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Enrollment at Illinois public schools this year dropped by nearly 10,000 students from the previous year.
That includes 1,787 fewer students at 104 suburban public school districts in Cook, DuPage, Kane, Lake and McHenry counties, according to fall e...
Updated: Apr 27, 2024 at 08:21 AM
As snow and ice blended amid freezing rain to make slick roads and sidewalks, numerous suburban school districts switched to remote learning Tuesday.
“Freezing rain and icy conditions have made conditions too treacherous for driving and walking,” Dow...
Updated: Jan 23, 2024 at 11:48 AM
Despite recommendations that schools be tested for radon every five years, 85 out of 100 suburban school districts have not done so — and more than half of the 15 that did found elevated levels of the radioactive gas in at least one building.
Even a...
Updated: Oct 24, 2023 at 07:38 AM
As scorching temperatures move into the region Wednesday and Thursday, it all hangs on cooling systems for local school districts, with some canceling classes because of inadequate air conditioning.
The heat index could hit as high as 115 degrees, c...
Updated: Aug 25, 2023 at 07:27 AM
As we look forward to the promise of 2023, we remember those we've lost this year in the Fox Valley and DuPage County areas.
Educators, community and business leaders, philanthropists - all helped shape the communities in which we live. They left i...
Updated: Jan 03, 2023 at 08:15 AM
With 30% chronic absenteeism reported statewide last school year, school leaders across the suburbs are exploring different approaches to improving student attendance rates this fall.
State education officials have identified absenteeism as an area...
Updated: Nov 04, 2022 at 07:14 AM
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Lake County Fair: 8 a.m. to 10 p.m. Thursday, July 28; 8 a.m. to 11:30 p.m. Friday and Saturday, July 29-30; and 8 a.m. to 7 p.m. Sunday, July 31, at the Lake County Fairgrounds & Event Center, 1060 E. Peterson Road, Graysl...
Updated: Aug 04, 2022 at 09:08 AM
Several suburban school districts will receive a portion of $87 million in additional school funding due to a coding error in the state's funding formula that wrongly routed the money to Chicago Public Schools.
School district administrators say th...
Updated: Apr 30, 2022 at 06:33 PM
Major school districts around the country are allowing students into classrooms without masks for the first time in nearly two years, eliminating rules that stirred up intense fights among educators, school boards and parents throughout the pandemic...
Updated: Mar 07, 2022 at 03:00 PM
Federal regulators found sloppy practices at two additional Chicago-based COVID-19 testing companies serving thousands across the region.
U.S. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services inspectors found serious deficiencies that included improper la...
Updated: Jan 29, 2022 at 08:24 AM