“After Labor Day” is the target for releasing a survey to gauge public opinion on options to pay off the $160 million bond debt of Woodstock School District 200.The Board […]
“Between a rock and a hard place” is how Board of Education member Bruce Farris described the bond debt situation of Woodstock School District 200.With $161 million in debt and […]
Taxpayers won’t escape without some pain in dealing with the $161 million bond debt of Woodstock School District 200.It comes down to a matter of, “You can pay now, or […]
Members of the Board of Education for Woodstock School District 200 were generally positive about their new “intergovernmental agreement” with the city, but there was little enthusiasm for the deal.In […]
With Woodstock’s “new” tax increment financing district approaching its first anniversary, the city and Woodstock School District 200 finally have an agreement on compensating schools for extra costs caused by […]
When Woodstock School District 200 asked the public for comments on the district’s plan to spend nearly $100 million this school year, nobody showed up.The Board of Education last week […]
The rebates are coming! The rebates are coming! And they’re even bigger than originally promised. A proposal would return $15 million to McHenry County taxpayers from the reserve fund of […]
Tax levy and rate drop, property values expected to rise to $810 million Taxable values for properties in Woodstock School District 200 are again expected to rise this year. District […]
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