Deerfield Schools
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District 220 freezes administrators' pay next yearJun 23, 2010 11:00 pm - Reacting to the uncertainty of both the amount and timing of further state funding this year, Barrington Unit District 220 board members Wednesday froze administrators' ...
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Long-awaited school construction funds come with varied expectationsJun 23, 2010 11:00 pm - Long-promised funds may be rolling into school districts this week, but clear spending expectations aren't. Two dozen districts - a third of them in the suburbs - will s...
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Teacher's high-tech methods draw national attentionJun 22, 2010 11:00 pm - Art teacher Tricia Fuglestad spent her last day of the school year much like the first: incorporating digital media with her hands-on art instruction. Using her SMART Bo...
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Wauconda to print Spanish version of quarterly letterJun 22, 2010 11:00 pm - The village of Wauconda will publish about 250 copies of its quarterly newsletter in Spanish this fall. The Spanish version will be distributed in addition to the approx...
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Tri-Cities briefsJun 22, 2010 11:00 pm - Concert in the park: St. Charles East High School's Wind Ensemble and Jazz Workshop, along with the Elgin Community College Concert Band, are scheduled to perfor...
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Cary District 26 to keep busing in-houseJun 22, 2010 11:00 pm - In the spring, transportation workers in Cary Elementary District 26 offered to take a pay cut in a bid to save their jobs. The strategy worked. The District 26 school b...
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Balls of gas losing energy form black holesJun 22, 2010 11:00 pm - Fifth-grade students in Elise Diaz's class at O'Plaine School in Gurnee asked: "How are black holes formed?" The concept of a star that is so massive and dense that noth...
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Neighbors in the NewsJun 21, 2010 11:00 pm - • Tennis pro Bob Finder, 77, has announced his retirement after 50 years of instruction service, 20 of them with the Hanover Park Park District's Centre Court Athletic C...
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Can't see the forest for the ... buckthornJun 20, 2010 11:00 pm - My name is Richard Gross, I teach biology at Conant High School. To Mr. Kelly's question, "Who in their right mind decided to undertake such a project?" (May 17 Neighbor...
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Lake Zurich to install system that predicts lightning strikesJun 18, 2010 11:00 pm - Lake Zurich parks will soon receive a system that predicts when lightning might strike. In the next few weeks, Paulus, Staples, Braemar and Lions parks will receive ligh...