Commenter Swampbuggy offers this sage advice for how to cut property taxes: Right now the Teacher’s Union has discovered that you can run teachers for the school boards and then call all the parents and union members to come out … Continue reading
Category Archives: Crystal Lake High School District 155
This appeared from Scott Coffey in a comment. I think it deserves broader readership: I always get a chuckle when someone “assures” me that something can’t be done. We were told that alot in 2010 as we tried to turn … Continue reading
Kirk Allen of Edgar County Watchdogs and American Watchdogs is taking a look at Crystal Lake High School District 155. Here is the Freedom of Information Request that is published on the Agenda for next Tuesday’s tax hike meeting at … Continue reading
There are some quite interesting comments about family employment of Crystal Lake District 155 Board members under the article Scott Coffey Critiques District 155 School District Budget Only one of the connections do I know to be accurate. The next … Continue reading
Cary Grade School District 26 Board President Scott Coffey took a look at the Crystal Lake High School District 155 budget and offers the following observations under this article: Former CL High School School Board Candidate Calls Out Board Members … Continue reading
For those who would like to pursue District 155’s need for a significant increase in taxes, below is found information from the Illinois State Board of Education’s School Report Card: Comments from Steve Willson left under another post that seem … Continue reading
Wednesday, former Crystal Lake High School Board candidate John Pletz wrote a letter to the Northwest Herald. He has given McHenry County Blog permission to republish it. 2017 Levy Increase LTE Community High School District 155’s board has voted to … Continue reading
In an extensive article by former Northwest Herald Editor Dan McCabe, now working for the Illinois News Network under former NWH Managing Editor Chris Krug, McCabe sites the impending tax hike vote on the Crystal Lake High School District 155 … Continue reading
A press release from State Rep. Allen Skillicorn: SKILLICORN ASKS SCHOOL DISTRICT D155 TO CUT TAXES CRYSTAL LAKE, IL— Crystal Lake-based Community High School D155 Board Members could vote tonight on a “tentative tax levy increase of about $3.2 million … Continue reading
Tuesday night is the first time that the new District 155 School Board–most elected with the support of the District 155 teachers union–will have an opportunity to show how much they care about local taxpayers. At 7:30, the meeting will … Continue reading
From Crystal Lake High School District 155’s Shannon Podzimek: This evening, the Board unanimously appointed Steve Olson as Interim Educational Superintendent for Community High School District 155 for the 2017-18 school year. Mr. Olson will work closely with district and … Continue reading
Waiving the two-day notice required by the Open Meetings Act, the District 155 High School Board is meeting tonight at District offices in Crystal Lake to react to the resignation of Superintendent Johnnie Thomas at last night’s meeting. The agenda … Continue reading
It wasn’t a big secret that the Crystal Lake High School teachers union had no love for Superintendent Johnnie Thomas. So, it’s not a big surprise that there has been a parting of the ways between the Superintendent and the … Continue reading
From a comment under the article “District 155 Announces 13 Layoffs“: Just like any good business, it is important to understand what value you are providing to your customers. The customers here are the students and our teachers are providing … Continue reading
A press release from High School District 155: D155 Pilots New Aviation Course Crystal Lake – District 155 is expanding learning opportunities beyond the classroom walls to offer students a unique opportunity to earn FAA Private Pilot Ground School certification. District 155 … Continue reading
A press release from Crystal Lake High School District 155: D155 Board Approves New Cary-Grove Principal Crystal Lake – The D155 Board of Education approved Neil Lesinski as the new principal at Cary-Grove High School, effective July 1. After serving … Continue reading
A press release from Crystal Lake High School District 155: D155 Board Approves New Crystal Lake South Principal Crystal Lake – The D155 Board of Education approved Josh Nobilio as the new principal at Crystal Lake South High School, effective … Continue reading
Operation Click, Operation Cool before 2007, started in Crystal Lake as a joint project between the police department and the high school district. The goal was to stop car accident deaths of teenagers. Inducements were large and small. The large … Continue reading
When we moved to Crystal Lake in 1958, I was a junior in high school and my sister was a freshman. Our family had lived in Maryland, Utah and New York State before coming here. We were astounded that the … Continue reading
McHenry County Board Chairman Jack Franks’ fingerprints haven’t been identified in any of the April 4th contests, but there are three contests where he lost. The first was in his hometown of Marengo. Republican Precinct Committee and Mayor Don Lockhart, … Continue reading