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The biggest shock when our family moved to Crystal Lake in 1958 was that we had to pay for text books at Crystal Lake Community High School and in District 47. I think the price was in the $80 range … Continue reading
Category Archives: Huntley School Board
For years Huntley teachers have wanted guaranteed maximum raises if they decide to plan on taking early retirement or retirement that is officially planned years ahead of time. Their union was asking for a guaranteed 6% increase for each of … Continue reading
How credible is it for a school district to have two meetings with its teachers union and no one can officially remember when either one was? Huntley’s answer was it can’t recall. Administration does recall that it wasn’t at the … Continue reading
With over 700 registered voters in attendance, electors at the Annual Town Meeting overwhelmingly refused to follow the script laid out by Ancel Glink partner Keri-Lyn Krafthefer. There were so many people in attendance that the 700 pink ballots designed … Continue reading
Few would come up with a solution to a possible (probable?) large cut in State Aid to Education for next year by spending an extra million this year. Spending a million, so they don’t have to spend it next year. … Continue reading
Below are four snippets from Huntley 158’s board meeting of March 4th. If you had taken the time to listen to or be at the board meeting, you would have heard the quotes below. (My apologies for any minor discrepancies.) … Continue reading
Earlier today I posted the “Notice of Vacancy” sent out by Huntley School District 158. I noticed that it did not seem to mesh with school board policy. Now the district has sent out a revised version of its original … Continue reading
With the resignation of Huntley School District 158 Board President Shawn Green, the remaining members are seeking applicants to replace him.Applications are due by March 18th. Below is the notice that has been distributed: Notice of Board Member Vacancy 03.05.10 … Continue reading
Tonight was Huntley School Board President Shawn Green’s last meeting. He resigned to pursue policy concerns in a different arena, perhaps even another elective office. (He was elected a Republican Precinct Committeeman February 2nd.) Green warns against using the schools … Continue reading
I have cited Huntley School District 158 as a model of transparency. I did so most recently for all to see at a Crystal Lake City Council meeting when I was perturbed that I could not find the council packet … Continue reading
Sunday, the Northwest Herald published a guest column by Huntley School District 158 John Burkey: Facts about D-158’s fiscal outlook Burkey took Executive Editor Chris Krug to task. Here’s part of what Burkey wrote: “Mr. Krug stated that District 158 … Continue reading
After a long interview with Huntley District 158 Controller Mark Altmayer, the Northwest Herald published an article about how the finances of District 158 were bleak. It was so bleak Certified Public Accountant Altmayer put on a lengthy presentation to … Continue reading
Here’s a surprising press release from Shawn Green, the Huntley School Board president. He notes, as McHenry County Blog did earlier this year, that he is running for Republican precinct committeeman (Coral Township Precinct 3). In April he told me … Continue reading
Yesterday, the first half of a report was published on what happened on the special ed front at the parents advisory committee meeting and the subsequent school board meeting. What follows, concludes that report. Board member Aileen Seedorf questioned a … Continue reading
Door-to-door leafleting. Pretty basic politics. And some Special Education Moms were doing it this afternoon in neighborhoods around town. With a photo of Superintendent John Burkey, taken by yours truly, the broadside’s headline was Our Superintendent wants special ed money … Continue reading
This is the firth and final installment of a too long article about the discussion of spending $800,000 of special ed money allocated to Huntley School District 158 this year as a result of the Federal stimulus program. The other … Continue reading
This is the third part of a rather exhaustive article about what happened at last Thursday’s Huntley School District 158 school board meeting concerning how the district is going to spend the first half of a $1.6 million grant from … Continue reading
Yesterday, McHenry County Blog began a rather exhaustive report on Thursday night’s meeting of the Huntley School District 158 school board meeting on how to spend Federal Stimulus money earmarked for special education. Today we continue the comments made by … Continue reading
Huntley School District 158 Special Ed Moms poured in on during the public comment time before the school board Committee of the Whole meeting Thursday night. By the time that part of the meeting was over at 11:15, there was … Continue reading
Someone in Huntley School District 158 hired an attorney specializing in Special Ed in July. I didn’t see any board vote on the issue. Did you? At the Special Ed Parents Advisory meeting last night, attorney Teri Engler from the … Continue reading