Politics & Government

2011 Election: Tinley Park's High School Districts

Figure out your high school board elections using our election pages.

Tinley Park has three public high schools, each in a separate school district and each of those with a separate April 5 election.

This article is your starter guide to our 2011 Election page. The links below will take you to the election pages. From there you can learn the issues behind each race and click through to learn the platforms and backgrounds of every candidate for the three districts.

Walk into the polling place confident on April 5. You'll know what you're talking about.

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Who should click here?

Parents of students or any taxpayer who lives within 's boundaries. In Tinley Park, that's roughly everyone east of Harlem Avenue and north of 183rd Street.

Find out what's happening in Tinley Parkwith free, real-time updates from Patch.

How many candidates?

Five candidates for four seats. Three are sitting board members (David Mensing, Bill Browne and John Kirkton), one is a former board member (Sharon Rybak) and one is a newcomer (Kevin Suggs).

Who should click here?

Parents of students or taxpayers who live within 's boundaries. In Tinley Park, that's roughly everyone west of Harlem Avenue and north of 183rd Street.

How many candidates?

Eight candidates for three seats. Two are sitting board members (Patrick O'Sullivan and Kathleen "Kathy" Quilty) and six are newcomers (Rena Esposito-Sheehan, Rick Nogal, Thomas Martelli, Patrick S. Sullivan, Denis Dupee and Kevin Burns.

Who should click here?

Parents of students or taxpayers who live within L-Way's boundaries. In Tinley Park, that's roughly everyone west of Harlem Avenue and south of 183rd Street.

How many candidates?

Nine candidates for four seats. Four are sitting board members (, , and ) and five are newcomers (, , , Mark Zilinskas and )


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