With a bulky stature and a quick tongue, the Sauk Village school superintendent was not unlike a schoolyard bully — that is, if bullies came armed with a divide-and-conquer strategy, cunning brilliance and a bevy of district lawyers to back them up, parents and teachers said Tuesday.
Several parents and former staff members breathed a collective sigh of relief that School District 168 Supt. Thomas Ryan is charged with theft and will be held in Cook County Jail without the possibility of bail.
