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WEDNESDAY, MAY 8, 2013

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PARENTS IN EDUCATION

Balancing home, school

Hill will act to fill vacancy Move comes after Mental Health Board nod rejected By KEVIN P. CRAVER

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Lathan Goumas – lgoumas@shamwmedia.com

Emily Moore, choir teacher at Heineman Middle School, talks to her son, Elijah, 13, in her office Friday after school in Algonquin. Moore teaches Elijah in the school choir, as well as her younger son, Samuel, 12.

Teaching, coaching own children present challenges By LAWERENCE SYNETT lsynett@shawmedia.com

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aylor Otto wasn’t sure what to expect from her new volleyball coach when she made the varsity team her sophomore year at Prairie Ridge High School. The team was young and in transition, but expectations were high because she wasn’t only an underclassman, but the daughter of longtime head coach Stefanie Otto. That first season was full of ups and downs, and Taylor Otto often found herself arguing with the head coach the way a child would with a parent at home. Her team often paid the price for her outspokenness, having to run laps. “I never understood why she would make everyone run, but now I see where she was coming from,” said Taylor Otto, 17. “That’s a tough thing, having to coach your daughter at such a high level. I needed to mature, and we needed to work together as coach

Lathan Goumas – lgoumas@shawmedia.com

Samuel Moore sings during choir class Friday at Heineman Middle School in Algonquin. His mom teaches choir at the school. and player, not mother and daughter.” The now-junior is one of many area students coached or taught by a parent at school, an experience most agree is a balancing act for all those involved. That also includes children whose parents serve as administrators or staff members, a situation that lands both in the same building on a daily basis.

A double dose Stefanie Otto has taught

biology and coached volleyball at Prairie Ridge since the high school opened more than 15 years ago. The mother of four knew the day would come when she might have to teach or coach one of her children, and she prepared herself early on for the challenges of balancing home life with her profession. Her first opportunity came in the classroom with her oldest daughter, Taylor Otto, during her freshman year. That was followed by

having to coach her daughter last year as a sophomore on the varsity volleyball team. “I established that I am not her mom in the classroom or on the court. I am her teacher and coach first,” Stefanie Otto said. “I have to treat everyone equally.” The classroom allowed the mother-daughter duo the opportunity to spend more time together on homework and school activities. “At first, I was trying to figure out if it was going to be good or bad,” Taylor Otto said. “But I liked her as a teacher because I could get help and ask questions at home.” The volleyball experience proved more difficult, as the pair butted heads several times over things that would normally be left to discuss at home. “I hold her to a higher standard, and out of everyone, she needs to be the role model,” Stefanie Otto

See BALANCE, page A4

I hold her to a higher standard, and out of everyone, she needs to be the role model. The team had to run a lot because she didn’t live up to my expectations and lacked maturity.” – Stefanie Otto, volleyball coach at Prairie Ridge High School about her daughter

LOCALLY SPEAKING

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Kyle Grillot – kgrillot@shawmedia.com

WOODSTOCK – McHenry County Board Chairwoman Tina Hill is facing criticism for invoking her power to make her own recommendation to fill a vacancy on the Mental Health Board, moments after the nominee approved in committee was overwhelmingly rejected. County Board members voted Tuesday, 18-6, against appointing former McHenry County College Trustee Scott Summers to the embattled Mental Health Board, which has come under increased scrutiny during the past year over financial and management issues. None of the opposing board members spoke out against Summers, or spoke out at all, during discussion on the recommendation. Two board members, and several members of the public, spoke in favor of giving the unexpired term to Summers.

• After the rejection, Hill invoked her privilege under County Board rules to select a nominee. She said she would make a recommendation for approval at the next board meeting in two weeks. The next full County Board meeting starts at 7 p.m. May 21 at the county Administration Building, 667 Ware Road, Woodstock. • The Public Health and Human Services Committee that nominates candidates for the Mental Health Board will hold a special meeting at 8 a.m. Friday, also at the county Administration Building. Immediately after the vote, Hill announced she would exercise her power under County Board rules to bring forth a nominee for members to approve at their May 21 meeting.

See VACANCY, page A6

Ex-Island Lake chief could return Questions raised about arrest record By EMILY K. COLEMAN

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ecoleman@shawmedia.com ISLAND LAKE – The arrest and expunged court records for the man slated to become Island Lake’s next police chief have raised concerns for at least one village trustee. Village President-elect Charles Amrich, who nominated Don Bero, 65, of Wauconda to return as Island Lake’s police chief, said the case wasn’t a concern at all for him. The board will consider Bero’s appointment, as well as the appointment of new village attorneys, at its

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MUSIC TEACHER GETS EDUCATOR AWARD

HUNTLEY DEFEATS C-G IN 11 INNINGS

Paul Rausch’s ideas about music’s role in reforming education, coupled with his 29 years of dedication to music at Woodstock High School, recently earned him the Yale Distinguished Music Educator Award. The award is given biennially to 50 music educators for their accomplishments in public schools across the country. For more, see page B1.

Huntley scored four runs in the top of the 11th to defeat Cary-Grove, 5-1, in their Fox Valley Conference Valley Division baseball game Tuesday. Huntley (20-3 overall, 12-3 FVC Valley) moved to 1½ games ahead of C-G (16-6, 10-4) in the division. “We overcame adversity,” Red Raiders coach Andy Jakubowski said. For more, see page C1.

JOHNSBURG: Renovation underway on 111-year-old St. John the Baptist church. Local&Region, B1

View the police report from Don Bero’s arrest in April 1998 at NWHerald.com. Thursday meeting, the first meeting of the new board after the April election. The appointments are assessed on an annual basis. Bero served as the village’s police chief the last two years of Amrich’s last term, from July 2003 to December 2005. Amrich was Island Lake’s village president from 1985 to 2005.

See CHIEF, page A6

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