Woodstock School District 200 will use less office space when a lease ends this month. The school district will no longer rent about 5,000 square feet at 224 W. Judd St., a building directly across from the district’s administrative center which is used as an office annex. At its Sept. 12 meeting, the Board of […]
Residents worry about proposal to close school, change elementary structure A proposal to close a school and change elementary programs would save money and help teachers, Woodstock School District 200 officials said, but concerns about social drawbacks for students, lower property values and claims of segregation were predominant at a public meeting to discuss those […]
Celebration marks 20th anniversary of reopening Twenty years ago, the student body of Westwood Elementary School gathered outside to kick off a new year of school, with a theme of ‘Up, up and away.’ In celebration of 20 years since the school’s reopening as a full grade school, on Aug. 23, the staff once again […]
Intersection of Charles and Raffel is expected to open around Sept. 1 A delay in construction on a roundabout at the intersection of Charles and Raffel roads will force a temporary change in bus routing when the school year begins. Installation of the $2.2 million roundabout, located just north of Woodstock’s city limits, has been […]
Lakewood officials dissolved a tax increment financing district that was the subject of an agreement between the village and Woodstock School District 200. The intergovernmental agreement was immediately voided. When it was created in 2015, village officials touted the TIF near the corner of Routes 176 and 47 as a way to attract businesses to […]
School board members will listen to public input before voting on a proposal to close Dean Street Elementary School, officials said. The Woodstock School District 200 Board of Education heard the first formal presentation from the Facilities Review Committee May 30. The committee, made up of district employees, board members and residents, researched ways for […]
Students from several area middle schools learned firsthand the importance of water quality, quantity and conservation in McHenry County during the Youth Groundwater Festival May 11. The McHenry County School Environmental Education Program hosted the event at the McHenry County Soil and Water Conservation District, 2222 Dean St. “All of our water comes from groundwater […]
Twenty high-school students were recognized by Woodstock School District 200 for their achievements in areas ranging from academics to music to sports May 4. Ten students each from Woodstock and Woodstock North high schools were named recipients of the district’s annual PRIDE Award, an acronym that stands for “Positive Recognition in District 200 Education.” The […]
Closing Dean Street Elementary School is among the recommendations that will be presented to the Woodstock School District 200 Board of Education next month. Superintendent Mike Moan presented the final proposals from the district’s Facilities Review Committee at a public forum April 10 at Woodstock High School. “Looking at a number of factors, educational concern […]
The 10-person race for school board ended with one incumbent being re-elected, another being voted off and three newcomers joining the Woodstock School District 200 Board of Education. John Parisi, Carl Gilmore, Bruce Farris and Jacob Homuth won the four seats up for grabs in the April 4 consolidated election, which featured two candidates tying […]
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