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The Huntley School District 158 changed how you can access the board packets online. You go to this link and place your cursor over 2009 – 2010 information. A menu then appears. As soon as you attempt to click onto … Continue reading
Category Archives: Huntley School Board
You need a quorum for a board meeting. Right now the Huntley school board has only one board member as a carryover for its Finance Committee. That would be Kevin Gentry. Hard to have a quorum with one committee member. … Continue reading
Thursday night the Huntley District 158 School Board held an executive session. Top secret. Hush, hush, don’t you know? One of the topics discussed was current contract negotiations with the teachers union, the H.E.A., short for the Huntley Educational Association. … Continue reading
No, I’m not going to attempt that. But I am going to encourage you to read the bottom of the following. It was posted over two years ago after a confrontation over ACT performance by Huntley High School students. 9/15/6 … Continue reading
I’m trying to catch up with stories that deserve coverage. (I never will, but I’m trying.) Here’s an email from Shawn Green, President of Huntley School District 158’s School Board. He tells of the district’s opposition to House Bill 2354, … Continue reading
The numbers are telling. And tell the difference in the Huntley School District 158 board election. Two years ago Easter was before election day. This year Easter is late and Mike Skala probably caught a huge break in his race … Continue reading
A mailing from Huntley School District 158 school board re-election candidate Larry Snow, being hotly opposed by appointed incumbent Mike Skala, arrived after the postcard from his opponent. On the address side, Snow lays out three reasons for re-election: Standing … 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
Using direct mail, the telephone and leaflets, incumbent Huntley School District 158 board member Larry Snow is trying to stave off a sophisticated campaign mounted by Mike Skala, the teachers union and others who supported the unneeded 55-cent tax rate … Continue reading
On Saturday morning Sun City hosted a candidates’ forum for Huntley school board candidates. There is only one contested race. Larry Snow, who is running for re-election, versus Mike Skala, who as board president was voted out of office in … Continue reading
In response to a Freedom of Information request I made after the Huntley School Board majority refused to place the issue of sexual harassments settlements on its agenda the first week of March, I received the following. I can understand … Continue reading
Spanish-born, but American-educated philosopher George Santayana is credited with coming up with that truism. It seems relevant to the Huntley School District 158 board race between elected incumbent Larry Snow and appointed incumbent Mike Skala. This was found on the … Continue reading