Woodstock Police have hit a technical roadblock in their search for a second person responsible for recent threats of violence in School District 200. Police arrested a student on a […]
New school resource officers are now patrolling the hallways of Woodstock and Woodstock North high schools. Officers Lucas Schmidt and Spenser Svehla began their new assignments in January, replacing Detective […]
When scores from last spring’s Illinois Assessment of Readiness testing came in, the drop in reading and math among elementary and middle school students in Woodstock School District 200 didn’t […]
Board of Education members were divided last week on whether remote learning should replace the traditional “snow day” in Woodstock School District 200. In fact, some of them admitted they […]
Steady growth and development in the Woodstock area has allowed local taxing units to cut their tax rates while increasing property tax levies. And those government units will get a […]
Nov. 15 is the “go” date for a revised daily schedule in Woodstock School District 200. The Board of Education voted last week to approve the second set of schedule […]
Administrators in Woodstock School District 200 have developed a new plan to adjust the school day to deal with the ongoing shortage of bus drivers. The Board of Education this […]
Nobody from the public showed up last week to comment as the Woodstock School District 200 Board of Education approved a $115.7 million budget for the 2021-22 school year. What […]
Could members of the National Guard soon be driving students to class in Woodstock School District 200? That was a suggestion by Board of Education member John Headley after the […]
In a two-hour special meeting that became moot in less than 24 hours, the Board of Education last week established a mandatory mask policy to start the academic year in […]
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