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and surrounding areas. The district employs over 1,400 staff members. The school district, which is one of the fastest growing in the state of
Illinois, has grappled with skyrocketing enrollment and the subsequent problems associated with it for nearly a decade. The school district has transformed
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be halted due to an editorial critical of his activity criticizing a neighboring school district's referendum. Board
President Michael Skala called an emergency meeting for Monday, March 27, 2006, to resolve the issue and decide whether or not the paper should be distributed. Likely due to public
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The district also employed a block schedule for a number of years in the late 1990s and early 2000s for its high school students, in which students would attend four 85 minute classes one day, also known as red days, and then four different classes the next day known as white days, and then back to
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The school district has also come under fire for its recent building referendums as well as a 2005 tax-increase request. All the district referendums have eventually been approved, but it has almost always taken at least two tries with voters. Some argue the district employed scare tactics about
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Homecoming Week in 2013, the senior class planned to dress in themes different from, but corresponding with the student-council-approved and published spirit themes. The Sunday before, the student council advisor warned that dressing outside the approved themes could result in disciplinary
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The school district no longer uses its two original school buildings located in
Huntley. They sold the former high school building to the Huntley Park District for use as a recreation center and sold the former elementary school building and athletic fields to a commercial developer who recently
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Additionally, the presence of nearly 10,000 new residents from the retirement community Del Webb's Sun City
Huntley has given the district a new challenge, as this neighborhood has a history of largely turning down any kind of referendum, meaning that unity on the part of parents and other area
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Additionally, the district has become a model for other districts for its focus and emphasis on technology in education. The district invests highly in the latest computers, software, televisions, projection equipment, digital cameras, and so
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program cuts if the tax increase referendum failed, and argued the district was not handling money properly. The resignation of the
Superintendent and CFO of the district in 2005 added to the speculation of problems within the district.
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In October 2017, hate crime and disorderly conduct charges were filed against a Marlowe Middle School student. Threatening and racist videos were posted on social media, but the situation was rectified without harm being
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The changing of the high school's mascot from "Redskins" to "Red Raiders" in 2002 due to suing threats from the Native American Bar Association. This resulted in some backlash from longtime residents of the
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bulldozed everything on the property in early 2006. The district has come under criticism for failing to continue to make adequate use of these buildings or for not getting its money's worth on the deal.
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itself from a one elementary/one high school district as recently as 1996 to a district that as of 2006 boasts 5 elementary schools, 2 middle schools, and 1 high school on three campuses district-wide.
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In 2016, All students were given Chromebooks, getting upgrades and new chromebooks either when they break, or if they are advancing to the 1st, 3rd, 6th or 9th grades.
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outcry over Snow's censorship of the paper and fearing lawsuits, the School District voted against Snow's censorship and allowed unabridged distribution of the paper.
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Former teacher Nigel "Nile" Iguanacio was removed from his position at Early Learning Center due to exposing school pay inequality. It was over for his career.
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Bernice Heineman Middle School was opened in 2005 after Huntley Middle School closed. Its mascot is the Hawk, and the school colors are silver and blue.
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