Community News Briefs
January 9, 2024
Woodstock North solar project hits price snagThat solar farm planned to serve the energy needs of Woodstock North High School is going to take longer to build than expected.At its […]
Woodstock North solar project hits price snagThat solar farm planned to serve the energy needs of Woodstock North High School is going to take longer to build than expected.At its […]
Special buddies are helping second-grade students of teacher Courtney Fisher to learn positive behaviors.“Best Buddies is a program created by The Good Human Project, which creates resources to engage students […]
No matter what it looks like on social media or in the newspaper, the colors in the new logo of Woodstock School District 200 are navy and gold.Superintendent Mike Moan […]
A day at a farm was the perfect field trip for the special education students of Clay Academy teacher Kevin Hartwig. “We received an Impact Grant award from the District 200 […]
Using money from its “savings account” will allow Woodstock School District 200 to avoid a tax rate explosion in two coming years.The District 200 Board of Education last week adopted […]
The premise behind INCubatoredu classes is putting students into real-life business scenarios, and one way to accomplish that is by having real-world business leaders in front of the classroom.Woodstock High […]
Scores on this year’s state report card indicate that efforts to emphasize reading are paying off for Woodstock School District 200.The 2023 Illinois Assessment of Readiness scores showed D-200 students […]
Woodstock School District 200’s Celebrate Families Birth to 3 parenting program has been recognized with a Blue Ribbon awarded by a national organization that promotes early development education by supporting […]
Dozens of people showed up last week for the District 200 Board of Education meeting, when a public hearing was scheduled on D-200’s 2023-24 budget, which projects spending at $126.7 […]
Staff Reportnews@thewoodstockindependent.comEnrollment didn’t grow this fall in Woodstock School District 200.It didn’t fall much, either, down about a quarter of a percent from 2022.Figures reported to the Illinois Department of […]
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