No rivalry in local sports rivals the competition in games, meets, and matches between crosstown high schools Woodstock and Woodstock North.As School District 200 Superintendent Mike Moan describes it, “The […]
By PETER HANCOCK Capitol News Illinois phancock@capitolnewsillinois.comSPRINGFIELD – Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul and Gov. J.B. Pritzker’s administration are asking a state appellate court to set aside a lower court order from […]
Woodstock Police have hit a technical roadblock in their search for a second person responsible for recent threats of violence in School District 200.Police arrested a student on a low […]
Board of Education members were divided last week on whether remote learning should replace the traditional “snow day” in Woodstock School District 200.In fact, some of them admitted they were […]
When students awake in the morning to several inches of snow, they might not have to go to school, but that doesn’t mean they won’t need to attend classes.The idea […]
“Feedback from many parents” has caused administrators to withdraw a plan to change school start and dismissal times to address a critical shortage of bus drivers in Woodstock School District […]
I want to address what some parents said at a recent District 200 Board of Education meeting about why they don’t want their children to have to wear masks in […]
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 Reportnews@thewoodstockindependent.comThe 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, both students […]
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 the […]
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