Elgin Opinion
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Keep local control of schools strongMay 10, 2014 5:01 am - As superintendents of school districts representing over 213,000 students across Illinois, we are acutely aware of how important it is to have lawmakers in Springfield w...
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Partisan politics above all elseMay 06, 2014 12:01 am - Partisan politics above all else The same Republicans who got us involved in Iraq are complaining that President Obama's foreign policy is "leading from behind." We...
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The SoapboxMay 03, 2014 5:01 am - A student's beautiful patterns: Suburban Standout Timothy Zhou of Bolingbrook cleverly surmises that music, math and chess are alike because one must detect pattern...
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The SoapboxMay 03, 2014 5:01 am - Closing credits: College of DuPage announced it will end its relationship with Buffalo Theatre Ensemble, which had been performing at the Glen Ellyn campus for many...
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Unfair to ban young lacrosse playersMay 01, 2014 12:01 am - Unfair to ban young lacrosse players Kaneland High School lacks a lacrosse club, so four of their ambitious freshmen joined the Geneva High School club to continue ...
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Editorial: Lessons of Libertyville's downtown success storyApr 29, 2014 5:00 am - If Libertyville's story can serve as a model for successful downtown renovations - and we believe it can - then what are some of the key lessons to take from it? Some ob...
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Give our kids a fighting chanceApr 29, 2014 12:00 am - Give our kids a fighting chance Stanford's Center for Research on Education Outcomes last year found that charter students in Illinois gain two weeks of learning in...
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Apr 28, 2014 12:01 am - I have lived in Elgin since 1977 and I have been very pleased with this city, until now. let me give you a review. At our old house we had a small but intense fire in o...
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Whatever it is, they're against itApr 28, 2014 12:01 am - It was good to read that there are 21 applicants for the open seat on Elgin's City Council. I couldn't imagine why John Prigge, Terry Gavin and Toby Shaw opposed a meeti...
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Neighbors rally to oppose new schoolApr 25, 2014 5:01 am - We are afraid someone will be seriously injured or killed on Ela Road between Central and Algonquin. Cook County has issued a building permit for a large not-for-profit ...