Chicago Tribune Writes about Crystal Lake South High School Bleachers

Featuring a photo from the football field, Chicago Tribune reporter Robert McCoppin in the fight between Crystal Lake High School District 155 and the City of Crystal Lake. Calling it a “brouhaha,” the Tribune quoted Mayor Aaron Shepley as saying, … Continue reading

Petition in Support of City in District 155 South School Bleacher Dispute

Kim Maselbas has started at online petition to Mayor Aaron Shepley and the Crystal Lake City Council concerning the tall grandstand that High School District 155 has almost completed on the Amberwood Drive side of its property. Here is her … Continue reading

Fight Over South High School Bleachers Delayed, District 155: “It’s Not a Trivial Issue,” City of Crystal Lake: “Two Legal Positions Are Exactly Opposite”

The City of Crystal Lake has apparently decided to defend its zoning powers vigorously after being brought into the South High School Bleacher case by District 155. As a result of an agreed order entered by Judge Thomas Meyer, the … Continue reading

Three Governmental Entities Now Involved in District 155 Bleacher Controversy

Wednesday morning was the time set for consideration of a Temporary Restraining Order on District 155’s football field brought by Amberwood Drive property owners, including Jean and McHenry County State’s Attorney Lou Bianchi.  Bianchi is not suing in his official … Continue reading

District 155 Meeting with South High School Bleacher Neighbors Short-Circuited by Neighbors’ Suit

The table for those scheduled to participate in the meeting in the Crystal Lake High School District 155 Board Room were labeled with who should sit where. But there was no meeting. At 5:13 District officials were served with a … Continue reading

Crystal Lake Mayor Aaron Shepley Says District 155’s “Brazen” Ignoring City Zoning Ordinance on South High School Bleachers “Wrong Thing to Do”

A letter about the new stadium seating at South High School was sent today from Crystal Lake Mayor Aaron Shepley to District 155 School Board President Ted Wagner. It follows two end-of-July letters from city department heads to District 155 … Continue reading

District 155 Lawyer’s Explanation for Ignoring City Zoning Laws

The following is rationale being offered by High School District 155 for not contacting the City of Crystal Lake about building the $1.2 million stadium bleachers at South High School’s football field: … Continue reading

Suicide Averted on Crystal Lake’s Uteg Street at Hampton Court Apartments

A press release has come from the Crystal Lake Police Department concerning the morning activity on Uteg Street.  It follows: On October 31, 2012, at 9:01 a.m., the Crystal Lake Police were contacted by the DeKalb County Sheriff’s Dispatch Center … Continue reading

Cary-Grove, Prairie Ridge and Marengo High Schools Make Top 50 Chicago Area Schools

The Chicago Sun-Times ranked grade schools, middle schools and high schools using average scores on state achievement tests. The paper’s analysis ranked the percentage of students who met statewide standards. I scanned the results and found no grade or middle … Continue reading

Joe Stefani as a Potential Candidate

Two years ago a 27-year old named Joe Stefani was elected to the Algonquin Library Board. He used direct mail. And, he knocked on a lot of doors. In the meantime, Stefani has gotten a minor league baseball team off … Continue reading

39% of Illinois Teachers Pay Nothing for Pensions

“While Democrats say Teachers ‘Have Kept Their Part of the Deal?’“ is the title of an April 5, 2011, article by former Huntley School District 158 Board member Larry Snow.  (The quote was in the Chicago Tribune Marcy 31, 2011.  … Continue reading