Yesterday, the first half of a report was published on what happened on the special ed front at the parents advisory committee meeting and the subsequent school board meeting. What follows, concludes that report. Board member Aileen Seedorf questioned a … Continue reading
Category Archives: Special Education
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Door-to-door leafleting. Pretty basic politics. And some Special Education Moms were doing it this afternoon in neighborhoods around town. With a photo of Superintendent John Burkey, taken by yours truly, the broadside’s headline was Our Superintendent wants special ed money … Continue reading
This is the firth and final installment of a too long article about the discussion of spending $800,000 of special ed money allocated to Huntley School District 158 this year as a result of the Federal stimulus program. The other … Continue reading
This is the third part of a rather exhaustive article about what happened at last Thursday’s Huntley School District 158 school board meeting concerning how the district is going to spend the first half of a $1.6 million grant from … Continue reading
Yesterday, McHenry County Blog began a rather exhaustive report on Thursday night’s meeting of the Huntley School District 158 school board meeting on how to spend Federal Stimulus money earmarked for special education. Today we continue the comments made by … Continue reading
Huntley School District 158 Special Ed Moms poured in on during the public comment time before the school board Committee of the Whole meeting Thursday night. By the time that part of the meeting was over at 11:15, there was … Continue reading
We would like to think government employees wouldn’t take money away from special ed children and use it for regular education. Especially when money is specifically designated for special ed use. Even if the Federal law allows such a diversion … Continue reading
I went to one of the town hall meetings put on by Huntley School District 158 in mid-July. Discussed were how the extra federal dollars for special ed from the Federal ARRA Stimulus Funds should be spent. Parents had all … Continue reading
Someone in Huntley School District 158 hired an attorney specializing in Special Ed in July. I didn’t see any board vote on the issue. Did you? At the Special Ed Parents Advisory meeting last night, attorney Teri Engler from the … Continue reading
I went to the Special Ed town hall meeting with school board members July 14th in Huntley District 158. There I received this handout which you can see online or just click to enlarge the image above. It’s on page … Continue reading
Huntley School District 158 School Superintendent John Burkey promised to post the board packet information when the board receives their info. As of 1:30 this afternoon there was no board packet posted under “packet.” When you clicked the link it … Continue reading
As of 9:30 this morning–the day of the board meeting–Huntley School District 158’s board packet information is not online. One could guess that Superintendent John Burkey doesn’t want to disclose information ahead of time to Special Ed parents interested in … Continue reading
On Friday, Daily Herald reporter Jameel Naqvi wrote a column titled “District 158, parents need to findmiddle ground.” It ends with “I will let you knowwhat the district decides.” He didn’t have to wait long for an answer. On Monday, … Continue reading
Maybe you’ll read it here first. Increases in money to local school districts have been decided. The information is online at the State Board of Education’s web site. Begin the gnashing of teeth. Or will it be sighs of relief? … Continue reading
In mid-May, the Huntley School Board was approached by some disappointed and frustrated parents. At both the Finance and the board meeting, the moms of kids with special needs felt empowered to speak about the education their kids are or … Continue reading