!2-Year Old Harvard Girl Charged with Disorderly Conduct for Reporting False “Grabbing”

The Harvard Junior High School girl who reported that a “black hooded sweatshirt” wearing mid-twenties man “grabbed” her on the way home from school on Blaine Street has been charged with disorderly conduct following an admission that she made the … Continue reading

Administrators Leaving Huntley School District

First it was Teresa Ferrier. She was the Fiscal Services Director at Huntley’s District 158 until she was hired by Cary Grade School District 26 in mid-June of this year. T. Ferrier (as she likes to be known) started July … Continue reading

Keeping the Northwest Herald Honest

There’s editing and there’s editing. The Northwest Herald asks potential candidates to answer their questions and posts their answers online. Usually newspapers want answers that have reasoned explanations. In the Northwest Herald’s case, the editors didn’t want their previously endorsed … Continue reading

"Go To Bid" Pressure from Larry Snow and Aileen Seedorf Leads to More Than 3/4 of $1 Million Custodial Services Savings for Huntley School District

This past winter, Glen Stewart, then-Chief Operating Officer and, before getting that over $100,000 a year job, a member of the Huntley School District 158 Board majority, wanted to extend the $2 million per year contract of the guys doing … Continue reading

"Go To Bid" Pressure from Larry Snow and Aileen Seedorf Leads to More Than 3/4 of $1 Million Custodial Services Savings for Huntley School District

This past winter, Glen Stewart, then-Chief Operating Officer and, before getting that over $100,000 a year job, a member of the Huntley School District 158 Board majority, wanted to extend the $2 million per year contract of the guys doing … Continue reading

Should the Superintendent Recommend?

Which local school board publicly says they don’t want its superintendent to make an important recommendation? You would be right if you guessed the Huntley District 158 school board. At last Thursday’s Building Committee meeting board member Larry Snow proposed … Continue reading

Should the Superintendent Recommend?

Which local school board publicly says they don’t want its superintendent to make an important recommendation? You would be right if you guessed the Huntley District 158 school board. At last Thursday’s Building Committee meeting board member Larry Snow proposed … Continue reading

Kissing Up to the Administration in Huntley School District 158

High school newspapers rarely make the news. The one in Johnsburg, the Johnsburg Weekly News, won a lot of prizes. It reported on “a school administrator on drug possession and domestic abuse charges,” student Sarah Sutschek wrote in a scholarship … Continue reading

To Bid or Not To Bid – Huntley School District Custodial Contract

Yesterday I promised a specific about Huntley School District 158’s procurement process. And I see Northwest Herald reporter Tom Musick has written a story about a $2 million custodial contract, so let’s look at it. $2 million. If you back … Continue reading

To Bid or Not To Bid – Huntley School District Custodial Contract

Yesterday I promised a specific about Huntley School District 158’s procurement process. And I see Northwest Herald reporter Tom Musick has written a story about a $2 million custodial contract, so let’s look at it. $2 million. If you back … Continue reading