Crystal Lake High School District 155’s Board was scheduled to meet last night to pass the new teachers’ contract but cancelled the meeting because of bad weather. Now, the vote is scheduled for Thursday night. No one in the public … Continue reading
Category Archives: Cary Grade School District
In the “Here we go again” category is consolidation of schools. These comments by Lakewood’s Steve Willson stimulates me to re-post the analysis I did seven years ago under his reflections: I’m so tired of this “consolidate the schools” argument. … Continue reading
Tax districts are required to place “black border” ads in the paper to notify residents if they plan to increase their tax levies more than 5%. Cary Grade School District 26 is not increasing its levy 5% or more, but … Continue reading
And here is their strategy: … Continue reading
That’s pretty much the question that District 26 Elementary School Board President Scott Coffey asks in a comment under this article: Given all of the massive spending increases and new debt issued by school districts in this County, I sometimes … Continue reading
According to the Cary Elementary School District 26, each unionized employee pays $37.56 in each of the eighteen pay periods in dues to the Illinois Education Association. Regardless of income, each employee pays the same amount. That’s amounts to $676 … Continue reading
Cary Grade School District 26 Board President Scott Coffey explains below what the School Board did with its property tax levy for next year: D26 implemented a two-pronged approach to the levy this year. First, we applied the CPI rate … Continue reading
This appeared from Scott Coffey in a comment. I think it deserves broader readership: I always get a chuckle when someone “assures” me that something can’t be done. We were told that alot in 2010 as we tried to turn … Continue reading
Scott Coffey, President of the Cary Grade School District, attended the Village of Cary’s Tax Increment Financing District meeting last week and offers the following account of what happened: I think I may have been the only elected official in … Continue reading
Cary Grade School Board President Scott Coffey suggested looking at the Woodstock School District’s “Other Post Employment Benefit Costs” in a comment under Susan Handelsman’s cost-benefit analysis of keeping Clay Academy, a special education facility, open. I asked for an … Continue reading
Cary Grade School Board President Scott Coffey offered this advice, which he posted as a comment under the Crystal Lake High School Board layoff article. It is worth giving a wider audience. There is a direct correlation between enrollment and … Continue reading
There are four seats on Cary Grade School District 26 which are up for election in April. Only two people are on the ballot. Two others, however, have filed as write-in candidates. They are Leonard Kaxmer Ron Demkowicz Neither seems … Continue reading
In a comment reply to Mark under this article: Cary Grade School Board Saves by Refinancing High Interest Bonds Cary Elementary School Board President Scott Coffey shares his Board’s strategy to save taxpayers money. You can read it below: The … Continue reading
A press release from the Cary Elementary District 26 School Board: CARY DISTRICT 26 BOND REFUNDING RESULTS IN SAVINGS TO TAXPAYERS CARY, IL – The Board of Education of Cary School District 26 took steps this last month to reduce property … Continue reading
The following comment from Cary School Board President Scott Coffey is too insightful not to share further than the comment section of McHenry County Blog: County Board Has No Control Over Spending by Any Other Tax District Cary Grade School … Continue reading
The following was written by Cary Grade School Board President Scott Coffey: Thoughts on School Consolidation A new, consolidated district is NOT required to migrate to the highest wage rates of the legacy contracts of the combined districts. However, that … Continue reading
Cary Elementary School District 26 Board President Scott Coffey wrote a comment under the effective tax rate story on Tuesday that I posted as an article on Thursday. Coffey tells how the school board cut costs in a comment, which … Continue reading
The following was written by Cary Elementary School Board President Scott Coffey under the article about the high effective tax rates paid in McHenry County, compared to the rest of the Chicago Metropolitan Area: Regarding General State Aid for Chicago … Continue reading
Below you can see what McHenry County school districts will be asking to extract from your checking or escrow accounts this year. You will note that all of them put together are requesting 1.23% more, although the rate of inflation … Continue reading
In the “Here we go again” category is consolidation of schools. Just as with township consolidation, I ask, “Where’s the beef?” Show me the money that school consolidation would bring. Don’t just assert that consolidation of school will save money. … Continue reading