Huntley High School’s Student Newspaper, “The Voice,” Wins Top Award for Internet Edition

A press release from Huntley High School: Huntley High School journalism students win nation’s top award Huntley High School’s The Voice is proud to announce that in its first year on the Internet, the site was awarded the National Scholastic … Continue reading

Teachers’ Union Uses Huntley High Newspaper to Blame Board

The Huntley High students came up with two “original” ideas: The Board of Education should negotiate the way the union wants them to. Blame Larry Snow for the teachers’ decision to strike. That’s the gist of what got published in … Continue reading

Teachers’ Union Uses Huntley High Newspaper to Blame Board

The Huntley High students came up with two “original” ideas: The Board of Education should negotiate the way the union wants them to. Blame Larry Snow for the teachers’ decision to strike. That’s the gist of what got published in … Continue reading

No ‘”Truth in Reporting” Law Governs Union and Media on Teachers Salary Increases

I went back and looked at Huntley School District 158’s proposal to the teachers union. It was right there in black and white on the top of page 2. “…the proposed highlighted increases represent approximately a 5.25% cost increase to … Continue reading

No ‘”Truth in Reporting” Law Governs Union and Media on Teachers Salary Increases

I went back and looked at Huntley School District 158’s proposal to the teachers union. It was right there in black and white on the top of page 2. “…the proposed highlighted increases represent approximately a 5.25% cost increase to … Continue reading

The Voice, Huntley High School’s Student Paper, Weighs in on Teacher Salary Negotiations

Huntley High School student paper sports editor Matt Soling can be excused for not figuring out how high of a compensation increase his teachers are requesting from the taxpayers. He missed the teachers’ pension contribution which they ask that taxpayers … Continue reading

The Voice, Huntley High School’s Student Paper, Weighs in on Teacher Salary Negotiations

Huntley High School student paper sports editor Matt Soling can be excused for not figuring out how high of a compensation increase his teachers are requesting from the taxpayers. He missed the teachers’ pension contribution which they ask that taxpayers … Continue reading

Kissing Up to the Administration in Huntley School District 158

High school newspapers rarely make the news. The one in Johnsburg, the Johnsburg Weekly News, won a lot of prizes. It reported on “a school administrator on drug possession and domestic abuse charges,” student Sarah Sutschek wrote in a scholarship … Continue reading