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Parties meet in bleacher dispute ‘Effective stay’ puts off possible teardown By EMILY K. COLEMAN ecoleman@shawmedia.com
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McHenry High School East seniors Fallon Creech (left) and Hannah Altman show support for their teachers as they picket outside of the school Friday in McHenry. School was closed for the second straight day at both McHenry High School East and West because of the strike. By ALLISON GOODRICH agoodrich@shawmedia.com McHENRY – The two parties at the center of the McHenry Community High School District 156 teachers strike will meet Sunday for another negotiation session that union and school board officials hope will be the last before an agreement. A session Friday lasted a little more than two and a half hours,
On the Web To view video of McHenry high school students showing support for their striking teachers, visit NWHerald.com. said Heidie Dunn, spokeswoman for the McHenry Community
High School Educators’ Association. “We exchanged a couple proposals and the board is requesting until Sunday to come up with a new proposal for us,” Dunn said. “That’s why we’re going into further negotiation on Sunday at 1 p.m.” She said the union sent a proposal, to which the board sent a response proposal. The union then sent a second proposal, and
the board is expecting to respond during the next session, said Gary Kinshofer, lead negotiator for the school board. “There was some progress, but we’re still working on a resolution,” he said, later adding, “We’re always hoping [for a resolution] when we show up, that’s for sure. I would hope we can get it done Sunday.”
WOODSTOCK – The first major negotiations in the wake of an Illinois Supreme Court decision on the controversial bleachers at Crystal Lake South High School were held Friday. Officials and attorneys representing Community High School District 155, the city of Crystal Lake and the property owners who originally filed the lawsuit against the Crystal Lakebased district for violating the city’s zoning ordinances were scheduled to meet Friday afternoon at Crystal Lake City Hall, just hours after meeting once again in court. The tenor of the Friday status hearing was quite different than the one held Monday morning when McHenry County Judge Michael Chmiel questioned why the school board hadn’t met before the hearing and said he didn’t want any “artificial delays” holding the process up. “I’m gratified to hear and see ... that all parties are working in substance and spirit to accommodate each other’s interests or at least to respect their interests,” Chmiel said Friday after spending about an hour behind closed doors with the attorneys in a settlement conference. The parties have until at least Oct. 29 to come up with an alternative to demolishing the bleachers. The Illinois Supreme Court is set to hand down the mandate that puts the decision it issued last week into
See DISTRICT 156, page A5 See BLEACHERS, page A6
Ex-ISU student found guilty of DUI in death of CLS grad By KATIE DAHLSTROM kdahlstrom@shawmedia.com A former Illinois State University student faces up to 29 years in prison after he was found guilty this week of felony aggravated driving under the influence in the January hit-and-run that killed Crystal Lake resident Ben Allison. Joshua Dunn, 22, of Lombard struck Allison in January and fled the scene, authorities have said. Earlier, Dunn was convicted of driving under the influence and pleaded guilty to a felony charge of leaving the scene of an accident involving
a fatality, McLean County Assistant State’s Attorney Jeffrey Horve said Friday. Authorities allege that Dunn had marijuana in his system at the time of the crash. Allison, 20, a 2012 Crystal Lake South graduate and ISU sophomore communications major, was crossing a street on the Normal campus when Dunn hit him. He died a few days later on Jan. 27 as a result of the injuries he sustained in the crash. “It’s a sad day,” Horve said after Thursday’s verdict. “The Allisons lost their only son, they’ll never get him back. The offender will serve
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his time. But for the Allison family and his friends it will never end.” A dozen family members and friends gathered in the courtroom to hear Judge Casey Costigan read the verdict, Allison’s friend and former roommate Jordan Ross said. The guilty verdict provided Ben Allison some relief, Ross said, but it didn’t erase anyone’s grief. “It’s a little bit of closure, but nothing is going to bring him back,”
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Ross said. “Nobody wins here.” Costigan on Thursday denied a motion from prosecutors to revoke Dunn’s bond, meaning he will be with his family in Lombard until the Nov. 20 sentencing. Dunn’s sentence could range from probation up to 29 years in prison, Horve said. The judge must find extraordinary circumstances exist in order to grant Dunn probation, which Horve said rarely happens. Dunn’s lawyer, Brendan Bukalski, said he believes the judge will find those extraordinary circumstances. He said Dunn has completed alcohol and drug treatment, and
attends Alcoholics Anonymous and Narcotics Anonymous meetings. Bukalski added his client showed remorse throughout the past eight months. “His concern was the Allisons deserve closure,” Bukalski said. Wayne Bower, who coached Allison in high school and is a close family friend, said he felt the judge made the right decision to bring some justice for Allison. “Of course it’s sad that two families get affected,” Wayne Bower said. “But at the end of the day, [Dunn] will serve his time and get out and Ben will never come home.”
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