Yesterday Crystal Lake Elementary School Superintendent Donn Mendoza sent Crystal Lake Library Director Kathryn Martens the following email: “Attached is the operational information you requested. “As per our discussion, last night, our Board directed me to commence a study and … Continue reading
A press release has come from the Crystal Lake Police Department concerning the morning activity on Uteg Street. It follows: On October 31, 2012, at 9:01 a.m., the Crystal Lake Police were contacted by the DeKalb County Sheriff’s Dispatch Center … Continue reading
An email from District 47 Superintendent Donn Mendoza: Subject: Exciting Opportunity for District 47’s Middle School Students and Families Dear District 47 Middle School Families: The purpose for this correspondence is to inform you that all three District 47 middle … Continue reading
A press release from Carpentersville School District 300: Board approves new CFO The District 300 Board of Education approved tonight (Tuesday, May 29) Susan Harkin as the district’s new Chief Financial Officer. She replaces Cheryl Crates, who is retiring on … Continue reading
Hit by a van and flow first to Centegra’s Level 2 Trauma Center and then transferred to Advocate Lutheran General’s Level 1 Trauma center is reported in “stable condition” by the Daily Herald. Another source is much more optimistic, saying … Continue reading
Here’s what is on the Hannah Beardsley Middle School web site: Attention! – Dear District 47 Families: Earlier today, November 2, 2011, a District 47 middle school student was struck by an automobile as she was attempting to cross a … Continue reading
“While Democrats say Teachers ‘Have Kept Their Part of the Deal?’“ is the title of an April 5, 2011, article by former Huntley School District 158 Board member Larry Snow. (The quote was in the Chicago Tribune Marcy 31, 2011. … Continue reading
McHenry County Blog has surveyed school districts with major presences in McHenry County and discovered that union employees paid $3.8 million in dues during calendar year 2010. The total amount was $3,825,572. Contracts are typically for more than one year … Continue reading
I first noticed the write-in for state representative sign when I took one of my son’s friends home after a sleepover. There it was in the front yard in Four Colonies next to a Bill Brady for Governor sign. It … Continue reading
Just after noon, Crystal Lake District 47 Communications Director Lori Parrish robo-called to let parents know that a man in a van was trying to talk to North Elementary School students on the way to school. Her message follows: “This … Continue reading
Notice how you don’t see any local governmental or school district officials bragging about how much their tax rate had gone down? That’s because tax rates didn’t decrease this year. For almost the past two decades, the Property Tax Cap … Continue reading
The following email arrived at 3:04 PM. I was alerted to look for something by District 47’s Communications Director Lori Parrish’s having robo-called to tell me the same information. Forewarned, etc. Alert Name: Attempted Child Abduction Alert Type: High Importance … Continue reading
That’s what sprang to mind about noon as I was listening to the robo-call from Crystal Lake Grade School Director of Communications Lori Parish. Read what she said and see if you come to a similar conclusion: “School administrators have … Continue reading
Last week, parents and personnel at West Grade School in Crystal Lake had a scare when a guy tried to talk a nine-year old girl into getting into his car. Yesterday after school, a similar event occurred. At 11:24 this … Continue reading
Former Huntley School District 158 Technology Officer and, then, Chief Operating Officer Dave Jenkins recently went to work for Crystal Lake’s Grade School District 47. Looking at the front page announcement on the Huntley School District’s web page makes me … Continue reading
Eight years after bringing too many boxes home my legislative office, I was doing some throwing away this past month. I found a roll call on an amendment I offered on June 7, 1994. It was my second year of … Continue reading
After I saw the story from WLS-TV about Crystal Lake’s Grade School District 47 having lost $350,000 through internet fraud, I asked Chief Financial Officer Susan Shepard whether the loss might be recovered from a district insurance policy. Here’s her … Continue reading
WLS-TV reported last night on the theft of $350,000 of Crystal Lake District 47 money over the internet. The FBI is involved in this more that two-month old investigation. That involvement was reported by the Daily Herald the day the … Continue reading
Imagine my surprise when an alert Crystal Lake South Elementary School parent emailed me that District 47 was going to allow President Barack Obama to speak to its students on September 8th. Sure, I’m just too much of a cynic. … Continue reading
A friend noticed an important story that popped up on the Northwest Herald web site this afternoon. From what I can gather, “significant” money has been illegally transferred from grade school district bank accounts to points unknown. The Daily Herald … Continue reading
