Campton Hills Opinion
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Let's tighten school testing standardsNov 08, 2007 10:00 pm - I read a very good article in the Wall Street Journal on Oct 5 about the "No Child Left Behind" educational program. The idea that every child must become "proficient" i...
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Incorporation not a benefit to residentsNov 07, 2007 10:00 pm - As an unhappy resident of the new Village of Campton Hills, I'm writing to express my hopes that you will fully inform your public and our residents of the efforts of th...
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On life and death matters, we must resist dealing in speculationNov 07, 2007 10:00 pm - Speculation is about the only stock in trade for some mysteries. But that doesn't excuse openly dealing in the commodity An Austin, Texas-based PR agent offered us an in...
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Campton Hills is limited by tax capNov 07, 2007 10:00 pm - What is the real agenda regarding the anti-Campton Hills Movement? Recently the Illinois Department of Revenue spokesperson in Springfield, Katherine Ridgway, declared t...
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Please support your veteransNov 06, 2007 10:00 pm - I am a member of the Fox River-Geneva Post 75 auxiliary, as well as a wife of a Vietnam veteran. Post 75 has been a fixture in Geneva for decades. However, like many Am...
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Cannot ignore IQ differences in schoolNov 06, 2007 10:00 pm - Your extensive series on the plight and future of public education in Illinois excludes the discussion of an important aspect. Could long-established standard IQ differ...
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School test scores are importantNov 05, 2007 10:00 pm - The Nov. 1 editorial made an argument that "how well a school system is preparing children to succeed in the work world is never going to come from a test score." I fin...
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'Imposed beliefs' found everywhereNov 02, 2007 11:00 pm - Several recent Fence Post contributors write of their frustration that others are choosing to express an opinion. One stated that "religious beliefs should not be impose...
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Soapbox: Not good enoughNov 02, 2007 11:00 pm - In what he apparently considers a magnanimous decision, Kane County Republican Party Chairman Dennis Wiggins has taken a leave of absence from his chairmanship until the...
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Soapbox: And this time he means it!Nov 02, 2007 11:00 pm - When federal Judge Michael Mason again extended the deadline for discovery in the discrimination lawsuit filed against Elgin School District U-46, you could almost feel ...