Elk Grove Village Opinion
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Editorial: Collaboration that adds up to student successFeb 15, 2013 4:00 am - “How will knowing how to solve algebraic equations help me get a job?” That’s a familiar question to many parents of teenagers (and to math teachers, no doubt), especial...
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Be glad police are armed, ready to protect usFeb 14, 2013 4:00 am - Ms. Litwin of Arlington Heights makes an interesting point when she asks if the NRA would recommend arming all firefighters, or whether SWAT teams should be sent in befo...
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Bike overpass not Elk Grove’s job to doFeb 14, 2013 4:00 am - Why is Elk Grove Village looking to spend our tax dollars to build a bicycle overpass at Route 53 and Higgins Road? This is under the sole jurisdiction and responsibilit...
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In a sea of trouble, an oasis of hopeFeb 14, 2013 4:00 am - As the economy has worsened, I and others have found it difficult and sometimes impossible to continue to put food on the table — let alone “healthy options” that would ...
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Important to salute valuable teachersFeb 14, 2013 4:00 am - I am a parent of three students at Ridge Circle Elementary school. With continued financial hardships and the struggle of administrators to turn around a broken school s...
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What can District 54 have been thinking?Feb 14, 2013 4:00 am - Thank you to the Daily Herald for continuing to report the embarrassing mess that School District 54 has itself in over their ghastly compensation of district administra...
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Editorial: Yes to school shooting drills, no to mandateFeb 11, 2013 4:00 am - In the 1950s and ’60s, the teacher would tell kids to take cover under desks when the siren signaled an air raid drill. Fifty years later, teachers lock their doors, dar...
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Too many dependent on governmentFeb 10, 2013 4:00 am - During the nasty campaign waged by President Obama, he and his deputies chastised Mitt Romney, a truly good and successful man, for not caring about the 47 percent. Obam...
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Editorial: A model reminder for youth sportsFeb 08, 2013 4:00 am - You can almost forgive the tantrums, the untoward gesticulations and the mostly muted foul language from the Brothers Harbaugh on their special night. After all, the Sup...
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Gun bans won’t stop the ‘bad guys’Feb 08, 2013 4:00 am - Plain and simple, restricting firearm ownership is not going to stop the gangbangers or the nut cases from killing innocent people. The only people affected by additiona...