Yesterday we looked at demographic information about McHenry County school districts. Today, with the help of a Friend of McHenry County Blog, we shall explore information on how the money is spent. Two statistics are shown below: Expenditures per pupil … Continue reading
Category Archives: Marengo High School District 156
There were five people running for the Marengo High School District 154 School Board. The four winners are Linda Dujmovich – 1,228 Todd Volkening – 1,161 Jodie Kanaly – 1,139 Pat Signore – 1,009 The fifth candidate with 828 votes … Continue reading
Mental Health Board and Marengo Community High School District 156 Partner on Suicide Prevention Question. Persuade. Refer. Ask A Question, Save A Life. The McHenry County Mental Health Board and Marengo Community High School District 156 are pleased to announce … Continue reading
Another email arrived on Halloween from Lying Jack Franks‘ campaign. No, I see it’s not from his campaign. This one is coming from his governmental position. Its format has a State Representative letterhead. Beneath that letterhead is a photo of … Continue reading
Schools are the tax districts that take most money in every part of McHenry County. Below is a comparison of what was levied last year for collection this year and what was asked for the year before. Thanks again to … Continue reading
Below you can see what McHenry County school districts will be asking to extract from your checking or escrow accounts this year. You will note that all of them put together are requesting 1.23% more, although the rate of inflation … Continue reading
Taken from bond documents by bond analyst Steve Willson is the following information: … Continue reading
Local governments are doing this all over the state, so people should be surprised. Pass a resolution asking the State Comptroller to subtract any money owed to the tax district and it shall be taken out of income tax refunds … Continue reading
Here are some 2013 McHenry County school statistics–average expenditure per pupil and per classroom, plus average teach salary–to ponder. They were calculated by a Friend of McHenry County Blog. I don’t think I have seen average spending per classroom for … Continue reading
The Chicago Tribune’s Education superb Reporter Diane Rado has examined the cost to local taxpayers of school boards that increased teachers’ salaries more than allowed by law just before they retired. Her main article can be found here. Reported in … Continue reading
Since schools comprise the bulk of property tax dollars, I thought some might be interested in seeing how they changed from last year to this year. Although the percentage change column is labeled “% Change + of -” the first … Continue reading
There is an impasse between the school board and the teachers union in Richmond’s high school district. Each side had to submit the latest version of what it wants to a state web site. The union’s desires can be found … Continue reading
Last year McHenry County real estate taxpayers were billed $797,419,250.88. This year the McHenry County Clerk’s Office has determined that bills amounting to $809,385,180.76 will be issued. That’s a dollar increase of $11,965,930, a percentage increase of 1.5%. The Property … Continue reading
From Woodstock District 200: All District 200 schools and Kids Club will be closed on Monday, January 6, 2014. All after school activities, practices, evening events, sports and outside user activities will also be cancelled. Phone and email messages confirming … Continue reading
The Chicago Sun-Times ranked grade schools, middle schools and high schools using average scores on state achievement tests. The paper’s analysis ranked the percentage of students who met statewide standards. I scanned the results and found no grade or middle … 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
The Chicago Sun-Times released a school teacher and administrator data base this week that some might find interesting. “Salary data includes base, summer-, after-school pay, benefits, vacation- or sick-day payouts, pre-retirement salary bumps. Average includes only full-time employees,” says the … 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
Look at these statistics that Huntley School District 158 web site (click to enlarge): So, the Huntley school district had about 25% of their annual budget in the bank at the end of its fiscal year. (The higher figure includes … Continue reading