
D-200’s back-to-school plan already has coronavirus hiccup
Where COVID-19 metrics stand on Oct. 16 will determine whether students in Woodstock School District 200 return to in-school instruction on the 19th. “If for some reason it goes red,” […]

Where COVID-19 metrics stand on Oct. 16 will determine whether students in Woodstock School District 200 return to in-school instruction on the 19th. “If for some reason it goes red,” […]


Students in Woodstock School District 200 will return to classrooms Oct. 19. Most of them, anyway. Probably, but not for certain. The Board of Education voted Tuesday night for a […]


Educators in Woodstock School District 200 plan to let science determine when in-school instruction resumes. And parents should know next week when that will likely happen. The Board of Education […]


Parents who want their children back in school – and involved in school sports – plan to rally Tuesday ahead of the meeting of the Woodstock School District 200 Board […]

A Woodstock North High School senior with a penchant for the arts was named a semifinalist last week in the 2021 National Merit Scholarship program. Jason Thurow is in the […]


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