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Images: West Chicago vs. Lake Zurich, boys lacrosse Mar 29, 2012 12:00 AM
The West Chicago High School boys lacrosse team faced the Lake Zurich High School boys team in Hoffman Estates on Thursday, March 29th.
West Chicago picks effective strategy at Grant Mar 27, 2012 12:00 AM
Josh Gimre picked the right day to execute those pickup moves that he and West Chicagos other pitchers work on diligently. And when reliever Kyle Nielson caught the most dangerous base runner on the field straying off first base, the visiting Wildcats had picked up a much-welcomed win. Facing a good-hitting Grant team with the wind whipping toward the outfield fences on a blustery morning in Fox Lake, West Chicago appeared on the verge of winning in 5 innings before settling for a 9-5 win Tuesday.
West Chicago trips up Burlington Central Mar 22, 2012 12:00 AM
Just call it LAMC for West Chicagos softball team as in Life After Mary Connolly. Connolly, the former Wildcat standout who led the program to three DuPage Valley Conference and regional titles in her four years and is now playing at DePaul, may have graduated but Wildcats coach Kim Wallner wants everyone to know the program still expects to win. West Chicago did get a win in its first game of the 2012 season Thursday, but may have lost two starters for at least a while in the process.
Images: West Chicago vs. Marmion Academy, boys lacrosse Mar 16, 2012 12:00 AM
The West Chicago High School boys lacrosse team hosted the Marmion Academy boys Friday in West Chicago.
Bartlett survives scare from West Chicago Feb 20, 2012 12:00 AM
West Chicago smartly slowed the pace early, and threw a scare into Bartlett late. Beating the Hawks was another story. No. 1 seed and top-ranked Bartlett advanced to the round of 16 for the second time in three years, getting 23 points from Indiana-bound Haley Videckis to grind out a 52-46 win at Monday's Class 4A Hoffman Estates girls basketball sectional.
Monroe, West Chicago savor regional title Feb 16, 2012 12:00 AM
Claire Monroe says she is just following in the footsteps of her older sister Kelsey. The West Chicago 5-foot-5 senior guard made her sibling proud on Thursday night in Hoffman Estates against No. 15 seeded Conant, which was hosting the Class 4A regional title game. Monroe tossed in game-high 19 points as West Chicago posted a 48-39 victory and captured its first regional title since Kelsey helped steer the Wildcats to one in 2007.
Images: Daily Herald prep photos of the week Feb 14, 2012 12:00 AM
The Prep Photos of the Week gallery includes the best high school sports pictures by Daily Herald photographers featuring boys and girls basketball, gymnastics, swimming and wrestling.
Lessons from two DuPage teacher contracts Feb 13, 2012 12:00 AM
A Daily Herald editorial says negotiators for a teacher contract in Oak Brook can learn something from their counterparts in West Chicago.
DuPage County Leadership Team honorable mentions Feb 9, 2012 12:00 AM
2011-2012 DuPage County Leadership Team honorable mentions
District 94, teachers finalize three-year contract Feb 8, 2012 12:00 AM
Teachers and administrators at West Chicago's Community High School have approved a three-year contract that will give teachers 1 percent raises in each of the first two years and allow both sides to reopen the pact in the third year to address compensation issues.
Tentative agreement in West Chicago High School district Jan 23, 2012 12:00 AM
Teachers and administrators at West Chicago’s Community High School have reached a tentative contract agreement after nearly 11 months of negotiations, a school board member said Monday. Tony Molinaro, who is one of three West Chicago High School District 94 board members serving on the district’s negotiating team, said the two sides reached consensus on “all open items” of the contract during a five-hour bargaining session that ended Sunday night.
West Chicago District 94 teacher contract talks resume Jan 20, 2012 12:00 AM
Face-to-face contract negotiations between teachers and administrators at West Chicago’s Community High School are scheduled to resume Sunday afternoon, union and school board members said. Tony Molinaro, one of three board members on the district’s negotiating team, said the two sides “are getting closer” to an agreement after nearly 11 months of talks. Union President Kristina Mallon agreed. “I think we’re very close,” she said Friday morning. “It’s just a matter of talking through the final issues.”
Finally, some details on teacher negotiations Jan 15, 2012 12:00 AM
Columnist Jim Davis: The filing of an impasse notice in West Chicago Dist. 94 teacher talks requires both sides to submit their final offers to the labor relations board. And here’s the kicker: If no agreement is reached, those final offers will be posted on the state’s website.
West Chicago High School teachers declare impasse in contract talks Jan 11, 2012 12:00 AM
Contract talks have broken down after nearly 11 months of negotiations between administrators and teachers at West Chicago’s Community High School. Members of the West Chicago High School Teachers Association late Wednesday filed a notice of the impasse with the Illinois Educational Labor Relations Board.
Fenton’s higher-paid teachers face a challenge Nov 13, 2011 12:00 AM
Once a standard of achievement in high school, the ACT has become just one of countless measures that contribute to a school’s reputation of success. With average teacher salaries at Bensenville's Fenton High School in the six figures, school officials say concluding that low ACT scores should call those salaries into question is “unfair and inappropriate.”
School bus service sputters out of gate in West Chicago Sep 9, 2011 12:00 AM
The new school bus company that serves West Chicago Elementary School District 33 is getting its act together, school officials say, after a disastrous start to the school year that included some children getting home 90 minutes late, buses that couldn't be reached by radio and a kindergartener dropped off at the wrong school.
West Chicago high school presents ‘Aida' May 11, 2011 12:00 AM
Community High School presents the Elton John-Tim Rice musical "Aida" May 12-14 in the West Chicago school's Weyrauch Auditorium.
West Chicago students shut out of post-prom party Apr 15, 2011 12:00 AM
The post-prom event at West Chicago’s Community High School is a hotter ticket than anyone expected. All 400 tickets to the midnight cruise on the Odyssey at Navy Pier sold out, leaving some students disappointed and parents irate.
Mayor Daley opens Chicago's Buckingham FountainApr 15, 2011 12:00 AM
Chicago's Mayor Richard Daley has opened the city's famed Buckingham Fountain for the spring and summer seasons. Daley was at the more than 80-year-old fountain early Friday as the water started to flow. It's the last time he'll open the fountain. Daley is retiring this May after more than 20 years in office.
‘Ordinary People’ opens in West Chicago Feb 8, 2011 12:00 AM
Community High School takes on mature issues in a stage version of the family drama.