A press release from the McHenry Police Department: McHENRY POLICE AND McHENRY DISTRICT 156 INVESTIGATE A THREAT AT SCHOOL On Tuesday, February 26th, 2019, the McHenry Police Department investigated inappropriate comments made by a McHenry Community High School (West Campus) student. … Continue reading
Category Archives: McHenry High School District 156
With 95% of the precincts reporting, the McHenry High School Board gained voter approval to borrow $44 million. … Continue reading
A press release from McHenry County Board member John Reinert: Reinert: Alternatives to McHenry High School Board’s Tax Hike Proposal Unexplored CRYSTAL LAKE – McHenry County Board member John Reinert is urging voters in McHenry High School District 156 to … Continue reading
“Follow the money.” That was the strategy of the Washington Post reporters in their Watergate investigation. A week ago I sent a Freedom of Information request to McHenry Township asking for payments since the beginning of 2017 to any of … Continue reading
The committee to hike taxes in McHenry High School District 156 got $2,000 from each of the car dealers in McHenry, so they are rolling in cash. Until now, no opposition has reared its head except, McHenry County Board member … Continue reading
Cary Grade School President Scott Coffey has a suggestion for the McHenry High School board: Given that D-47 just issued $9.2 million in bonds in June with roughly an average yield of 3.0%, a similar rate on D-156’s $44 million … Continue reading
From McHenry County Blog reader Mark, who has return after too long an absence: One of the big problems in school district reorganizations is what to do about the pay of employees in the lower paid district, which in this … Continue reading
McHenry County Board John Reinert has researched how the McHenry High School Board could meet the needs of its students without voters approving the borrowing of $44 million. That is the amount of the bond issue on the November ballot … Continue reading
On Tuesday, the McHenry High School Tax Hike Committee, calling itself the McHenry District 156 Vote YES for Lower Taxes and Better Schools, scored $9,150 more in campaign contributions. Here is where they came from $2,000 – Sunnyside Company [Chrysler, … Continue reading
The City of McHenry’s Parks & Recreation Department has put out the following chart showing what will happen to taxes under various combinations of voter action: … Continue reading
The majority of the financing for the $44 million bond issue being pushed by the McHenry High School Board is coming from companies who sell goods and services to District 156. Of the $5,000 in contributions reported to the State … Continue reading
It appeared in a comment under this article (McHenry High School Tax Hike Committee Wants Yes Vote To Keep Taxes from Maximum Decrease, Vote NO and cut your taxes by $325 a year!). To the Editor: Let’s make this simple … Continue reading
The McHenry District 156 Vote Yes for Lower Taxes and Better Schools committee has a campaign that is a naked attempt to deceive voters into missing out on a really big tax cut in 2020. The District currently levies about … Continue reading
From McHenry County Board member Chuck Wheeler: Chuck Wheeler on McHenry Referendum Questions First the City of McHenry placed a referendum on the November ballot to fund a $30 million water park and rec center. As if that’s not enough, … Continue reading
McHenry High School District 156 has 160 public union members. Each pays, regardless of salary, $716 a year in union dues. The IEA teachers union struck in 2015. … Continue reading
Right after this year’s real estate tax bills arrived in mailboxes, McHenry County Blog showed how school districts’ tax levies compared with the previous two years’ levies. A Friend of McHenry County Blog did the heavy lifting in manipulating this … Continue reading
When Steve Bellmore, the candidate selected to knock Jack Franks critique Chuck Wheeler off the County Board, filled out his questionnaire for the Northwest Herald, he gave an incomplete answer to the following question: Elected office held: Bellmore’s reply was … Continue reading
Four people were to be elected to the McHenry High School Board. The winners follow: Pat Arnold – 3,973 Ronald Fischer 3,284 Gary Kinshofer – 2,616 Timothy Hying – 2,601 Arne Waltmire – 2,455 Michael Lovitsch – 2,379 Giuseppe Veneziano … Continue reading
Here’s the report made by McHenry High School District 156 Board candidate Arnie Waltmire: $5,000 – Waltmire, Arne, Occupation: Teacher, Employer: Community High School District 155. Previously Waltmire ran unsuccessfully for McHenry County College Board and the McHenry County Board. Interestingly, Waltmire … Continue reading
And, so did the other Republicans on which McHenry teens voted. You can see the results below: … Continue reading