Read the following September 28, 2018, 1:58 PM email from Regional Superintendent of Schools Leslie Schermerhorn to McHenry County Board members and tell me that McHenry County Board member Jack Franks doesn’t have an anger control problem: Happy Friday County … Continue reading
Category Archives: Illinois State Board of Education
Spokeswoman Says Three Storytellers to be Hired at $47,400 Minimum Salary Amid School-Funding issues throughout the state, The Illinois State Board of Education has an online job posting for Storytellers. The driving factor in skyrocketing tax bills, approximately 70% of … Continue reading
A press release from the U.S. Attorney in Central Illinois: Chicago New Birth Christian Center Pastor Sentenced for Summer Food Program Fraud SPRINGFIELD, Ill. – Appearing before U.S. District Judge Sue E. Myerscough today, Robbie Wilkerson, the founding pastor of New … Continue reading
A press release from Governor Bruce Rauner: Gov. Rauner appoints new member to Illinois State Board of Education CHICAGO (July 21, 2017) – Today, Gov. Bruce Rauner announced he has appointed Susan Morrison to the Illinois State Board of Education. … Continue reading
A press release from the U.S. Attorney in Springfield which shows the right hand does not know what the left hand is doing in State government: CHICAGO BUSINESSMAN SENTENCED TO TWO YEARS IN PRISON FOR GRANT FRAUD SCHEME Springfield, Ill. … Continue reading
A press release from the U.S. Attorney’s Office in Springfield about a crookster who operated while Rod Blagojevich and Pat Quinn served as Governor: CHICAGO BUSINESSMAN PLEADS GUILTY TO GRANT FRAUD SCHEME Springfield, Ill. – A Chicago businessman today pled … Continue reading
Johnsburg Unit School District 12 has been put on the Illinois State Board of Education’s “financial watch list” a year ago. Last month the State Board notified the district it would “initiate a proper investigation of [its] financial integrity.” The … Continue reading
Well, actually, a TV story. This time it is on his favorite station–Fox Channel 32. Franks says that the State Board of Education will not reopen its Superintendent’s contract, even though Dr. Tony Smith told Franks’ committee that he was … Continue reading
Hultgren to Host Common Core Education Summit Educators & Community Leaders to Discuss National Standards on Wednesday at McHenry County College Washington, D.C. — Congressman Randy Hultgren (IL-14) will host a Common Core Summittomorrow, August 28, to discuss the Common Core Standards (CCS), … Continue reading
Hebron resident and attorney Steven Reick wrote this on Common Core, a topic which McHenry County Blog has not dipped into previously. Read what he has to say: General Assembly Lets State Board of Education-Imposed Common Core Standards Stand The … 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
It’s costly for McHenry County to have liberal Democrats, Melissa Bean in the U.S. House and Jack Franks in Springfield, especially when rules get written that penalize the schools in our districts from receiving grants. Liberal Dems discriminated against McHenry … Continue reading
You might think a school district’s budget has to show specifically where the money is going to come from to pay for its legal debt obligations that are due in this budget year You might think in normal budgeting, state … Continue reading
The teachers union in Huntley is saying that salaries are not competitive. The Huntley Education Association points to salaries in Unit District 300, east of Huntley and based in Carpentersville, while ignoring those in Unit District 200, immediately north in … Continue reading
The teachers union in Huntley is saying that salaries are not competitive. The Huntley Education Association points to salaries in Unit District 300, east of Huntley and based in Carpentersville, while ignoring those in Unit District 200, immediately north in … Continue reading