The Harvard Junior High School girl who reported that a “black hooded sweatshirt” wearing mid-twenties man “grabbed” her on the way home from school on Blaine Street has been charged with disorderly conduct following an admission that she made the … Continue reading
Category Archives: Glen Stewart
First it was Teresa Ferrier. She was the Fiscal Services Director at Huntley’s District 158 until she was hired by Cary Grade School District 26 in mid-June of this year. T. Ferrier (as she likes to be known) started July … Continue reading
Better late than never, I guess. The Northwest Herald did not endorse anyone in the Huntley School District 158 school board race between Mike Skala and Larry Snow. After one of the dirtiest campaigns I have seen the two that … Continue reading
There’s editing and there’s editing. The Northwest Herald asks potential candidates to answer their questions and posts their answers online. Usually newspapers want answers that have reasoned explanations. In the Northwest Herald’s case, the editors didn’t want their previously endorsed … Continue reading
A Fox News report caught my eye. It reminded me of the vicious politics in Huntley School District 158. Board member Larry Snow was publicly accused of “fear mongering” by other school board members about MRSA, a dangerous antibiotic resistant … Continue reading
Have you noticed that the members of the Huntley School Board aren’t fighting like they used to? Maybe this has nothing to do with it, but with the resignation of former school board member Glen Stewart, turned into District 158’s … Continue reading
Have you noticed that the members of the Huntley School Board aren’t fighting like they used to? Maybe this has nothing to do with it, but with the resignation of former school board member Glen Stewart, turned into District 158’s … Continue reading
This past winter, Glen Stewart, then-Chief Operating Officer and, before getting that over $100,000 a year job, a member of the Huntley School District 158 Board majority, wanted to extend the $2 million per year contract of the guys doing … Continue reading
This past winter, Glen Stewart, then-Chief Operating Officer and, before getting that over $100,000 a year job, a member of the Huntley School District 158 Board majority, wanted to extend the $2 million per year contract of the guys doing … Continue reading
I’m not sure why Public Television’s children’s show “Teletubbies” came to mind when I read the Daily Herald’s Jameel Naqvi story of the resignation of Huntley School District 158’s Chief Operating Officer Glen Stewart at last Thursday’s meeting. Maybe it’s … Continue reading
I’m not sure why Public Television’s children’s show “Teletubbies” came to mind when I read the Daily Herald’s Jameel Naqvi story of the resignation of Huntley School District 158’s Chief Operating Officer Glen Stewart at last Thursday’s meeting. Maybe it’s … Continue reading
Which local school board publicly says they don’t want its superintendent to make an important recommendation? You would be right if you guessed the Huntley District 158 school board. At last Thursday’s Building Committee meeting board member Larry Snow proposed … Continue reading
Which local school board publicly says they don’t want its superintendent to make an important recommendation? You would be right if you guessed the Huntley District 158 school board. At last Thursday’s Building Committee meeting board member Larry Snow proposed … Continue reading
Every time I have attended a Huntley School District 158 board meeting since he was appointed, Chief Operating Officer Glen Stewart has been sitting at the table to the left (facing) the board. He sits next to the finance person. … Continue reading
Every time I have attended a Huntley School District 158 board meeting since he was appointed, Chief Operating Officer Glen Stewart has been sitting at the table to the left (facing) the board. He sits next to the finance person. … Continue reading
High school newspapers rarely make the news. The one in Johnsburg, the Johnsburg Weekly News, won a lot of prizes. It reported on “a school administrator on drug possession and domestic abuse charges,” student Sarah Sutschek wrote in a scholarship … Continue reading
High school newspapers rarely make the news. The one in Johnsburg, the Johnsburg Weekly News, won a lot of prizes. It reported on “a school administrator on drug possession and domestic abuse charges,” student Sarah Sutschek wrote in a scholarship … Continue reading
Yesterday I promised a specific about Huntley School District 158’s procurement process. And I see Northwest Herald reporter Tom Musick has written a story about a $2 million custodial contract, so let’s look at it. $2 million. If you back … Continue reading
Yesterday I promised a specific about Huntley School District 158’s procurement process. And I see Northwest Herald reporter Tom Musick has written a story about a $2 million custodial contract, so let’s look at it. $2 million. If you back … Continue reading
It’s not as if Huntley School District 158 didn’t know it had a problem. Assuming that its board secretary watched the tape of its May 17th meeting, which stopped at 10:44 PM. Let’s see. That was six months ago. And … Continue reading