Grandwood Park Schools
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The origins of the Latin languageNov 15, 2015 10:00 pm - You wanted to know “Why do most languages stem from Latin?” asked a student in Gregg Thompson's sixth-grade social studies class at Woodland Middle School in Gurnee. Nea...
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District 50, union reach tentative contract agreementNov 11, 2015 12:00 am - Gurnee-based Woodland Elementary District 50 and an employee union have reached a tentative contract agreement, according to an announcement. About 780 members of the Wo...
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Woodland school to present fall playNov 09, 2015 12:00 am - Woodland Intermediate School's Drama Club will present its fall play, "Mystery at Shady Acres," at 7 p.m. Nov. 12 and 13 in the school's multipurpose room, 1115 N. Hunt ...
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Former Gavin teacher gets 50 years in prison for molestationsNov 05, 2015 12:00 am - Former Gavin Elementary District 37 teacher Michael Vucic received a 50-year prison sentence for molesting two students from a school where he worked. Vucic, 42, of Lake...
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Second Gavin teacher pleads guilty of failing to report sex abuseNov 02, 2015 12:00 am - The second of three teachers accused of not reporting the sexual assault of a student at Gavin Middle School in Ingleside pleaded guilty in Lake County court Monday. Jo...
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Lester: Suburban schools' cries about pension contributions prompt Dold to actOct 26, 2015 5:30 am - Frustration from suburban school districts that have to use big chunks of federal grant money to pay for pensions fueled U.S. Rep. Bob Dold's efforts to change federal ...
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District 50 contract talks progressingOct 23, 2015 1:00 am - The administrators and teachers union representatives who are negotiating a new contract have reached a tentative agreement on financial issues, officials with Gurnee-ba...
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Lester: Cook County homeland security chief's past troublesOct 22, 2015 5:00 am - Cook County's newly appointed chief of Homeland Security and Emergency Management, whose job is to deploy personnel and equipment to incidents and disasters in the subur...
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Why school districts are spending bus taxes elsewhereOct 21, 2015 5:22 am - One of the smallest school districts in DuPage County bused just 429 students last year, but the cost to taxpayers to bus those students was one of the highest. That's b...
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Will new giant telescope unlock secrets of universe?Oct 18, 2015 11:00 pm - You wanted to know "Will there ever be a planet with living things?" asked a student in Gregg Thompson's sixth-grade social studies class at Woodlands School in Gurnee. ...