Maple Park Schools
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West Aurora District 129 lays off 105Mar 16, 2010 11:00 pm - West Aurora School District 129 laid off 105 full-time certified workers, mostly teachers, Monday night. Due to a budget deficit and an anticipated reduction in state fu...
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Woman's Club offers new take on 'Sleeping Beauty'Mar 16, 2010 11:00 pm - With a special contemporary twist on an old favorite, the Aurora Junior Woman's Club is wide-awake and working hard on their 51st annual theater production. This year's ...
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Time to get serious on school fundingMar 16, 2010 11:00 pm - By this time, no one can be too surprised to hear that another school district is facing painful staffing cuts in order to address a budget disaster. It's a theme that h...
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Tri-Cities briefsMar 15, 2010 11:00 pm - Drugs presentation in Geneva Parents are invited to a Wednesday presentation on youth development and addiction. Dan Davis, executive director and cofounder of Yo...
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U-46 teacher who recovered from in-school stabbing laid offMar 15, 2010 11:00 pm - Carolyn Gilbert isn't the type to make waves. After she was attacked by a 16-year-old student with a knife in January 2008, she lost her right eye, endured several surge...
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Schools debate if students should bear full cost when they pay to playMar 14, 2010 11:00 pm - Batavia is joining a host of school districts debating whether students should pay the full cost - however high it is - of playing a sport or acting in the spring musica...
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Naperville career center braces itself for suddenly unemployed teachersMar 13, 2010 10:00 pm - Naperville's Community Career Center has helped a lot of people with their job searches in recent years, but very few of them have been educators. Now, center officials ...
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State schools' money woes may mean students will find better dealsMar 13, 2010 10:00 pm - For as long as she can remember, Frankie Tiberio of Algonquin has known two things: She wants to be a veterinarian and she wants to go to the University of Illinois. Alo...
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St. Charles crossing guard hangs up her sign after 31 yearsMar 13, 2010 10:00 pm - If Eileen Henningson had her way, she'd still be holding up the stop sign to help schoolchildren cross a busy street in St. Charles on their way to Richmond Elementary S...
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U-46's Torres talks staff cutsMar 12, 2010 10:00 pm - As part of more than $31 million in cuts from next year's budget, hundreds of Elgin Area School District U-46 staff members learned Friday they'll be losing their jobs a...