Bloomingdale Opinion
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Editorial: Collaboration that adds up to student successFeb 15, 2013 4:00 am - “How will knowing how to solve algebraic equations help me get a job?” That’s a familiar question to many parents of teenagers (and to math teachers, no doubt), especial...
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Important to salute valuable teachersFeb 14, 2013 4:00 am - I am a parent of three students at Ridge Circle Elementary school. With continued financial hardships and the struggle of administrators to turn around a broken school s...
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What can District 54 have been thinking?Feb 14, 2013 4:00 am - Thank you to the Daily Herald for continuing to report the embarrassing mess that School District 54 has itself in over their ghastly compensation of district administra...
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Thanks, Wheaton’s first respondersFeb 14, 2013 3:40 am - Thanks, Wheaton’s first responders In the early hours of Wednesday Jan. 9, we suffered a fire in our home in Wheaton. The police and firemen of Wheaton responded ve...
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Should have asked for artist’s OKFeb 14, 2013 3:40 am - Should have asked for artist’s OK A fellow artist sent me the Jan. 22 Daily Herald article titled “Lombard trustee touches up incomplete mural of historic sites.” I...
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To a great Wheaton coach and teamFeb 13, 2013 3:40 am - To a great Wheaton coach and team To the Wheaton North Girls Varsity Basketball Team and Coach Dave Eaton: Your coach recruited a girl to be your teams honorary man...
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Don’t know life of infantry soldierFeb 12, 2013 3:40 am - Don’t know life of infantry soldier My vocabulary does not permit the proper use of words to describe those responsible for a decision that there is no reason women...
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Where is all the state’s money going?Feb 12, 2013 3:40 am - Where is all the state’s money going? State Comptroller Judy Baar Topinka is sitting on $9 billion in overdue bills because of a lack of money to pay them with. Two...
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Editorial: Yes to school shooting drills, no to mandateFeb 11, 2013 4:00 am - In the 1950s and ’60s, the teacher would tell kids to take cover under desks when the siren signaled an air raid drill. Fifty years later, teachers lock their doors, dar...
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Scout leaders’ stands are inconsistentFeb 10, 2013 3:40 am - Scout leaders’ stands are inconsistent The Jan. 29 edition of the Daily Herald had a front-page story informing us that the national Boy Scouts of America have back...