A press release from the Woodstock Police Department: Child Sex Offender Arrest On Tuesday, October 2nd, 2018, the Woodstock Police Department’s School Resource Officer who is assigned to the Woodstock High School at 501 W. South St. was notified by … Continue reading
Category Archives: Woodstock High School
usan Handlesman fills readers in on Woodstock School District 200 Facilities Committee recommendations: D200 Facility Review Committee (physical building review) Recommendations of our committee: Close Clay Academy Dean Street School Northwoods School and consolidate those students into remaining elementary and … Continue reading
Chicago Magazine ranked suburban schools. Here are the results for McHenry County grade schools: Here are the results of McHenry County high schools: The ranking methodology can be found here. … Continue reading
I read in the February 23, 2016, Northwest Herald a letter to the editor in which Woodstock City Councilman Mike Turner endorses McHenry County Board member Tina Hill for Recorder of Deeds. He praises Hill for being “a small government … Continue reading
A new commenter identifying as “Open Your Eyes” posted the following comment under my pitch for people to run for Precinct Committeeman entitled, “Fed Up with High Taxes?” The problem with this blog is that anyone can post anything without … Continue reading
From some opponents of putting artificial turf on the Woodstock High School football field: An organization called “The WHS Turf Campaign” has raised pledges for around $801K to install an artificial turf field at the old Woodstock High School. Aside from … Continue reading
From the Environmental Defenders email: D200 School Board will be accepting bids for possible approval of the application of [a $955,170] crumb rubber (a component of Synthetic or Artificial Turf) to Larry Dale Field at Woodstock High School THIS SUMMER. … Continue reading
Taken from the McHenry County Environmental Defenders eNews: The McHenry Co. Federation of Teachers, Local 1642, will present a screening of “Inequality For All”, a documentary that follows former U.S. Labor Secretary Robert Reich as he looks to raise awareness … Continue reading
The Illinois State Board of Education has released its Report Cards for schools. I have extracted summary data images for high schools in McHenry County, which you can see below. … Continue reading
A sharp-eyed reader took a look at the invitation to State Rep. Jack Franks’ October26th fundraiser and spotted that a performance of the Woodstock High School Madrigals was listed on his invitation. So I sent a Freedom of Information request … Continue reading
Congressman Joe Walsh will hold a previously scheduled Town Hall meeting at Woodstock High School from 4-5:30 Sunday afternoon. The high school is the old one near Downtown Woodstock. Its address is 501 West South St. Given the media firestorm … Continue reading
A press release from Congressman Joe Walsh: Rep. Walsh Releases Town Hall Schedule WASHINGTON – Rep. Joe Walsh announced today that he will be hosting three upcoming Town Hall listening sessions. Attendees will have the opportunity to provide feedback and … Continue reading
Yesterday, McHenry County Blog published the percentage of incoming freshmen at McHenry County College require remedial math classes. The best high school district was Huntley’s at 46% needing help to be able to take a college course. Today, we look … Continue reading
You can see the data above. But, just to make sure people can use a search engine to find out how well each McHenry County College high school prepares its students who attend McHenry County College in math, I’ll type … Continue reading
Although every township will hold annual town meetings tonight, of the 17 in McHenry County, those in Grafton, Dorr and Nunda Townships are guaranteed to provide the most action. In Grafton, the forces behind the Township Trustees vs. Township Supervisor … Continue reading
The citizens who petitioned to put questions, including one asking for a $1 million tax rebate, on the agenda of the Dorr Township meeting next Tuesday evening are disturbed that the three questions will not be voted upon separately. The … Continue reading
District 200’s new high school is supposed to open in August. But, the question is whether it will be finished on time or not. Mother’s Day was the first weekend one guy had had off since February. How did he … Continue reading
District 200’s new high school is supposed to open in August. But, the question is whether it will be finished on time or not. Mother’s Day was the first weekend one guy had had off since February. How did he … Continue reading
Besides Cary-Grove High School student Kate McNamee winning the new Pontiac from Sam Oginni, owner of Crystal Lake Pontiac, the big news was the announcement of five new area high schools joining the program next year. Operation Click President Sean … Continue reading
Besides Cary-Grove High School student Kate McNamee winning the new Pontiac from Sam Oginni, owner of Crystal Lake Pontiac, the big news was the announcement of five new area high schools joining the program next year. Operation Click President Sean … Continue reading