Carol Stream Schools
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Driscoll High's contents will be sold or parceled out this weekJul 26, 2009 11:00 pm - Except for a barricade blocking the driveway exit, everything appears unchanged outside Driscoll Catholic High School. Although the 43-year-old school closed in June due...
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Area schools make sure homeless get an education, funded or notJul 25, 2009 11:00 pm - It could be 11 o'clock on a Friday night. A family dinner. Patty Briones always, always has her phone nearby. The homeless services secretary for Carpentersville-based C...
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Wheaton North teen's passing devastates communityJul 25, 2009 11:00 pm - A Wheaton North High School junior's passing has profoundly affected the community. Derek Hernandez died Thursday after briefly battling liver cancer. He was 15. Juan He...
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U-46 names new principals, administratorsJul 23, 2009 11:00 pm - Elgin Area School District U-46 named a slew of new principals and administrators this week. Myrna Burgos, the former principal of Sheridan Elementary in Elgin, will mov...
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Dryer fire damages Elgin homeJul 23, 2009 11:00 pm - A dryer fire caused $15,000 in damage to an Elgin home Thursday, officials said. Elgin Fire Capt. Tim Maroder said his department received a call around 5:30 p.m. that t...
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Others should follow Torres' exampleJul 23, 2009 11:00 pm - When Superintendent Jose Torres turned down an $8,140 pay raise and encouraged other Elgin Area School District U-46 administrators to do the same, maybe he was leading ...
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Soldiers homecoming planned on Monday in StreamwoodJul 23, 2009 11:00 pm - After spending eight months deployed in Afghanistan, members of an Elgin-based Illinois Army National Guard unit will arrive home Monday, and the community is invited to...
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Torres sounds off out eastJul 23, 2009 11:00 pm - Superintendent Jose Torres spent this past weekend speaking to reporters far outside of Elgin Area School District U-46's geographic area. The Hechinger Institute on Edu...
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U-46 superintendent turns down raise, encourages other to follow suitJul 22, 2009 11:00 pm - Elgin Area School District U-46 Superintendent Jose Torres has turned down his recent raise and is recommending that other nonunion employees and district administrators...
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Why'd he do it? And what does this mean for other U-46 employees?Jul 22, 2009 11:00 pm - So Jose Torres, Elgin Area School District U-46's superintendent, decided to send back his $8,140 raise. Why? And what implications does it have for the thousands of oth...