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School bus driver Stacey Balmes helped bring Bricks of Hope efforts to McHenry County by starting a charity motorcycle ride and a Lego drive at Crystal Lake District 47 schools.
At Crystal Lake’s Bernotas Middle School, 22 students and three staff members “braved the shave” and buzzed off their hair to raise money for childhood cancer research.
Cary resident Evan Cochrane will be competing in the Scripps National Spelling Bee in May after winning the McHenry County Regional Spelling Bee Wednesday.
The underground portion of Crystal Creek in Crystal Lake will be restored back to its natural state starting this summer to combat flooding and improve water quality.
Most McHenry County school districts have shut down or moved to remote learning because of Friday's winter storm
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Police officers across McHenry County took children shopping Sunday
The Crystal Lake Association of Support Staff union filed a complaint against District 47 with the Illinois Educational Labor Relations Board for using a temp agency.
Disparities in absenteeism appear in most McHenry County school districts when the data are broken down by race and in comparing students with disabilities.
Crystal Lake Elementary School District 47 will host a job fair Wednesday and Friday for paraprofessionals, bus drivers and substitute openings.
Crystal Lake School District 47 and the union representing its support staff are at odds over the district’s use of a temp agency to fill vacant paraprofessional positions.
School buses are transporting kids smoothly for the most part in McHenry County, officials said.
Wednesday marked the first day of school for many McHenry County children, including in Crystal Lake, Woodstock and McHenry.
The first day of school at West Elementary School in Crystal Lake on Wednesday, Aug. 16, 2023, as students around McHenry County return to school after the summer.
Two districts are fully staffed and the rest of the 18 districts in McHenry county need between five to 20 drivers, McHenry County Regional Superintendent of Schools Diana Hartmann said.