Name: William Sawallisch Jr
Home Address/years in the school district: 6924 Trisha Court, Monee / 22+ years in the School District
Subdistrict you reside in: I am in Sub-District 1
Community Involvement: I have been the Monee Youth Baseball & Softball President, I was the Crete-Monee High School Athletic Booster President & Member for 8 years, I was part of the Fishing Derby in Monee for …  … Monee Fire District, My wife and I put up a large Christmas Display in Monee since 2005’ and currently still continuing to get larger each year. I coached a little league baseball team in Crete Park District
Organization/Club Memberships: I am currently a Board Of Director for the Monee Fire District, I am a member of ‘Prairie Scale Model Railroaders’, I am currently the President of Crete-Monee Cavaliers (High School Show Choir Group)

Awards and Honors: Our Christmas Display that we put up each year was published in the magazine ‘Everyday with Rachel Ray’ and we were published in (2) books as well

Professional Background: I have been in my current industry since 1993’ which is Heating & Air Conditioning, I currently own my own Company and have been since 2011’.  Also, I have been a Professional Pyrotechnician for 31+ years with the same Company ‘Mad Bomber Firework Productions’, I am currently a Licensed Lead Pyrotechnician that does large Firework Displays in the Chicagoland Area that are around or in excess of $50,000.

Education: I graduated High School in 1990’ and I received my Associates Degree in 1993’, when I entered my profession in 1993’ I took some Business Classes at Night at Moraine Valley Community College to better my Education and understanding of my job.

Family: I am 50 years old and have been married for for almost 28 years and I have (3) children total, (2) which have gone thru our School District from Pre-K thru High School and our youngest daughter who is currently at the High School now and started at Pre-K

GENERAL QUESTIONS
Why did you decide to run for this position? This is a great question because the main focuses I had were the following: 1.) The Board of Education was in disarray and had lost the trust of …
…accomplished then you can start working together to start working on change and trust. 2.) Our Finances were in awful shape and they needed to be addressed otherwise our District was going to be in bad shape.
What qualifications/experience do you feel you possess for this position? My background is in Construction Trade and I own a Business which allows me to bring some working & Business Skills to the table to …. … for something, I think about who it’s for and what do I need to do to obtain my goals to achieve it. I enjoy camping, fireworks, off-roading, Christmas and I am building an ‘HO’ scale model train currently
Any additional Comments: You can achieve anything you want thru hard work and determination, the only person limiting you is yourself!