Island Lake Schools
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Fox Valley briefsAug 23, 2009 11:00 pm - New county Web site McHenry County recently launched its newly redesigned Web site, co.mchenry.il.us. The site will be managed more actively and updated in a timely mann...
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Lake County briefsAug 23, 2009 11:00 pm - Monaville Road to close Monaville Road at the Canadian National Railroad crossing near Round Lake Beach will be closed for three days beginning Monday, Aug. 31. The clos...
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Huntley High School sees another big ACT gainAug 23, 2009 11:00 pm - Huntley High School's Class of 2008 didn't make it easy. The class raised the school's average ACT score by 0.8, issuing a tough challenge to their successors. No proble...
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District 46 ready to talk finances with residentsAug 20, 2009 11:00 pm - Grayslake Elementary District 46 will host a second community forum, this time exclusively focusing on finances. Board members Wednesday night agreed to hold the informa...
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District 158 changes course on special edAug 20, 2009 11:00 pm - So much can change in a week. When I left for a vacation in Yellowstone National Park, the administration in Huntley Unit District 158 had recommended spending just half...
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Cary District 26 to cut funds for activitiesAug 19, 2009 11:00 pm - Among the after-school offerings at Cary's Prairie Hill Elementary School is a journalism club where budding Bob Woodwards can sharpen their writing and reporting skills...
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Lake County briefsAug 19, 2009 11:00 pm - Route 83 contract Work is expected to get under way next month on a major improvement of Route 83 from Petite Lake Road in Lake Villa, through Antioch to the Wisconsin b...
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Quinn signs fix for school districts that pass tax hikesAug 18, 2009 11:00 pm - If someone asked you for $10, and you knew if you gave him the money that he would also lose $5, would you still give him the money? Until Gov. Pat Quinn signed a new la...
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Barrington panel to promote cultural eventsAug 18, 2009 11:00 pm - Barrington has created a new cultural commission to better coordinate and cross-promote the many cultural activities already going on in the village. The Barrington Cult...
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Kids ask: How is paper made?Aug 18, 2009 11:00 pm - Valeria Galindo, 7, a soon-to-be second-grader at MacArthur Elementary School in Hoffman Estates, asks: "How is paper for books made?" The word paper comes from the Lat...