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Huntley is in mourning the death of 19-year old Jennifer Kearns. She was thrown from a car on the way to Donley’s Banquet Hall south of Union last night. Kearns was not wearing a seat belt. Neither were any of … Continue reading
Category Archives: Huntley High School
This press release from Huntley School District 158 reminds me to the good time we had in the same venue in Huntley High School. We attended “Under the Streetlamp” last January and really enjoyed the concert. District 158 Education Foundation … Continue reading
A press release from Huntley High School: Huntley High’s School House Rock Will Take You Back to the ‘70’s & ‘80’s Huntley, IL – The cast at Huntley High School will perform School House Rock for four nights at the … Continue reading
Yesterday, McHenry County Blog published the percentage of incoming freshmen at McHenry County College require remedial math classes. The best high school district was Huntley’s at 46% needing help to be able to take a college course. Today, we look … Continue reading
You can see the data above. But, just to make sure people can use a search engine to find out how well each McHenry County College high school prepares its students who attend McHenry County College in math, I’ll type … Continue reading
I arrived early for the six o’clock Grafton Township Special Town Meeting Tuesday and figured it might be long enough that I should go to the bathroom. I remembered from last year that I was directed to some far off … Continue reading
All the air was sucked out of the 7 PM Annual Town Meeting of Grafton Township as Linda Moore’s opponents won the vote in the Special Town Meeting that started an hour before. The Annual Town Meeting started about twenty … Continue reading
A high school that doesn’t meet standards isn’t a good thing. Especially out here in the suburbs where property taxes are plenty high. The First Electric Newspaper cited Huntley School District 158’s Chief Academic Officer Mary Olsen’s pointing out that … Continue reading
18-year old Ervin A. Betancourt, who was arrested by Huntley Police for convincing a young Huntley High School girl to accompany him on a bus trip to the southeast, has been allowed by a McHenry County judge to return home … Continue reading
Here’s a press release from the Huntley Police Department about what sounds like a Huntley High School freshman girl who was lured through the internet to run off with an almost 19-year old boy from Florida. Charges Filed in Juvenile … Continue reading
Huntley School District 158’s number two administrator Terry Awrey issued a “Post Graduate Survey Report (Class of 2010)” on what Huntley High graduates are doing after graduation. It was addressed to Supt. John Burkey and all top administrators, including Dr. … Continue reading
With over 700 registered voters in attendance, electors at the Annual Town Meeting overwhelmingly refused to follow the script laid out by Ancel Glink partner Keri-Lyn Krafthefer. There were so many people in attendance that the 700 pink ballots designed … Continue reading
Although every township will hold annual town meetings tonight, of the 17 in McHenry County, those in Grafton, Dorr and Nunda Townships are guaranteed to provide the most action. In Grafton, the forces behind the Township Trustees vs. Township Supervisor … Continue reading
The Crystal Lake High School District 155 Prairie Ridge High School wrestling controversy sparked my interest in the locker room instructions for coaches. Here is what District 155 sent me: “Coaches are responsible to supervise their athletes until each student … Continue reading
Official web site posting of the numbers in the Annual Yearly Progress (AYP) report should be made this month. The numbers, however, have been made pubic in the Huntley School District 158 Board Packet. (Go to the electronic page 106.) … Continue reading
McHenry County State Representative Jack Franks has a bill significant enough to make page 3 of Sunday’s Chicago Sun-Times, but not a mention yet locally, except on McHenry County Blog. The story was broken with the Huntley High School extracurricular … Continue reading
Want to participate in extracurricular activities at Huntley High School next year? Then you have to be willing to submit to random drug testing. The school is not just talking student athletes. It’s everyone in extracurricular activities. (See end of … Continue reading
It struck me as highly unusual the survey proposed to send residents of Huntley District 158 had four options and all of them involved spending millions of dollars. The premise of the whole questionnaire was that classrooms could not be … Continue reading
It struck me as highly unusual the survey proposed to send residents of Huntley District 158 had four options and all of them involved spending millions of dollars. The premise of the whole questionnaire was that classrooms could not be … Continue reading
If you are planning to go to the Marengo Expo Saturday or the Huntley Expo next Saturday, 16th District Congressman Don Manzullo has reserved a room to talk to you. The details are in his press release below: Manzullo Invites … Continue reading