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Naperville North students capture state title for home design May 10, 2013 12:00 AM
State championship banners representing accomplishments in everything from football to badminton are on display at Naperville North High School. Now it's time to hang another banner, although this one has nothing to do with sports. The school's latest winning team was named the 2013 Mock Firms Illinois State Champion in Home Design.
Edward Hospital’s attempt to reclaim taxes riles District 203 May 6, 2013 12:00 AM
Edward Hospital's attempts to reclaim taxes owed to them as a result of a 2012 change in state law are not going over well with some board members. According to DuPage County Treasurer Gwen Henry, Naperville Unit District 203 owes Edward Hospital $2,234,107.90 as a result of a new law that allows nonprofit hospitals to be exempt from local property taxes if they can show that they have done charitable work equal to or more than the property taxes they would otherwise owe. The changes also allow hospitals to claim property tax refunds for the three years prior to the law's passage.
Naperville Central honors four top alumni May 4, 2013 12:00 AM
Naperville Central High School seniors followed a 17-year tradition of honoring those who walked the halls before them. This year's honorees: a cancer-surviving philanthropist, an emergency physician and U.S. Army veteran who treated wounded soldiers on the front lines in Iraq, a jazz musician and marketing vice president of a Fortune 500 company.
Naperville preschool first in state to receive Earth Day flag Apr 22, 2013 12:00 AM
Naperville Unit District 203's Anne Reid Early Childhood Center Monday became the first preschool in Illinois to raise its own Earth Day flag. The honor was bestowed by School & Community Assistance for Recycling & Composting Education official Kay McKeen for achieving a silver Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design certification.
Dist. 203 joins others in rejecting virtual charter school Apr 15, 2013 12:00 AM
xxxNaperville Unit District 203 board members, hoping to avoid a "veritable disaster" Monday night, unanimously denied a petition for a virtual charter school hoping open in the coming school year.
Naperville Dist. 203 likely to reject online charter school Apr 15, 2013 12:00 AM
Naperville Unit District 203 is expected tonight to join several other local school districts in denying the petition of an virtual charter school. During discussion at their April 1 board meeting, district officials said they did not believe the school complied with state law and was not in the best interest of the district's students.
Two new members join incumbents on Dist. 203 board Apr 9, 2013 12:00 AM
Naperville voters retained the two incumbents seeking re-election to Naperville Unit District 203 board and elected two newcomers from a field of 11 candidates. According to unofficial results, with all DuPage and Will County precincts reporting, Kristin Fitzgerald led all with 6,410 votes followed by incumbent Jackie Romberg with 4,738, incumbent Susan Crotty with 4,602 and Donna Wandke with 3,520.
Districts U-46, 300 deny virtual charter school proposal Apr 8, 2013 12:00 AM
The school boards in Elgin Area School District U-46 and Community Unit District 300 unanimously denied a charter proposal during their meetings Monday night that would have allowed a virtual charter school to open in the coming school year. The Virtual Charter School at Fox River Valley was proposed by Virtual Learning Solutions, a nonprofit group formed specifically to open a school for students across 18 school districts in the region, allowing them to learn from their home computers.
The Soapbox Apr 6, 2013 12:00 AM
Student drug testing, idling cars and an anti-pothole app are among the topics Daily Herald editors discuss this week.
Local districts voting next week on online charter schools Apr 6, 2013 12:00 AM
The organizers behind a proposed online charter school Friday released a 1,018-page answer to the questions posed by members of the 18 school districts that have to vote on the request. Several of the boards, including Geneva and Kaneland, are due to vote on the proposal as soon as Monday.
Dist. 203 considering random drug testing for students Apr 4, 2013 12:00 AM
Citing "rampant" marijuana abuse at both high school campuses, Naperville Unit District 203 officials are ready to begin discussing random, mandatory drug testing for student athletes and those in student activities. The ability to drug test students was recently discussed by a committee of administrators, coaches, parents and students during an annual review of the district's co-curricular code.
District 203 studies policy to combat cheatingApr 4, 2013 12:00 AM
More than 40 percent of Naperville Unit District 203 high school students apparently don't think it's cheating to get the questions or answers before taking a test. District officials say that was just one of the findings of a survey they conducted between the fall of 2010 and the fall of 2011 that included 4,844 high school students, 302 staff members and 347 parents. The results of that survey are among the driving forces behind a district task force's push to create an academic integrity policy that spells out values and concepts and outlines tiered consequences for those caught cheating.
Dist. 203 board disenchanted with virtual charter school proposal Apr 1, 2013 12:00 AM
With a list of 150 unanswered questions and no corporate representatives present to answer them Monday night, Naperville Unit District 203 officials had little to discuss regarding a proposal to operate a virtual online charter school in the district. Instead, Superintendent Dan Bridges and board members spent the portion of their meeting reserved for discussing the plan apologizing to staff and community members for "wasting their time" by investigating the company planning to create the Illinois Virtual Charter School at Fox River Valley and other due diligence.
District 203 debating virtual charter school Apr 1, 2013 12:00 AM
Naperville Unit District 203 officials will begin deliberations Monday night about whether to allow a controversial proposed online virtual charter school to operate within the district. Community members packed a March 18 public hearing, with many urging the district to to vote against a proposal to create the Illinois Virtual Charter School at Fox River Valley, a virtual charter school that would serve 18 West suburban school districts, including District 203.
Editorial: School tech decisions vital to futureMar 29, 2013 12:00 AM
Allowing students to bring their own tech devices into classrooms can work, but districts should not rush into the practice, a Daily Herald editorial says.
Dist. 203 candidates debate district finances Mar 28, 2013 12:00 AM
As lawmakers wrestle over whether to shift teachers' pension costs back to the respective school districts, the 11 candidates for four open seats in Naperville Unit District 203 recently debated the district's fiscal readiness to take on such a burden. The question was posed to candidates during a recent forum hosted by the Naperville Area Homeowners Confederation. Candidates were asked whether they would support tax increases or service cuts to handle the cost-shift.
Dist. 203 to let students bring in own techMar 24, 2013 12:00 AM
The days of students being told to keep their smartphones in their lockers and to break out cool new tech toys like iPads only during show-and-tell appear to be over in Naperville Unit District 203. Following a successful four-month test program, in which third- through 12th-grade students were encouraged to bring their own tech devices to school, officials say they intend to continue expanding the use of such items.
Naperville District 203 community wary of online charter school Mar 18, 2013 12:00 AM
Naperville Unit District 203 officials are about a month away from deciding the fate of a proposed online virtual charter school. But the community is already speaking out against the plan.
Endorsements: Crotty, Fisher, Romberg, Samuels for Naperville Dist. 203 boardMar 17, 2013 12:00 AM
The Daily Herald endorses Susan Crotty, Jay Fisher, Jackie Romberg and Neil Samuels for four seats on the Naperville Unit District 203 school board.
Kane judge delays suit against West Aurora Dist. 129 Mar 14, 2013 12:00 AM
A judge rules that a lawsuit filed against Aurora School District 129 Superintendent James Rydland and other school offiicals by a student who was sexually abused by a former band director should be put on hold the Kane County State's Attorney's Office conducts a criminal investigation.