MCC offers new courses in criminal justice areas Enrollment is underway for fall semester at McHenry County College, where classes begin Aug. 14. The college offers a wide variety of career and technical programs, associate degrees, and dozens of classes that transfer. The college is offering new programs in criminal justice this fall, including certificates in […]
Staff Report news@thewoodstockindependent.com Two teachers in Woodstock School District 200 have been honored as McHenry County Educators of the Year by the McHenry County Regional Office of Education. Ashley Buckingham, a fifth-grade teacher at Westwood Elementary School, and Julie Zay, a preschool teacher at Greenwood Elementary School, were among educators countywide to receive the honor […]
Without discussion, the District 200 Board of Education last week rescinded a letter of intent that could have put countywide students with records of misconduct into a Woodstock school for special education instruction. The 5-0 vote followed the recommendation of Superintendent Mike Moan, who said discussions with district “stakeholders” had led him to that decision. […]
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