Deerfield Schools
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U-46 closed for third day in a rowFeb 02, 2011 11:00 pm - The largest school district in the suburbs will be closed for the third day in a row on Friday. Elgin Area School District U-46 announced Thursday afternoon that the mor...
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Blizzard's death toll rises to nine in suburbsFeb 02, 2011 10:00 pm - The local death toll rose to nine on Thursday. Six people died shoveling snow. A Kane County employee collapsed Wednesday after plowing the roads. A Mundelein woman was ...
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Sun still has a few billion years left to shineJan 31, 2011 11:00 pm - Students in Katherine Crawford’s fifth-grade classroom at West Oak Middle School in Mundelein asked: “Will the sun burn out?” The sun was formed about 5 billion years ag...
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Lunch takers up in Libertyville District 70Jan 31, 2011 11:00 pm - More students are ordering a healthier lunch option introduced this year in Libertyville District 70 elementary schools. School officials aren’t exactly sure why but mor...
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Dist. 116 to discuss social networking policyJan 31, 2011 11:00 pm - Round Lake Area Unit District 116 board members plan to meet at 7 p.m. Thursday with a variety of topics on the evening’s agenda. Among the topics will be whether to pur...
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Boys bust a move at Arlington school’s talent showJan 31, 2011 11:00 pm - A surprising group of dancers opened the talent show on Friday for Poe Elementary School in Arlington Heights: fourth- and fifth-grade boys. Dressed in black and sportin...
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Watch for health care smoke screenJan 31, 2011 11:00 pm - Opponents of health care reform are using expanded 1099 reporting as a smoke screen to dissuade public support and to distract from health care reform benefits, e.g., af...
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Moment of silence far from goldenJan 31, 2011 11:00 pm - It has come to my attention that Bartlett High School has picked up a 15-second “moment of silence” every morning. As a former student of Bartlett High School and a poli...
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Barrington teacher dies after collapsingJan 31, 2011 10:00 pm - A Barrington District 220 substitute teacher collapsed in the parking lot of Prairie Middle School Tuesday afternoon and later died at the hospital, according to the dis...
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Palatine schools considering making bag toss part of gym classJan 31, 2011 12:00 am - Think about the bean bag game known as baggo or bags and you'll be forgiven for conjuring up images of a tailgate bash in the shadows of Soldier Field or a fraternity fr...