No secret: ‘Positives’ in school
April 21, 2021
Week two of football found all teams playing away, at venues other than the host-team schools. The unusual spring season has prompted some teams to seek alternatives to allow proper […]
Students at Northwood Middle School coordinated two events for the benefit of the Woodstock Food Pantry, raising $1,250 and more than 1,100 food items. The Physical Education Department, under the […]
by Carl W. Gilmore For 21 years, Woodstock’s taxing bodies have operated under the weight of the downtown tax increment finance (TIF) district. Now, city fathers are proposing a new, overarching […]
Voters had to choose from among 10 candidates in 2017 for four seats on the Board of Education for Woodstock School District 200. The choices will be easier in 2019. […]
Water was turned on last week at Greenwood Elementary School after a second consecutive test showed arsenic levels had dropped to acceptable levels. The school began using bottled water for […]
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