Northbrook Schools
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7,508 voters sign petition blocking Palatine Dist. 15's $27 mil loanApr 12, 2010 11:00 pm - It seemed like an impossibility given the monumental task and the minuscule amount of time to do it. But opponents of the $27 million bond issue narrowly approved last m...
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U-46's CFO speaks about leaving for HarperApr 11, 2010 11:00 pm - Elgin Area School District U-46's Tuesday afternoon announcement that Chief Financial Officer Ron Ally would be leaving likely raised the blood pressure of many. He is t...
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School personnel should share painApr 11, 2010 11:00 pm - I am concerned about suburban school districts and their budgets. The school districts are more interested in preserving their pay, raises and benefits; including pensio...
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Special needs families reach out to candidates in 56th DistrictApr 10, 2010 11:00 pm - If it takes a village to raise a child, the adage is doubly true of a special-needs child, Mike and Linda Baker of Schaumburg believe. The Bakers, whose 11-year-old son ...
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Beautiful on a budget: Donated prom dresses on sale in ElginApr 10, 2010 11:00 pm - South Elgin dad Joe DeRolf remembers taking his daughter shopping for a prom dress when she was a freshman. He and Kayla, now a senior at South Elgin High School, spent ...
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Latino high school students get the message: College is for you, tooApr 09, 2010 11:00 pm - Latino high school students don't have to let a lack of money keep them from going to college, educators said Friday at the annual Latino Senior Summit at Harper College...
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Saturday Soapbox: Listen on Molly, EvanApr 09, 2010 11:00 pm - 'Work hard, follow your dream': No one can bring that message home better than people like local Olympians Evan Lysacek and Molly Schaus and, more recently, Glenb...
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Dist. 220 wants to teach younger students ChineseApr 08, 2010 11:00 pm - Barrington Unit District 220 will soon apply for a federal grant that would allow it to partner with the University of Illinois to create a 17-year-long curriculum for t...
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Beloved Prospect Heights band instructor retiring after 40 yearsApr 06, 2010 11:00 pm - Not many people stay at the same job for 40 years - especially one involving adolescents - but Dave Thomas, the MacArthur Middle School band director, has stuck around t...
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U-46 frustrated over lack of funding fix helpApr 06, 2010 11:00 pm - Elgin Area School District U-46 officials are expressing frustration with both the state board of education and state House leaders, saying they are dragging their feet ...