District 158 Board President Must Resign before Joining McHenry County Board

Board president Mike Skala expected to resign by Dec. 2, the Northwest Herald reports.

District 158 board President Mike Skala had planned to hold onto his current position while serving as a McHenry County board member until the district resolves a lawsuit, but the Illinois Attorney General’s Office says serving on two boards is a conflict, the Northwest Herald reports. Skala will be sworn in as a county board member serving District 5 on Dec. 2, so he will have to resign from the school board before then, the newspaper reports. As Patch previously reported, Skala was elected to the McHenry County board Nov. 6 with 9,857 votes, in unofficial returns. Skala was the top vote getter among six candidates for the District 5 County Board seat. Skala first ran for District 158 school board in 1997 and last won reelection to the …

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