Staff Report news@thewoodstockindependent.com Woodstock North High School’s new principal is a McHenry County native who most recently was a principal in Mount Prospect in School District 59. Josh Segura will begin his new duties in early July with a salary of $141,000. His hiring was approved Tuesday night by the District 200 Board of Education. […]
Adding a second police resource officer to Woodstock School District 200 is an idea that interests the school board. But members want more details. At its meeting April 10, the board authorized Superintendent Mike Moan to pursue another officer so that one each can be assigned to the two high school buildings. “I think that’s […]
Just before Woodstock North High School’s class of 2017 walked across the stage to accept their diplomas, Edwin Mercado marvelled that his stepdaughter was already graduating. “It’s so fast,” Mercado said. “I’m very emotional.” Mercado and his wife, Jennifer Garcia, moved from Puerto Rico to Woodstock about four years ago, just as their daughter, Amanda […]
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