Deerfield Schools
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Could Dist. 211 teacher evaluations lead to merit pay? Union says noAug 24, 2010 11:00 pm - A new evaluation system for teachers in Palatine-Schaumburg High School District 211 has at least one board member wondering if a merit-based salary scale is on its way ...
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Mundelein school officials extend golf course leaseAug 24, 2010 11:00 pm - Without a pressing need for a second campus, Mundelein High School officials have extended the operating lease for a golf course they own in town. The District 120 schoo...
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Cary District 26 OKs balanced budget -- it's first in six yearsAug 24, 2010 11:00 pm - On Monday, Cary Elementary District 26 marked a milestone that would pass without remark in most school districts: for the first time in at least six years, it approved ...
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Cary Dist. 26 students adjust to new realitiesAug 24, 2010 11:00 pm - More than 11,000 students returned to class in Cary District 26 and Huntley District 158 schools today, beginning their adjustment to a new, more Spartan reality that re...
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Kids Ink: How do butterflies get color in their wings?Aug 24, 2010 11:00 pm - Butterflies use color in ways we are only beginning to understand. The bright orange and black that identifies the migratory Monarch butterfly aren't just solid blocks o...
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New school year in U-46 brings larger class sizes; fewer programsAug 24, 2010 11:00 pm - Coleman Elementary School Principal Brian Stark knows his is one of the lucky schools in Elgin Area District U-46 that came away relatively unscathed from the massive cu...
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U-46 snafu takes all-day kindergarten away from someAug 24, 2010 11:00 pm - Elgin Area School District U-46's administration of a federal grant to help low-income kindergartners has left some parents and 33 kids feeling out in the cold. Katie Ho...
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District 15 opts to keep referendum on the ballotAug 23, 2010 11:00 pm - Voters will indeed get to weigh in on whether Palatine Township Elementary District 15 should borrow $27 million. Board member Sue Quinn's motion to pull the bond issue ...
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New faces, fresh start in Libertyvile District 70's smallest schoolAug 23, 2010 11:00 pm - The poster welcoming "Mr. Bogey" is a classic example of it being the thought that counts, and one that Jon Bogie Jr. happily will keep with the other tokens of apprecia...
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Grant High teacher called to active dutyAug 23, 2010 11:00 pm - Grant Community High School teacher Jeff Austin was supposed to teach introduction to art this school year. Instead, he's headed to Afghanistan with his U.S. Army Reserv...