Northfield Schools
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Road rage led to stabbing death on Edens, police sayJan 19, 2010 10:00 pm - State police blamed road rage for causing a fight between two truckers on Friday on the Edens Expressway that killed a 40-year-old Huntley High School graduate. "They we...
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District 211 needs to cut spendingJan 17, 2010 10:00 pm - The responsibility of the school board is "to express and represent the view of the community in matters affecting education." The view of the community is unanimous. Di...
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Grandparents upset about bus situationJan 17, 2010 10:00 pm - We read with great interest the letter from Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Hendricks of Palatine on Jan. 4. We also had a similar problem with Mr. Walter Doughty, director of tran...
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Students use Facebook to rally against District 207 cutsJan 16, 2010 10:00 pm - Within days of Maine Township High School District 207 announcing plans to cut 137 jobs, including 75 teachers, outraged students launched Facebook groups trying to save...
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U-46 adds $15 million to deficit predictionsJan 15, 2010 10:00 pm - A mass e-mail to Elgin Area School District U-46 staff reveals the district's financial situation is even more dire than originally thought. "I intended to return to the...
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Hoffman Estates, Fremd certainly aren't strangersJan 14, 2010 10:00 pm - Fremd and Hoffman Estates got to know each other better than most boys basketball teams last year. And Hoffman found out how difficult it is to beat another team four ti...
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New law protects teacher evaluations from FOIA requestsJan 14, 2010 10:00 pm - Headway on the state's quest for millions in federal education dollars came at the expense of public access to records this week. The legislation, which was shuttled to ...
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Teacher's union asks District 207 to spare jobs, use reserves insteadJan 13, 2010 10:00 pm - With 75 of its teachers facing the ax, the Maine Teacher's Association is asking District 207 to spare jobs and use reserves to plug a projected $19 million deficit next...
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Wheeling High artist claims censorshipJan 11, 2010 10:00 pm - Hannah Park thought her teachers could take a joke. "I always wanted to do a funny piece," said Park, a Wheeling High School junior and advanced art student. "And I thou...
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Maine Twp. District 207 to cut 137 jobs next yearJan 11, 2010 10:00 pm - Roughly 137 Maine Township High School District 207 employees, including 75 full-time teachers, will receive termination letters Tuesday morning. District 207 Superinten...