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Forgotten Urinal, originally uploaded by WG Finley.
There’s a wing of Magee that appears to have been largely forgotten over the years and was used for storage. I’ve posted some very interesting photos of the [...]
Magee Revisted
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Masons 2, originally uploaded by WG Finley.
I went back out to the Magee site and am happy to report work is really progressing!! Visit my photo album on Flickr for more pictures!
Be sure to [...]
(Again) Who Gets The Credit For Round Lake Area Schools
Monday, January 28th, 2008Two years ago I wrote a blog entry about some credit-taking that was going on after our former CEO announced his retirement. Well, two years have gone by and there appears to be more credit-taking going on for the recovery of RLAS. Political campaigns can be that way though with roles being, shall [...]
Magee Renovation
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West Excavation, originally uploaded by WG Finley.
The construction committee took a tour of the Magee Middle School site today. Things are going along well. It’s an old building so of course we’ve run [...]
Round Lake Area Schools Update
Saturday, June 23rd, 2007Look, a blog post!! I realized I haven’t posted anything here in some time so I will do an update here. I haven’t seen a reporter at one of our meetings in some time so either we’re boring now or they have something else better to do! Here’s what’s going on.
Board Reorganization
Tammie [...]
Net56 Contract Approved
Friday, April 20th, 2007Last night the board voted to approve the finalized contract with Net56 6-1 (guess who the 1 was?). I am sincerely hopeful this will be a wonderful partnership for the district, I know that some immediate impact can be made by going with this plan, that was never a question for me. It [...]
Thank You
Wednesday, April 18th, 2007I want to thank everyone who voted to re-elect me to the Round Lake Area Schools Board of Education yesterday. I was very pleased to get over 1,000 votes with some pretty low turnout (countywide I would add). I greatly appreciate your support, I will do my best to continue to look out [...]
Gangs In Round Lake — An Open Letter To Parents
Friday, March 23rd, 2007Unless you haven’t looked around our community much lately then the activity of gangs in Round Lake should be of no surprise to you. While there are a number of possible explanations they all really don’t matter at the end of the day. Gangs have been and will continue to be in Round [...]
Round Lake Area Schools - Technology Committee
Tuesday, March 20th, 2007Last Thursday an ad-hoc Techology Committee was formed by the board and I was appointed chair. The purpose of this committee is to take a look at our current situation in technology, potential solutions and if the proposed solution from Net56 fits our needs.
I have started a series of pages that are a repository [...]
Daily Herald - Round Lake district hires new school chief
Friday, March 9th, 2007Daily Herald - Round Lake district hires new school chief (PDF)Daily Herald (Live Story)
By Jason King
Daily Herald Staff Writer
Posted Friday, March 09, 2007
The Round Lake-area school district has chosen a new leader.
The board of education and school finance authority on Thursday approved the hiring of Ben Martindale to replace departed Chief Executive Officer Dennis Stonewall.
Martindale, who [...]