A press release from the Woodstock Police Department: Predatory Criminal Sexual Assault of a Child Arrest On February 13th, 2019, the Woodstock Police Department’s Investigations Division was contacted by representatives from Woodstock School District 200 regarding a victim reporting to school staff … Continue reading
Category Archives: District 200
Susan Handelsman, who has been bird-dogging Woodstock School District 200 for several years is presenting the following information on Clay Academy to make sure it is on the public record. Public Comment to the Woodstock School Board Facility review committee … Continue reading
Susan Handlesmann has written a Minority Report on Clay Academy for the Woodstock School District’s Facilities Review Committee. It appears below: MINORITY REPORT: FACILITY REVIEW COMMITTEE MISLED ABOUT CLAY ACADEMY COSTS/REVENUE Clay Academy building is being kept open in order … Continue reading
Here are the members of the Woodstock School District’s Facilities Review Committee: Gabi Anguiano Amanda Bergstrom Jennifer Bigler Amy Blalock Tricia Bogott Catherine Cantwell Diane Carter Ray Caywood Artuor Flores Diana Frisbie Linda Gabrielson Brian Gerloff Carl Gilmore Maria Gonzalez-Echevarria … Continue reading
Susan Handelsman reports on the Facility review committee meeting Motion to identify which of 49 voting committee members’ households were compensated by D200 failed to pass by a huge margin. The motion and vote were not recorded by the committee … Continue reading
A Friend of McHenry County Blog sent in a copy of the precinct letter she received from Kelly Liebmann in Greenwood Township Precinct 3. Liebmann’s letter informs voters to vote for D200 candidates Barbara Gessert and Susan Handelsman, along with … Continue reading
Susan Handelsman laid out her candidacy for the Woodstock District 200 School Board in comments, which are re-printed below. She is running with Barbara Gessert. I am running for D200 [Woodstock] School Board. It is stunning to realize that the … Continue reading
Electronic campaigning is now the order of the day and two Woodstock School Board candidates are making use of that means of communication. Susan Handelsman and Barb Gessert attack high taxes in their email message. = = = = = … Continue reading
This was sent by Dorr Township Precinct 7 Republican Committeeman Cyndi Hemauer: Dear Friends & Neighbors, We had a problem at one time and time ticks away because we don’t want to see the truth and now, Woodstock “We Have A … Continue reading
In the comment section under the article about the Woodstock Council of Teachers’ candidates’ night tonight at 6 PM at the Woodstock High School auditorium candidate Susan Handelsman provides the IFT local’s questions and her answers. They are reprinted below: … Continue reading
Woodstock Council of Teachers, McHenry County Federation of Teachers, will hold a candidates’ night for those running for the District 200 School Board Wednesday night at 6 PM. The event will be held at the Woodstock High School Auditorium. Officers … Continue reading
Lakewood Village Trustee Paul Serwatka tells what happened at the recent Tax Increment Financing District meeting, required by law. Reporting On The Lakewood TIF Review Board Meeting A quick update regarding the January 26, 2017 Lakewood TIF Joint Review Board … Continue reading
From Woodstock resident Susan Handelsman: HISTORICAL OVERVIEW 10 years ago d200 borrowed over $100 million to build three new schools. 3,300 of new enrollment capacity was created. In the ensuing years there has been no growth in enrollment, but we … Continue reading
From Woodstock’s Susan Handelsman: UPDATE ON TAX RATE OBJECTION LAWSUIT AGAINST WOODSTOCK D200 1. Attorney Tim Dwyer is filing a tax objection, and plaintiffs have until late October to join the suit. Recovery amount for each plaintiff is expected to … Continue reading
An email from Woodstock’s Susan Handelsman: Invitation to join Tax Objection lawsuit against Woodstock D200 Woodstock IL has a property tax rate of 4.6% of total home fair market value. That is staggering when compared with mortgage interest rates below … Continue reading
I have had my problems with internet documents posted by both McHenry County College and McHenry County government They posted documents which could not be searched. MCC was “afraid” someone might copy them and, then, alter them. The documents also … Continue reading
The Lakewood Village Board is meeting tonight at 7 PM at the village’s RedTail Golf Clubhouse. One of the items that will be on both the Woodstock District 200 School Board meeting agenda and on Lakewood’s is a measure to … Continue reading
The number of people worried about Lakewood’s Tax Increment Financing District’s having a negative impact on their school taxes has increased by two in the last day. At least the number communicating to me. Last night my wife and I … Continue reading
This entered by inbox Friday night: Fellow Citizen, Apologies for the short notice, but timing is truly critical. Failure to act could result in an increase in your property taxes for the 35 years. BULLET POINTS: D200’s lawyers were asked … Continue reading
A new commenter identifying as “Open Your Eyes” posted the following comment under my pitch for people to run for Precinct Committeeman entitled, “Fed Up with High Taxes?” The problem with this blog is that anyone can post anything without … Continue reading