Deerfield Schools
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Stevenson grads set local records on ACTAug 24, 2010 11:00 pm - Stevenson High School's most recent graduates set in-house records on the ACT college-entrance exam, school officials have announced. The students in the Lincolnshire sc...
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Teacher to Cary Dist. 26 group: 'Don't waste everybody's time'Aug 24, 2010 11:00 pm - Two weeks ago, when a group of parents announced their proposal to restore programs and jobs with a $4.3 million grant to Cary schools, Brent Lueck was one of the many t...
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Cary Dist. 26 to study enrollment before another school closingAug 24, 2010 11:00 pm - By all accounts, student enrollment in Cary Elementary District 26 will stagnate or decline over the next five years. But District 26 school board members want to be sur...
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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...