One appointed member would be chosen by the boards of school districts of Western Springs School District 101, LaGrange School District 102, Lyons School District 103, LaGrange School District 105, LaGrange Highlands School District 106 and Pleasantdale School District 107. The districts are divided into two groupings divided by the Illinois and Michigan Canal. Currently all three members of the TTO are elected by the voters of Lyons Township and serve six-year staggered terms. The new appointed members must be members of school boards of districts served by the Lyons TTO. The legislation expands the current board from three to seven by adding one additional member who will be elected by the voters of Lyons Township and adding three appointed members who will be selected by the school boards of the districts that the Lyons TTO serves. Following the resolution of the lawsuit LTHS withdrew from the TTO, as a state law passed a few years ago allowed it to do. The TTO spent more than $4 million on legal fees for the lawsuit. The verdict was a major victory for LTHS as Cook County Circuit Court Judge Jerry Esrig awarded the TTO only about $765,000 in damages from LTHS, far less than the nearly $6 million the TTO was seeking. Last year Lyons Township High School District 204, which had been the largest and wealthiest district in the TTO, left the Lyons TTO after a verdict in the long running lawsuit the TTO brought against LTHS. The Lyons TTO, which invests the reserves of member school districts and handles check writing for local school districts, has been under fire for years.
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