Maple Park Schools
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Staying vigilant on synthetic drugsApr 06, 2012 5:00 am - When the General Assembly enacted a law prohibiting the sale of hallucinogenic “bath salts” last year and followed that up with a prohibition of synthetic marijuana, eff...
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Elgin High lets two play principal for dayApr 05, 2012 6:00 pm - Elgin business owner Kevin Echevarria and Kane County State's Attorney Joe McMahon normally have very different jobs, but on Thursday both got a taste of what it's like ...
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Geneva High students tested for heart ailmentsApr 05, 2012 4:21 pm - Brian and Kathy Wetters believe no parent should enter a child’s room to wake them up only to find their son or daughter died in their sleep of an undiagnosed heart ailm...
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U-46 teachers could vote next week on contractApr 04, 2012 4:00 pm - After months of going back and forth on contract negotiations with Elgin Area School District U-46, the Elgin Teachers Association has scheduled meetings to discuss a te...
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District 158 foundation awards grants to teachersApr 04, 2012 2:44 pm - Teachers at schools across Huntley Unit District 158 were recently presented with bouquets of balloons and big checks from the District 158 Education Foundation, which s...
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Kane drug abuse forum will help parents be proactiveApr 04, 2012 11:00 am - If there's one thing Karen Dobner wants to teach parents, it's that they should drop the denial and take preventive steps against their kids taking drugs. The Aurora mom...
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From one through nine, some early observationsApr 04, 2012 8:00 am - In honor of the baseball/softball season, here are nine things that are on my mind: 1. Geneva's baseball team appears to be armed and dangerous this season. Led by start...
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District 304 board meetings viewable onlineApr 03, 2012 4:05 pm - Interested in keeping an eye on the Geneva school board, but can’t make it to the meetings? In the last two weeks, your options for catching up have tripled. Late last m...
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WW II vet, Olympian shares his story with studentsApr 03, 2012 12:00 pm - Thanks to the death-defying resilience - and fast feet - of 95-year-old American veteran and Olympian Louis Zamperini, students at Barrington High School Tuesday went fr...
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St. Charles school board talks fake pot, Web threatsApr 02, 2012 9:00 pm - School board members may soon add synthetic marijuana and Internet-based threats to the list of banned student activities in St. Charles Unit District 303 schools. But f...