In a 6-1 vote at the end of a special meeting, the Board of Education Tuesday night established a mandatory mask policy to start the academic year in Woodstock School […]
Staff Report news@thewoodstockindependent.com The McHenry County Department of Health has adopted the Centers for Disease Control and Preventionand Illinois Department of Public Health school guidance recommendations – masking for the vaccinated and unvaccinated, […]
Not everyone who showed up at last week’s Board of Education meeting liked the idea of a mask mandate this fall in Woodstock School District 200. But they all shared […]
Whether masks will be required this fall for students and staff in Woodstock School District 200 won’t be decided for at least a week. The Board of Education was prepared Tuesday […]
D-200 board to consider back-to-school protocols ”Progress of the … plan to return to school on Aug. 16” was scheduled for discussion Tuesday night by the Woodstock School District 200 […]
Council agenda includes hotel development review Conceptual plans for an ambitious development in Woodstock – an 84-room hotel, two drive-thru restaurants, and two apartment buildings with 150 residential units – […]
Woodstock High School’s campus grew by 3.66 acres last week, plus a nearly 2-acre parking lot across the street from the 100-year-old building at 501 W. South St. The addition […]
After dealing for more than a year with COVID-19 disruptions in Woodstock School District 200, administrators are still trying to get their bearings before the 2021-22 school year begins in […]
Each year, Woodstock School District 200 loses decades of experience when professionals retire, but two key figures in the district office who’ve been vital to the District’s success are celebrating […]
Twenty outstanding graduates from Woodstock and Woodstock North high schools have been named recipients of 2021 PRIDE Awards. The Board of Education of Woodstock School District 200 created the awards […]
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