Elgin Schools
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Dist. 128 schools may drop class ranksAug 12, 2008 11:00 pm - Libertyville and Vernon Hills high schools could be the next suburban campuses to give up class rankings. Under a plan being drafted by Libertyville-Vernon Hills Area Hi...
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Fuel cost jumps to $3 million in tentative budget for U-46Aug 11, 2008 11:00 pm - Rising fuel costs and key initiatives to improve student performance are among several items factored into a tentative $364.4 million Elgin Area School District U-46 ope...
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Dist. 300 wants to tap wind downstateAug 11, 2008 11:00 pm - The next time you take a drive through the country, take Interstate 55 south about 140 miles, merge onto Interstate 74 and follow it east about 10 miles. Look around you...
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Dist. 204 ready to launch all-day kindergartenAug 11, 2008 11:00 pm - If current enrollment numbers are any indication, Indian Prairie Unit District 204 officials believe the switch to an all-day kindergarten format for will be a hit. Depu...
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Judge grants class-action status to U-46 bias suitAug 11, 2008 11:00 pm - A federal judge has granted class-action status to a racial bias lawsuit filed 3 years ago against the state's second largest school district. In a Friday filing, Federa...
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State reps, rivals spar over pay raise optionsAug 11, 2008 11:00 pm - Democratic state Reps. Fred Crespo of Hoffman Estates and Paul Froehlich of Schaumburg, eager to reject a scheduled pay raise for Illinois legislators, say they'll donat...
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Renowned Japanese violinist to visit Elgin studentsAug 10, 2008 11:00 pm - Elgin Area School District U-46 orchestra students will have the chance to tune in to a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity come October. As part of renowned Japanese violini...
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Scout gathering data from graves at Blackberry CemeteryAug 09, 2008 11:00 pm - There's more to a grave marker than meets the eye. And there are more than 6,000 grave sites in the 11-acre Blackberry Cemetery at Route 47 and Keslinger Road. For Brock...
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Briefs: Pet adoption eventAug 07, 2008 11:00 pm - Since opening its Arlington Heights homeless animal shelter six weeks ago, The Buddy Foundation has no shortage of pets available for adoption. So the shelter at 65 W. S...
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Library hosts summer reading fairAug 07, 2008 11:00 pm - It's only a flesh wound. The Huntley Area Public Library is hosting a medieval fair Aug. 16 to mark the end of its summer reading program. The library has hailed this ye...