Island Lake Schools
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Wauconda District 118 releases details from $22,500 settlement agreement ˗ five years laterJan 05, 2024 9:45 am - Nearly five years after the Daily Herald requested documents detailing a $22,500 payout from Wauconda Unit School District 118 to a student’s family, the district has rel...
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Palatine man charged in wrong-way crash that killed teacherDec 28, 2023 4:47 pm - A Palatine man has been charged following a wrong-way crash earlier this month that killed a Wauconda High School teacher. Guillermo Salgado, 28, of the 1200 block of St...
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'He loved helping others': Wauconda High mourning teacher killed in weekend crashDec 13, 2023 1:04 pm - The Wauconda High School community is mourning a longtime teacher killed in a weekend car crash. Bob Gillen, 53, of Palatine, had been on staff at Wauconda High since 19...
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McHenry High School physical education department scores second Blue Ribbon AwardDec 08, 2023 5:21 pm - The McHenry High School District 156 physical education department scored a repeat Blue Ribbon Award for excellence from the Illinois Association for Health, Physical Ed...
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Local Republican Party seeks ban on providing gender-affirming care in Huntley District 158Nov 22, 2023 1:04 pm - The Grafton Township Republican Central Committee has passed a resolution to ask the Huntley Community School District 158 board to ban gender-affirming care in the dist...
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Why a dip in Lake Michigan at Fort Sheridan Forest Preserve or its new addition isn't allowedOct 27, 2023 5:42 am - An apparent military device likely from another era washed up at the Lakeshore Preserve at Fort Sheridan on Lake Michigan over the weekend and was destroyed without issu...
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Huntley school bus aide accused of striking student indicted on felony battery chargeOct 25, 2023 12:02 pm - A former bus aide in Huntley School District 158 has been charged with felony aggravated battery, with authorities alleging she "struck" a 7-year-old child on a school b...
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Vernon Hills principal, Wauconda school board member dies at 53Oct 11, 2023 1:02 am - A memorial service was held Friday for Robert Collins, principal at Hawthorn Middle School North in Vernon Hills-based Hawthorn Elementary District 73 and a member of th...
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McHenry High School senior earns Horatio Alger national scholarshipSep 08, 2023 11:06 pm - McHenry Community High School senior Alexa Munoz is one of 105 high school seniors nationwide to be selected for a $25,000 Horatio Alger National Scholarship program awa...
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Why several taxing bodies didn't get $3.12 million in property taxes they were owedAug 04, 2023 7:36 am - Several school districts and hundreds of other taxing bodies are getting an unexpected infusion of property taxes that had been collected but not dispersed over the past...