Elgin Schools
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Why do private schools push in-person learning? 'The social-emotional health of our kids'Sep 28, 2020 5:30 am - Getting a school community to commit to COVID-19 protocols around the clock for a safe, in-person learning environment isn't easy, but leaders of several suburban privat...
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U-46 leaders discuss evolving plan for return to classroomsSep 28, 2020 1:00 am - Elgin Area School District U-46's plan for resuming in-person classes calls for students receiving specialized services and prekindergarten through second-graders to be ...
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What Hanover Park learned from equity town hallsSep 26, 2020 1:00 am - Hanover Park village leaders are developing action items to deliver services more equitably after a series of virtual town halls that wrapped up last week. Residents' fe...
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Council members spar over racism as Elgin officials table decision on police officers at U-46 schoolsSep 23, 2020 1:00 am - Elgin City Council members withheld their blessing of a plan Wednesday night to keep eight city police officers in Elgin Area School District U-46 hallways for the 2020-...
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Barrington High grad leading effort for later school start timesSep 22, 2020 11:00 pm - Eric Albrecht remembers well getting to the bus stop by 6:30 a.m., sleepy and tired, to attend classes at Barrington High School. The district has since done what Albrec...
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U-46 food and nutrition services, transportation departments to distribute meals around communitySep 16, 2020 11:00 pm - Families can continue to get free meals at 40 school sites
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Some elementary students are back in class, and suburban districts are weighing what can come nextSep 16, 2020 5:30 am - A bellwether for school reopening efforts in the pandemic, elementary classrooms in Wheaton Warrenville Unit District 200 welcomed back students two weeks ago for the fi...
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"Meals on the Bus" brings school meals to U-46 communitiesSep 16, 2020 1:00 am - Elgin-Area School District U-46 is trying to cut the distance families need to go during distance learning to provide students with a healthy meal. A new district progr...
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As contact days begin, season's still in doubtSep 12, 2020 1:00 am - Of the hundreds of basketball coaches not sure what to expect about the season that begins in November, Elgin's Dr. Nick Bumbales has a unique perspective. It has to do ...
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Cook County turns spotlight on racial equity this weekSep 12, 2020 1:00 am - Cook County's second annual Racial Equity Week begins Monday and runs through Friday, offering a series of interactive virtual events with community leaders, experts, ar...