Aurora Opinion
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Stop pensions for DuPage county boardJun 16, 2016 1:00 am - Recently, the Illinois General Assembly unanimously passed Senate Bill 2701 that would prohibit newly elected county board members from receiving pensions through the Il...
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Reps must answer to school formula woesJun 08, 2016 1:00 am - If you are unaware of the alarming statistics associated with D131, let me brief you. On average, 82 percent of students are low-income; 64 percent graduate high school,...
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Editorial: Saluting suburban standouts on the national stageMay 30, 2016 3:00 pm - It can be very scary to stand in the bright national spotlight. The competition is fierce, and the skill of those who reach that elite level is amazingly high. And, then...
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Give Lotto winnings to schools in needMay 30, 2016 1:01 am - It makes me so sad to read what's happened in Aurora Unit District 131 over the past 50-plus years. I can hardly believe that more than 4,000 students are being squeezed...
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Series emphasizes unfair school funding systemMay 26, 2016 1:00 am - I would like to thank the Daily Herald for telling the stories of the outstanding East Aurora students and the inequities these students have to deal with because of the...
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Editorial: Lessons of East Aurora - First stop the bleedingMay 25, 2016 11:00 pm - More than a quarter of high school students at East Aurora are chronically truant. Only 64 percent of seniors graduated in 2015 - and that's an improvement. There are no...
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Pass laws to help kids live past age 5May 23, 2016 1:00 am - As kids in America, our childhoods were quite normal. Our parents made sure that we received all our shots to stay healthy. We had toilets to use and soap to wash our ha...
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Getting COD back on trackMay 15, 2016 1:00 am - By Deanne Mazzochi Guest columnist Since its inception nearly 50 years ago, College of DuPage has provided more than 1 million students with high-quality, affordable edu...
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Editorials: Streamlining chain of command an important part of reforming townshipsMay 10, 2016 11:00 pm - Townships often are in the crosshairs when critics take aim at Illinois' large and expensive collection of local governments. With 6,963 taxing bodies, we're far and awa...
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Editorial: Explanation needed for high costs of DuPage court securityApr 24, 2016 11:00 pm - Here's a question that could much unsettle the thoughts of taxpayers in DuPage County: Are the suspects and cases that work their way through the DuPage County court sys...