Governing Bodies

Currently, D187 has an Independent Authority (IA) which serves as the district’s governing school board. The district also has a Financial Oversight Panel (FOP) in place to review all decisions of the board with a financial implication. Following are the people serving on both:

Independent Authority

Dora King, Chairman
dking@board.d187.org

Dr. Sylvia Johnson Jones
sjones@board.d187.org

Dr. C. Myra Gaytan-Morales
mgaytanmorales@board.d187.org

Sylvia Riley
sriley@board.d187.org

Amalia Gonzalez 
agonzelez@board.d187.org

Financial Oversight Panel

Hornsby Kneeland, Chairman
hkneeland@board.d187.org

Kevin Bueso
kbueso@board.d187.org

Inette Coleman, FOP Secretary
icoleman@board.d187.org

Betzy Berganza 
bberganza@board.d187.org

Michael Adamczyk
madamczyk@board.d187.org

Felicia McCarthy
Board Secretary
fmccarthy@d187.org

Felicia McCarthy
Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) Officer
foia@d187.org

Governing Body

ANNOUNCEMENT: 2025 School Year Board Meeting Dates

The purpose of this memo is to propose regular meeting dates for the 2025 school year.

Click here to view the memo