rule on his request. Mark Stern was a school board candidate in 2005 when he asked for a copy of the $380,000 contract, believing that taxpayers had a right to see how their money was spent. The Wheaton-based school district said the contract was part of the superintendent’s personnel file and therefore not a public document, so it refused. Stern sued.
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