Northfield Schools
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Decorations flap a missed teaching momentOct 17, 2011 5:00 am - I was shocked and amused with your article about the decoration fiasco at Wheeling High School. The Student Council adviser’s upset over removal of potentially dangerous...
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Che not a good role model for studentsOct 17, 2011 5:00 am - Palatine High School has many displays, one of them celebrates “Hispanic month.” As I looked closer, I noticed a T-shirt showing the terrorist Che Guevara. Che was a co...
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School districts are bleeding us dryOct 17, 2011 5:00 am - I would like to take this opportunity to thank those individuals responsible for raising my school taxes. My 2010 property tax bill just arrived. The combined 2010 scho...
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District 211 to begin random, unannounced drug searches with dogsOct 17, 2011 12:00 am - For the first time, Palatine-Schaumburg High School District 211 will utilize canine units from local police departments this year to search for illegal drugs on campus....
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Former U-46 superintendent Neale testifies in bias caseOct 17, 2011 12:00 am - The former superintendent of Elgin Area District U-46 who spearheaded the boundary changes that are at the center of an ongoing bias suit against the district testified ...
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Compromise needed on Sears incentiveOct 15, 2011 4:00 am - Annie Thompson, spokeswoman for Gov. Pat Quinn, hit the nail on the head when she stated in the Daily Herald, “Sears plays an important role in our state’s economy ...” ...
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End tax break for SearsOct 15, 2011 4:00 am - The Sears EDA has to be stopped. Clearly none of the people deciding on this issue have students in District 300 or care about our children; otherwise, this amendment wo...
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District 211 College/Career Night Oct. 19Oct 15, 2011 12:00 am - The 2011-2012 District 211 College Night program, “Choose Your Path …,” will be 6:30-8:30 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 19, at James B. Conant High School, 700 E. Cougar Trail in...
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ECC students to visit King memorial in D.C.Oct 14, 2011 12:00 am - A group of students and staff from Elgin Community College will travel to Washington D.C. this weekend for the dedication of the Martin Luther King, Jr. National Memoria...
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District 23 superintendent says he’s retiringOct 13, 2011 6:00 am - After spending 23 years in the district and nine years as superintendent at Prospect Heights Elementary District 23, Greg Guarrine announced on Wednesday that he will be...