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Dist. 204 board presents new phase of budget austerity planMar 22, 2010 11:00 pm - Indian Prairie school officials made their first step toward cutting an additional $12.2 million from next year's budget Monday by approving the release of 145 nontenure...
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Tri-Cities briefsMar 22, 2010 11:00 pm - Free tax help in Aurora Free tax assistance will be available at Waubonsee Community College's Aurora campus twice a week. The college's sixth annual Volunteer T...
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Daily Herald's prep photos of the weekMar 22, 2010 11:00 pm - ...
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Indian Prairie Dist. 204 cuts 145 teachersMar 22, 2010 11:00 pm - Nearly 7 percent of Indian Prairie Unit District 204's teaching staff was released Monday night. Facing a $21.4 million deficit next year and an austerity plan that woul...
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Tribute garden at Aurora school took some determination to sproutMar 22, 2010 11:00 pm - The first phase of the new reading garden at Nancy Young Elementary School in Aurora took only about a week to build. But the seeds for the outdoor classroom, which open...
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School districts suffer while state funds lag, but severity may varyMar 21, 2010 11:00 pm - With varying levels of student poverty, property taxes rates and local revenues, no two suburban school districts are funded exactly the same way. Years ago, complicated...
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Session hopes to ignite ideas for Batavia's futureMar 20, 2010 11:00 pm - If you have an idea for a better Batavia, Friday is your chance to let it fly. "We are going to re-envision the future of the community," said Roger Breisch, executive d...
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Music lessons go beyond band roomsMar 19, 2010 11:00 pm - I started playing flute in fifth grade at Kendall Elementary School. I moved on to play at Crone Middle School and Neuqua Valley High School in Naperville. In my eight y...
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'Ignite!' a better future for BataviaMar 19, 2010 11:00 pm - If you have an idea for a better Batavia, March 26 is your chance to let it fly. "Ignite! Batavia" is a daylong brainstorming session, set to identify the city's strengt...
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Aurora poised to buy key real estate, solve downtown parkingMar 18, 2010 11:00 pm - In a real-life game of Monopoly, Aurora officials believe the city is about to buy Boardwalk. And they can't wait to sell it to someone who will put a hotel on it. In t...