Ten Applicants for McHenry County Regional Superintendent of Education Before Word Got Out There Was No Money for Salaries in State Budget

Here’s the list I received in response to my Freedom of Information request for the names of those who have applied to become the McHenry County Regional Superintendent of Schools. You may remember when it became clear that Governor Pat … Continue reading

Regional Superintendent of Schools Story from State Angle

The Northwest Herald’s Kevin Craver broke the story that the current and incoming McHenry County Regional Superintendent of Schools are resigning, apparently because their salaries, hence, their pension base will probably be cut soon. Current Supt. Gene Goeglein gets paid … Continue reading

Grafton Township Republican Turnout

Continuing a series of Republican turnout in the February 2nd primary election, we now turn to Grafton Township. Previously, precinct results for Algonquin Township have been previously  published. As in Algonquin and Nunda Townships, all Grafton Township precincts had contests … Continue reading

Lakemoor’s Diana Hartmann Thinking of Running for McHenry County Regional Superintendent of Schools

Lakemoor’s Diana Hartmann is thinking about running for the Republican nomination for McHenry County Regional Superintendent of Schools.  You see her with her now-two year old son and husband Michael in this photo from last fall at Stades Farm. With … Continue reading

Joe Williams Running for Regional Supt. of Education

Huntley’s Joe Williams rolled out his candidacy for Regional Superintendent of Schools at the Grafton Township Republican Central Committee last Wednesday in Lakewood’s Lou Malnati’s Pizza. That was the night I was listening to State Rep. Lou Lang speak to … Continue reading

No Mandatory Loss of Accreditation for Huntley If Strike Days Not Made Up

An interesting thing happened at last Thursday night’s Huntley school board meeting. First, Superintendent Burkey was unable to attend the meeting, being at a Superintendents’ meeting of Large Unit District Association officials. So, second in command Terry Awrey was in … Continue reading

No Mandatory Loss of Accreditation for Huntley If Strike Days Not Made Up

An interesting thing happened at last Thursday night’s Huntley school board meeting. First, Superintendent Burkey was unable to attend the meeting, being at a Superintendents’ meeting of Large Unit District Association officials. So, second in command Terry Awrey was in … Continue reading