A press release from High School District 155: D155 Board Approves Superintendent Employee Contract The board approved the superintendent employment contract for Steve Olson effective immediately through the 2020-2021 school year. Mr. Olson has been serving as interim superintendent since … Continue reading
Category Archives: District 155
From a Friend of McHenry County Blog: Hey Everyone, I hope some of you can join John Peltz at this meeting tonight. [Board Policy Committee Meeting Agenda, November 14, 2017, 7:30 p.m., Center for Education, One South Virginia Road, Crystal … Continue reading
With the Crystal Lake High School majority about to do tomorrow what I predicted would happen if the teachers union-endorsed candidates won, I share my Algonquin 7 precinct letter about the District 155 part of that election: Another election is … Continue reading
From a Friend of McHenry County Blog: Hey Everyone, I hope some of you can join John Pletz at this meeting tonight. [Board Policy Committee Meeting Agenda, November 14, 2017, 6:30 p.m., Center for Education, One South Virginia Road, Crystal … Continue reading
There are some quite interesting comments about family employment of Crystal Lake District 155 Board members under the article Scott Coffey Critiques District 155 School District Budget Only one of the connections do I know to be accurate. The next … Continue reading
Cary Grade School District 26 Board President Scott Coffey took a look at the Crystal Lake High School District 155 budget and offers the following observations under this article: Former CL High School School Board Candidate Calls Out Board Members … Continue reading
For those who would like to pursue District 155’s need for a significant increase in taxes, below is found information from the Illinois State Board of Education’s School Report Card: Comments from Steve Willson left under another post that seem … Continue reading
Wednesday, former Crystal Lake High School Board candidate John Pletz wrote a letter to the Northwest Herald. He has given McHenry County Blog permission to republish it. 2017 Levy Increase LTE Community High School District 155’s board has voted to … Continue reading
A press release from Crystal Lake High School District 155: Nine D155 Students Earn National Merit Semifinalist Recognition The National Merit® Scholarship Program named nine District 155 students as 2018 National Merit® Semifinalists. Samantha Catlett – Cary-Grove Jacob Epp – … Continue reading
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
A press release from High School District 155: D155 Pilots New Aviation Course Crystal Lake – District 155 is expanding learning opportunities beyond the classroom walls to offer students a unique opportunity to earn FAA Private Pilot Ground School certification. District 155 … Continue reading
A press release from Crystal Lake High School District 155: D155 Board Approves New Cary-Grove Principal Crystal Lake – The D155 Board of Education approved Neil Lesinski as the new principal at Cary-Grove High School, effective July 1. After serving … Continue reading
A press release from Crystal Lake High School District 155: D155 Board Approves New Crystal Lake South Principal Crystal Lake – The D155 Board of Education approved Josh Nobilio as the new principal at Crystal Lake South High School, effective … Continue reading
That’s what the Crystal Lake Police Department is reporting Monday morning: Advisory: A message from Crystal Lake South High School’s Principal regarding the rumors that were circulated last week in an email to parents and students. Dear Parents and Students, … Continue reading
Operation Click, Operation Cool before 2007, started in Crystal Lake as a joint project between the police department and the high school district. The goal was to stop car accident deaths of teenagers. Inducements were large and small. The large … Continue reading
When we moved to Crystal Lake in 1958, I was a junior in high school and my sister was a freshman. Our family had lived in Maryland, Utah and New York State before coming here. We were astounded that the … Continue reading
You can tell an election contest is close when one side stops putting out positive pieces about its candidates and starts attacking the other side. Consider this literature found at the Crystal Lake Jewel on Saturday: I think this is … Continue reading
Here is what was delivered to my mailbox today: It is a sample ballot from the Algonquin Township Republican Central Committee. For the first time the Republican Party is officially endorsing candidates running in non-partisan races. Apparently, the party has … Continue reading