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
Comments as read by Scott C. Vetter to the D155 Board of Education on May 17th, 2016: After serving in the United States Navy, I decided to transfer my newly acquired leadership skills to the manufacturing world. I am, today, considered, … Continue reading
Crystal Lake Republican Precinct Committeeman attended last night’s meeting of the Crystal Lake High School District 155 Board of Education. Here’s what he took away: Johnnie Thomas Gets Contract Extended Two Years Last night the D155 School Board addressed the … Continue reading
Here’s an educated guess from a Friend of McHenry County Blog at what the Crystal Lake High School District 155 Board will be doing at its meeting next Tuesday night at 7:30 at its Administrative Center at One South Virginia … 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
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
A letter from Crystal Lake District 155 Superintendent Johnnie Thomas talks about test scores: PARCC Test Results The Illinois State Board of Education will release results from the Partnership for Assessment of Readiness for College and Careers (PARCC) test tomorrow. The first … Continue reading
At Thursday morning’s Crystal Lake Chamber of Commerce governmental forum, there was a question and answer session. There was a well-researched question asking about what tax districts were doing about duplication of services: “From 2009 through 2012, Countywide Equalized Assessed … Continue reading
The Crystal Lake Chamber of Commerce held its first Town Hall meeting Thursday morning. It was the usual time for such meetings, set so business people can attend before business hours. This time the public was allowed to come. There … Continue reading
From Dr. Johnnie Thomas, Superintendent of Crystal Lake High School District 155: For District 155, like any family, the loss of a student hits us extremely hard. Yet, in recent days, I have witnessed our students receiving care and support … Continue reading
A phone call with this 8:41 AM emailed message went to Crystal Lake High School District 155 parents this morning before 9: Notification from: D155 District Office – 000 Dear Parents & Guardians: As your student arrived at school today, … Continue reading
Got another call from Crystal Lake High School District 155’s Superintendent: Schools to Dismissed on Normal Schedule – 10/16/14 At this time, we have lifted the code yellow lockdown at all of our schools. We will dismiss students at the … Continue reading
Superintendent Johnnie Thomas just robo-called homes of District 155 High School students to inform families that high schools will be closed tomorrow. Crystal Lake Central, Cary-Gove, South and Prairie Ridge High School students are probably the happiest people in town … Continue reading
Prior to the scathing letter from Crystal Lake Mayor Aaron Shepley, District 155 invited Amberwood Avenue residents to a meeting Monday night at 6:30. … Continue reading
In response to a Freedom of Information Request filed late last night the City of Crystal Lake has provided the following letters to High School District 155 dated July 30th and 31st: … Continue reading
This past weekend when I posted the salary of McHenry County College President Vicky Smith, I wondered what the salaries of the school superintendents in McHenry County are. A friend of McHenry County Blog did the research and sent me … Continue reading
An email to parents from the Superintendent: Dear Parents: As details of the tragedy in Newtown, Connecticut continue to be released, people across the country and in District 155 remain shocked by this senseless act of violence. The thoughts of … Continue reading
