Park Ridge Schools
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Dist. 15 prepares for $27 million bond sale, cutsMar 10, 2010 10:00 pm - Palatine Township Elementary District 15 officials could call for layoffs or request the unions to reopen their contracts. Programs and staff development opportunities m...
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Call it the 'Glee' effect: Big crowds for Hersey choir festivalMar 09, 2010 10:00 pm - The new season of "Glee" starts next month, but die-hard fans found the next best thing at Hersey High School over the weekend at the 17th annual Chicagoland Showcase. T...
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Streamwood shooting victim finds recovery a long roadMar 09, 2010 10:00 pm - The basketball hoop hangs low and lonely over the driveway of the new home of 18-year-old Jess Outlaw. Since Sept. 6, a wheelchair has mostly confined Outlaw, separating...
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District 207 teacher's union rejects reopening contract renegotiationsMar 09, 2010 10:00 pm - The Maine Teacher's Association's roughly 600 members Tuesday overwhelmingly rejected Maine Township High School District 207's latest request to reopen contract negotia...
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African village erects monument to Arlington Heights womanMar 09, 2010 10:00 pm - Years from now, if you are trekking through the rural African village of Mokowe, near the eastern coast of Kenya, and looking for a shady place to escape the heat and fl...
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Schools superintendents riding the fence on income tax increaseMar 09, 2010 10:00 pm - Throwing support behind an income tax increase is a political hot potato for local legislators. It's also one for school superintendents, who, across the suburbs, have s...
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U-46 not shy about fighting state education cutsMar 09, 2010 10:00 pm - Elgin Area School District U-46 is using its school marquees to make an 11th-hour appeal to Gov. Pat Quinn. With Quinn expected to announce a $1.4 billion decrease in ed...
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Fighting back against the tide of school budget cutsMar 07, 2010 10:00 pm - Second of two parts Brad Hawk has a bird's-eye view of what he calls "a perfect financial storm." The former superintendent of Central Unit District 301 in western Kane ...
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Hoffman student leads effort to raise $8K for Haiti quake victimsMar 05, 2010 10:00 pm - Maybe Hoffman Estates High School senior Danielle Wilson should clean more often. Seeing Haitian earthquake victims suffer on television concerned her, particularly the ...
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Donations help District 15 Special Olympics recoup from theftMar 05, 2010 10:00 pm - Less than two weeks after a thief struck a Special Olympics fundraiser, both the team's spirits and coffers have been restored. From Cary to Naperville, donations began ...