Island Lake Schools
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Saturday SoapboxJun 25, 2010 11:00 pm - Be ready for emergencies: Unprepared for power outages of the past week? The federal government says we all should be equipped to go it alone for three days, with emerge...
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Crystal Lake Elementary District 47 to vote on new teacher dealJun 25, 2010 11:00 pm - After seven months of negotiations, the Crystal Lake Elementary District 47 school board is poised to approve a new contract with its teachers. A large majority of teach...
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Recent cuts increase pressure on unionsJun 24, 2010 11:00 pm - Budget realities are the rule of the day in Fox Valley schools. In recent weeks, both Community Unit District 300 and Huntley Unit District 158 have continued to come to...
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Long-awaited school construction funds come with varied expectationsJun 23, 2010 11:00 pm - Long-promised funds may be rolling into school districts this week, but clear spending expectations aren't. Two dozen districts - a third of them in the suburbs - will s...
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Wauconda to print Spanish version of quarterly letterJun 22, 2010 11:00 pm - The village of Wauconda will publish about 250 copies of its quarterly newsletter in Spanish this fall. The Spanish version will be distributed in addition to the approx...
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Cary District 26 to keep busing in-houseJun 22, 2010 11:00 pm - In the spring, transportation workers in Cary Elementary District 26 offered to take a pay cut in a bid to save their jobs. The strategy worked. The District 26 school b...
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Balls of gas losing energy form black holesJun 22, 2010 11:00 pm - Fifth-grade students in Elise Diaz's class at O'Plaine School in Gurnee asked: "How are black holes formed?" The concept of a star that is so massive and dense that noth...
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District 158 freezes pay for non-union staffJun 21, 2010 11:00 pm - Nonunion employees in Huntley Unit District 158, including nearly all administrators, will not receive pay increases next year. The District 158 school board voted last ...
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Lake Zurich to install system that predicts lightning strikesJun 18, 2010 11:00 pm - Lake Zurich parks will soon receive a system that predicts when lightning might strike. In the next few weeks, Paulus, Staples, Braemar and Lions parks will receive ligh...
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Courageous Martino honors mom's memoryJun 18, 2010 11:00 pm - Three silver rings that belonged to her mother dangle from a necklace that Kate Martino wears everyday. Last winter, though, for reasons the well-spoken Wauconda senior ...