New board member joins District 202
Two incumbents and one newcomer were
elected to four-year terms on the Lisle School District 202 Board
of Education as a result of the April 17 election.
Janna Sampson, who has served as the board
secretary,was re-elected. She has been a school board member since
2003. She is a member of the Lisle School District Home and
School Association; the Lisle Community Schools Booster Club since
1997; a member of Citizens
for Responsible and Appropriate Development in Lisle since 1998;
and was on the Lisle Economic Development Commission from
2001-03.
Sam Russo, who has been a board member since
2003, also was re-elected. His community involvement includes the
Indian Boundary YMCA Adventures Guides and Princesses programs
since 2001.
Newcomer Kari Altpeter, formerly a regional
quality control manager with LaSalle Bank, has been a homemaker for
the past 12 years and has two children in the school district. She
has been on the board of directors for Partners for Parks since
2005 and was a team leader for Citizens for Educational Excellence
from 2003-04. She has been a Junior Great Books facilitator since
2003; is on the Schiesher Elementary School Advisory Council since
2003 and has been a volunteer with Home Delivered Meals since 1998.
She is a member of the Lisle Heritage Society, the Lisle Woman's
Club, the Lisle Home and School Organization and is a Girl Scout
leader.
“I’m excited about working with everyone on the
board,” she said.“I look at the first year as a learning
experience. You’re getting acclimated to holding a seat on
the board.”
Altpeter, a resident of Lisle for more than nine
years, said she enjoys being involved in the community and with the
schools. “I love that my kids can go everywhere and know
everybody,” she said.“We love everything about this town.”
The newly elected board members were sworn in at
a special meeting of the Board of Education on May 8.
