After the last Woodstock School District 200 School Board meeting, a friend of McHenry County Blog sent me the report below about the school clinic discussion. School Clinic Would Prohibit Parental Knowledge, Permission Since the same topic is on the … 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
Susan Handelsman, the woman who brought the issue of Woodstock School District taxpayers being forced to subsidize children living in future low cost housing in Lakewood’s Tax Increment Financing District near Routes 47 and 176, has penned a critique of … 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
I asked both Lakewood and District 200 what happened at the December 22nd meeting about the Lakewood Tax Increment Financing District. Here’s how Lakewood Village President Erin Smith replied: We had a good first meeting with D200, but it was … Continue reading
Woodstock District 200’s School Board decided to delay making a decision on whether to sue the Village of Lakewood in an attempt to invalidate its Tax Increment Financing District until December 30th. The reason was that agreement had been reached … 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
Seneca Township’s Susan Handelsman offers the following rebuttal to comments made by School Board President and School Superintendent on D200 school budget and possible consolidation article in NW Herald 9-11-15 by Hannah Prokop. We taxpayers pay 5% property tax and … Continue reading
Here are some 2013 McHenry County school statistics–average expenditure per pupil and per classroom, plus average teach salary–to ponder. They were calculated by a Friend of McHenry County Blog. I don’t think I have seen average spending per classroom for … Continue reading
The Chicago Tribune’s Education superb Reporter Diane Rado has examined the cost to local taxpayers of school boards that increased teachers’ salaries more than allowed by law just before they retired. Her main article can be found here. Reported in … Continue reading
From reader Susan. Facts about the Woodstock School District which she extracted from the Official Statement of 2014 General Obligation Bonds issued by D200. Numbers are worse in Woodstock CUSD 200. This is where Lakewood will insert the children of the … Continue reading
Last year McHenry County real estate taxpayers were billed $797,419,250.88. This year the McHenry County Clerk’s Office has determined that bills amounting to $809,385,180.76 will be issued. That’s a dollar increase of $11,965,930, a percentage increase of 1.5%. The Property … Continue reading
A press release from McHenry County: Office of National Drug Control Policy Awards $125,000 to McHenry County SAC The McHenry County Substance Abuse Coalition (SAC), in collaboration with the McHenry County Regional Office of Education, has been awarded a 5 … Continue reading
The Chicago Sun-Times released a school teacher and administrator data base this week that some might find interesting. “Salary data includes base, summer-, after-school pay, benefits, vacation- or sick-day payouts, pre-retirement salary bumps. Average includes only full-time employees,” says the … Continue reading
School districts take most of our property tax dollars. It is fair to compare unit districts to unit districts. These are how all schools were originally. During the run-up to the 1870 Constitutional Convention, there was tremendous borrowing by local … Continue reading
District 200’s new high school is supposed to open in August. But, the question is whether it will be finished on time or not. Mother’s Day was the first weekend one guy had had off since February. How did he … Continue reading
District 200’s new high school is supposed to open in August. But, the question is whether it will be finished on time or not. Mother’s Day was the first weekend one guy had had off since February. How did he … Continue reading
There’s been quite a debate on character education. Should parents inculcate values or should teachers? I thought of that controversy when I realized that teachers made a big deal about being able to make an extra $10,000 a year just … Continue reading
There’s been quite a debate on character education. Should parents inculcate values or should teachers? I thought of that controversy when I realized that teachers made a big deal about being able to make an extra $10,000 a year just … Continue reading
