Lawrence Wyllie, former Lincoln-Way superintendent accused of mishandling district finances, dies

Former Lincoln-Way Community High School District 210 Superintendent Lawrence Wyllie, who led the district for 24 years before being indicted for mismanaging funds, has died. Wyllie died on Sunday at the age of 88 in an assisted living facility in Naperville, according to the DuPage County Coroner.His cause of death has not been not disclosed.Wyllie was first named superintendent of District 210 in 1989 when it was comprised of just one school in New Lenox, now known as Lincoln-Way Central, and a freshman center in Frankfort, which later became Lincoln-Way East. During Wyllie’s tenure in the 1990s and early 2000s, the district population in New Lenox, Frankfort, Frankfort Square, Mokena, and Manhattan grew significantly, prompting the district to expand, first by increasing capacity at East, then by splitting it off into a separate school in 2001. By 2005, Will County was one of the fastest-growing areas in the country, having grown by 19% in just five years. District officials expecte