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 night to set policy on COVID-19 protocols to start the 2021-22 school year, but federal and state health officials earlier in the day changed guidance in […]
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 Board of Education. According to the meeting agenda, Supt. Mike Moan was to update the board on administrative plans. A vote by the board was […]
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 – was scheduled for preliminary review Tuesday night by the City Council. At its June 1 meeting, the council adopted an inducement resolution that could make […]
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 of property just west of the school came courtesy of Northwestern Medicine Hospital, owner of the former Woodstock Memorial Hospital building, which recently was demolished […]
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 August. What about the end-of-the-year review from the 2020-21 school year, which started with remote learning for all students before classrooms were open in January […]
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 their final days this month. Risa Hanson, chief financial officer, and Lynn Mohan, executive assistant to the superintendent, both retire at the end of June […]
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 in 1990 to honor exceptional graduating seniors. PRIDE is an acronym for “Positive Recognition in District 200 Education.” The awards are presented in seven categories […]
U.S. News and World Report has recognized Woodstock High School as a top 100 public high school in Illinois. Among more than 1,000 Illinois public high schools, Woodstock ranked 87th in Illinois and 84th in Chicago metro area high schools in the magazine’s 2021 report. “It certainly is rewarding to be recognized for our staff […]
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