Cary Schools
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Some locals still fighting Common CoreAug 18, 2013 8:03 am - The new Common Core State Standards for reading and math are not without their critics. Erin Raasch, a Villa Park mom, runs the website StopCommonCoreIL.org. She aggrega...
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New curriculum standards change suburban classroomsAug 18, 2013 8:00 am - Times are changing, and classrooms are changing along with them. For this year’s start of the eighth-grade math class Evan Borkowski teaches at Algonquin Middle School,...
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Crystal Lake South to finish, use bleachers while lawsuit proceedsAug 16, 2013 7:22 pm - Attorneys agreed Friday to allow Community Unit School District 155 to complete a $1.2 million bleacher expansion at Crystal Lake South High School while a lawsuit is pr...
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All systems go for Fox Valley football teamsAug 14, 2013 9:13 pm - St. Edward football coach Mike Rolando said Wednesday he might have panicked had the IHSA’s new practice acclimatization rules taken effect in a previous season. Institu...
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State's Attorney Bianchi suing Crystal Lake schools over bleachersAug 14, 2013 1:00 pm - As state's attorney for McHenry County, Louis Bianchi is its top criminal prosecutor. But he has stepped into a uniquely different legal role: Plaintiff in a lawsuit inv...
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New beginnings — and endings — as football season kicks offAug 13, 2013 7:16 pm - Much has changed since the high school football season concluded last November in Champaign, including the ultimate destination. The state championships move this season...
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District 300 getting unexpected $4.4 million from the state?Aug 13, 2013 5:30 am - Community Unit District 300 school board members got some good news Monday night before approving a tentative 2013-14 budget. The Carpentersville-based district will ge...
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Huntley High powerlifter to compete in PragueAug 13, 2013 5:30 am - A Huntley High School teenager who in May set a world record in the bench press among his age and weight class is taking his talents to Prague. The American Powerlifting...
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Dundee-Crown special education teacher stresses literacyAug 12, 2013 5:00 am - Schools teach children to read until third grade, when their education shifts. Lessons about the mechanics of reading fall to the wayside as textbooks are introduced and...
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Huntley transition program aims to ready special ed grads for adulthoodAug 11, 2013 8:00 am - Huntley High School special education student Tess Podraza, 18, wants to be more independent, but to reach that level she'll need more confidence and sharper life skills...