Downers Grove Schools
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Area schools make sure homeless get an education, funded or notJul 25, 2009 11:00 pm - It could be 11 o'clock on a Friday night. A family dinner. Patty Briones always, always has her phone nearby. The homeless services secretary for Carpentersville-based C...
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Wheaton North teen's passing devastates communityJul 25, 2009 11:00 pm - A Wheaton North High School junior's passing has profoundly affected the community. Derek Hernandez died Thursday after briefly battling liver cancer. He was 15. Juan He...
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Korienek's glove work helps lift Downers SouthJul 23, 2009 11:00 pm - The bats stole the show for Downers Grove South's baseball team this week. In the end, though, the Glenbard South regional championship came down to the flash of a glove...
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U-46 names new principals, administratorsJul 23, 2009 11:00 pm - Elgin Area School District U-46 named a slew of new principals and administrators this week. Myrna Burgos, the former principal of Sheridan Elementary in Elgin, will mov...
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Others should follow Torres' exampleJul 23, 2009 11:00 pm - When Superintendent Jose Torres turned down an $8,140 pay raise and encouraged other Elgin Area School District U-46 administrators to do the same, maybe he was leading ...
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Soldiers homecoming planned on Monday in StreamwoodJul 23, 2009 11:00 pm - After spending eight months deployed in Afghanistan, members of an Elgin-based Illinois Army National Guard unit will arrive home Monday, and the community is invited to...
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Another big inning carries WaubonsieJul 23, 2009 11:00 pm - It had been eight years since Waubonsie Valley baseball coach Dan Fezzuoglio last enjoyed the celebratory Gatorade-cooler shower. Until Thursday, when a second 6-run inn...
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Carius' clutch hitting sparks Warriors winJul 22, 2009 11:00 pm - Waubonsie Valley's baseball team had to love the change in the weather. Not the switch from sunny and hot to cold and rainy. Rather, the change from cold bats to hot. Tr...
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Dorsett delivers for BenetJul 22, 2009 11:00 pm - After three uneventful trips to the plate, Benet catcher Matt Dorsett had everything on the line in the top of the seventh inning. Game tied, bases loaded, two outs and ...
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Why'd he do it? And what does this mean for other U-46 employees?Jul 22, 2009 11:00 pm - So Jose Torres, Elgin Area School District U-46's superintendent, decided to send back his $8,140 raise. Why? And what implications does it have for the thousands of oth...