Marian Central Catholic High School first presented the musical “Oklahoma!” 40 years ago. The school performed the musical again 20 years later when its new auditorium opened in 1996. To […]
It’s game over for District 200 middle-school football. The Woodstock School District 200 Board of Education voted unanimously Feb. 10 to discontinue its long-standing middle-school football program, the only of […]
When construction of St. Mary School was completed, the first students were welcomed to the Catholic school in January 1916. The parochial school was built at 313 N. Tryon St. on the […]
Billed as “Sleeping Beauty” with a rock ‘n’ roll twist, Woodstock North High School theater students exercised creative liberties with the script to produce a show full of a variety […]
Woodstock School District 200 is poised to pay for each of its high school juniors to take the ACT even if the state budget crisis means Springfield won’t fund it. Superintendent […]
Amid questions and concerns about issues ranging from pregnancy testing to medical liability, Woodstock School District 200 halted its plans to open a health center at Woodstock North High School […]
Update: The original version of this article failed to mention school board member Russ Goerlitz was absent from the Jan. 26 meeting and, therefore, did not cast a vote on […]
Woodstock School District 200 Board of Education will consider approving an intergovernmental agreement with Lakewood, wherein the neighboring village will pay the district for each new student living within the […]
Woodstock School District 200 officials said they always intended that parental consent be required for students to access services at the district’s planned health and wellness center. But a state […]
Newly approved courses will offer Woodstock School District 200 high school students the opportunity to hone their culinary skills, take more Advanced Placement courses and more. At its meeting Nov. […]
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