Pillar Justin Neal “Since April 1, I’ve called them 20-30 times. I’ve tried to reach out to IDES a number of times using the 1-800 number. Most times when you call, they just put you in a queue.”
Pillar Bose Clodfelter “We are investing in our children’s education, and that money should be allocated where we choose for them to get the education that we would like for them to receive.”
Pillar Syreeta Plummer “As a parent you sacrifice to do what’s best for your child. I wanted to give my children a jump start in life. Sending them to private school was my way of setting them up for success.”
Pillar Alexandria “Allie” Quigley “The Empower Illinois tax credit program is something that really hits home for me, personally, and for my family and my brothers and sister.”
Pillar Adam Harjung “It’s so unacceptable that people are sitting, waiting for money and starving. In the meantime, we also face the [second-highest] property taxes in the nation. We’re getting creamed on every aspect in Illinois.”
Pillar Sami Lavi: Midwest Pro Sound “I just always help people out because people helped me, so I want to help other people.”
Pillar Benny Durbin “I just didn’t feel well-represented, or like there was enough support from our union. They didn’t really help us when we went into negotiations. They never really asked us what we wanted.”
Pillar Tabitha Hardin “The weekend we reserved our U-Haul, there was a record number of one-way rentals out of Illinois.”
Pillar Ed Hendricks “My children were struggling before St. Teresa. They were in a public school in a much bigger population of students and less accountability. They had the wrong kind of friends.”
