Northbrook Schools
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U-46 union, superintendent detail concerns in budget cut planFeb 26, 2010 10:00 pm - There's been one big elephant in the room during recent Elgin Area School District U-46 budget forums and school board meetings: the teachers union. As part of at least ...
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Author shows teens how to be in control of their stressFeb 25, 2010 10:00 pm - Much of what teens hear, see and experience in today's society puts more and more stress on them as they contemplate the uncertainty of the future. But pediatrician and ...
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Thief strikes local Special Olympics fundraiserFeb 23, 2010 10:00 pm - As if parents of special needs children don't face enough hardships, a thief has walked away with more than $1,000 worth of raffle items that were supposed to benefit a ...
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Prospect High brings home honors from state speech tournamentFeb 23, 2010 10:00 pm - It should come as no surprise that the same hallways that produced the hit TV show, "Glee" has spawned a state ranked speech team, that won medals for its dramatic inter...
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Neighbors in the NewsFeb 22, 2010 10:00 pm - • The District 62 Board of Education named Elgin resident Colleen White principal of Cumberland Elementary School, in Des Plaines. White, who has led Washington Elementa...
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No easy answers in Dist. 26 grade center studyFeb 22, 2010 10:00 pm - Research says grade center schools help kids find friends, but may cause emotional distress as well
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Maine South, 207 admin center closed by water leakFeb 22, 2010 10:00 pm - Officials at Maine South High School and the Ralph Frost Administration Center announced they will be closed today due to a water main break. Officials said the closure...
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U-46 details cuts: Early childhood center, teacher layoffs on listFeb 22, 2010 10:00 pm - More than $31 million in budget cuts for Elgin Area School District U-46 were announced Monday, with more to be hashed out in the coming weeks. Closing an early childhoo...
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Local schools contending with state's new unfunded mandatesFeb 20, 2010 10:00 pm - Suburban school districts are on a seesaw they can't control. In recent weeks, they've been forced to adopt more than a dozen brand-new unfunded state education mandates...
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Saturday SoapboxFeb 19, 2010 10:00 pm - He's golden: Less-than-gracious Evgeni Plushenko dissed Evan Lysacek's gold-medal performance when he said, "Now it's not men's figure skating, now it's dancing."...