In its article on the Crystal Lake High School District 155 Board election Friday, the Northwest Herald did something I have not seen done before. It identified which candidates were endorsed by the teacher union. In my precinct letter, I … Continue reading
There’s a fight for control of the Crystal Lake District 155 School Board this spring. One team is led by McHenry County Board member Donna Kurtz. You can see that side’s four by four foot sign below: Running with Kurtz … Continue reading
Watching the TV news between five and six thirty I found stories on Justin Hubly’s arrest on five channels. Missing from the reports is that fellow Crystal Lake Central High School employees tipped off the police, as the Crystal Lake … Continue reading
Justin Hubby, the man who served as President of the District 155 Education Association has been arrested by the Crystal Lake Police Department for activities with underage females. The Police Department press release is below: Crystal Lake Police Arrest Subject … Continue reading
A role that Junior Achievement used to provide locally has been taken up by District 155 at Prairie Grove High School. It is explained in the following press release: D155 Launches INCubator Edu Program with Support from Community This school … Continue reading
Aaron Shepley, the man that McHenry County Republican Party Chairman Mike Tryon appointed as Vice Chairman of Community Outreach, Aaron Shepley is listed as introducing State Rep. Jack Franks’ at at Crystal Lake Town Hall Meeting announced on Franks’ Facebook … Continue reading
The end of session report from State Rep. Mike Tryon: New FY17 Spending Bills will Enable Full K-12 School Operations for Entire School Year SB 2047. Some elements of the package appropriated money so that it could be legally used … Continue reading
Chicago Reader’s Ben Joravsky’s take on Chicago Tax Increment Financing Districts: “As you know, TIFs are, in effect, a surcharge added to your property tax. “The proceeds are used to pay for pretty much anything the mayor wants.” He adds … Continue reading
Before we moved to Crystal Lake in 1958, the Government Improvement League of McHenry County had a newsletter. Dad belonged to the group and became responsible for publishing that newsletter. From 1963 to 1968 the publication became the Public Affairs … Continue reading
The pre-Crystal Lake posts of my father’s biography can be found by looking down on McHenry County Blog. Dad rented a home at 100 W. Crystal Lake Avenue. We started school there (the junior class built its Homecoming float there) … Continue reading
The bill sponsored by State Senator Pam Althoff that codifies the Illinois Supreme Court decision on the District 155 Crystal Lake South High School bleacher case has been sent to Govenror Bruce Rauner. Here’s what it did as it left … Continue reading
A press release from Crystal Lake High School District 155: Twenty-Four Students Recognized at STRIVE’S Commemoration Celebration Twenty-four students were recognized during STRIVE’s annual commemoration Celebration at Prairie Ridge High School on Thursday, May 26. Members of District 155’s Board … Continue reading
Seven citizens delivered messages to the Crystal Lake District 155 High School Board Tuesday night before it went behind closed doors to evaluate the year’s performance of Superintendent Johnnie Thomas. A suggestion for more transparency came from McHenry County Board … Continue reading
A friend of McHenry County Blog sent this to my inbox: Action on District 155’s Superintendent’s Contract at Special Meeting Tuesday Night Looks like District 155 is up to their old tricks regarding lack of transparency to the taxpayers of … Continue reading
I noticed that the Northwest Herald did not report the vote on the three-years of 4% raises passed by the Crystal Lake High School Board on Tuesday night. The vote was 6-1. Newly-elected Rosemary Kurtz was the only one to … Continue reading
A press release from Crystal Lake High School District 155: D155 School Board to Vote on Teachers’ Contract Crystal Lake – The D155 Education Association and the Board of Education have been working collaboratively toward a new collective bargaining agreement. … Continue reading
We spend a lot of time looking at trees. Sometimes it’s helpful to step back and look at the forest.In the 2014 school year, enrollment in District 155 was 6,733. The last time it was this low was 2006. Below … Continue reading
The same night the McHenry County Board cut real estate taxes from $79 to $76 million, the Crystal Lake High School Board voted for a flat levy. What that means is that aggregate taxes on current property will decrease. That’s … Continue reading
A press release from Crystal Lake High School District 155: District 155 Named to 5th Annual AP District Honor Roll Crystal Lake – Community High School District 155 was named to the 5th Annual AP District Honor Roll for increasing … Continue reading
Marathon Pundit ran a story about how the State of Kansas is surveying school board members asking whether they have spouses or relatives working for school districts. It is no secret that Illinois Education Association unions seek those with connections with … Continue reading
