Batavia Schools
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Yorkville hangs on for rare win over BataviaOct 02, 2009 11:00 pm - For the first time since 2002, the Batavia football team will not qualify for the playoffs. That's because Yorkville beat the Bulldogs for the first time since the 1980s...
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Huntley police handled incident wellOct 01, 2009 11:00 pm - Huntley police had a close call last week. An 85-year-old man who came to police headquarters to argue a parking ticket pulled what appeared to be a handgun on a Huntley...
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Former Larkin teacher guilty of sex with studentOct 01, 2009 11:00 pm - A former Larkin High School teacher pleaded guilty Friday to sexually abusing a 16-year-old student - his second conviction on similar charges. Ronald D. Suitts, 58, of...
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Neuqua nips St. Charles East by 1 strokeOct 01, 2009 11:00 pm - Stephen Powers and Kyle Geist had what proved to be linchpin rounds in a historic Upstate Eight Conference tournament on Thursday afternoon. The two Neuqua Valley senior...
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Sugar Grove wins state praise for youth driving initiativeOct 01, 2009 11:00 pm - Sugar Grove officials were tired of losing Kaneland High School students to car crashes. Police Chief Brad Sauer, a Kaneland alumnus, wanted to do something to improve t...
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Rivals Geneva, Batavia can't beat bad weatherOct 01, 2009 11:00 pm - Pouring rain wasn't a problem for Geneva and Batavia on Thursaday, as the school's boys soccer teams pattered through a persistent precipitation. Lightning was another s...
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Scouting Yorkville @ BataviaOct 01, 2009 11:00 pm - Yorkville (2-3, 1-2) at Batavia (1-4, 0-3) Game time 7:30 p.m. today. Last year Batavia 44, Yorkville 6. Last week Rochelle 34, Yorkville 7; Kaneland 21, Bat...
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Parents, school officials work for class size solution at Elgin schoolOct 01, 2009 11:00 pm - Stories about parents and school officials who are at odds regularly make the news. Word about compromises between the two sectors is slightly more novel. After parents ...
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Geneva schools hold the line on bus driver paySep 30, 2009 11:00 pm - The Geneva school board approved a two-year "working agreement" with its 65 bus drivers this week. It calls for maintaining the same pay rates as the previous agreement ...
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Report shows state lags in closing achievement gapSep 30, 2009 11:00 pm - While most states are making gains in closing the achievement gap between various socioeconomic student groups, Illinois is lagging behind, a report released Thursday sa...