Downers Grove Schools
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First year provided challenges, surprises for DaeschnerJul 06, 2008 11:00 pm - Stephen Daeschner has spent 44 years as an educator. But his first year as superintendent of Indian Prairie Unit District 204 had to be one of the most unusual of his ca...
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W. Chicago school districts to talk consolidationJul 03, 2008 11:00 pm - School officials from West Chicago High School and its three elementary feeder districts will meet next week to talk about consolidating into one school system. The plan...
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Local teen bands to battle at TasteJul 03, 2008 11:00 pm - The musical lineup at the Taste of Chicago this year includes Stevie Wonder, Chaka Khan, Bonnie Raitt - and a bunch of teens from the Northwest suburbs. Five bands, incl...
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Students earn state honors in tradesJul 02, 2008 11:00 pm - Four area students earned the nation's highest awards this week at the SkillsUSA National Leadership and Skills Conference in Kansas City, Mo. The championship contest i...
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Dist. 87 wants a Glendale Heights cop as liaisonJul 01, 2008 11:00 pm - Usually, high schools and police liaison officers are paired off by towns. Whatever town houses a school generally provides the police officer who works in the school fu...
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Briefs: Model high school namedJul 01, 2008 11:00 pm - West Chicago High School has been selected as one of 17 schools across the country to act as a model for civic education by the Civic Mission for Schools. The Maryland-b...
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Dist. 204 teacher loses long fight against cancerJul 01, 2008 11:00 pm - During her eight years working with special needs students at Indian Prairie Unit District 204's Patterson Elementary School, Beth Langley was described as both a "dynam...
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Mobiles still sore spot in Dist. U-46Jun 30, 2008 11:00 pm - Elgin Area School District U-46 may spend more than $635,000 on a long-promised capital planning and facilities study. A June 10 proposal by Chicago-based architecture, ...
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Dist. 204 hopes to begin heart testing athletes soonJun 30, 2008 11:00 pm - The effort may not have been in time to save Zamarri Doby's life, but Indian Prairie Unit District 204 officials say they have been trying since March to provide free he...
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Woodland replacing phone systemJun 28, 2008 11:00 pm - Safety concerns over periodic telephone outages have prompted Woodland Elementary District to spend about $809,000 on a new system. Gurnee-based Woodland District 50 wil...