Plainfield
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No time to sleep as Metea Valley school nears completionJun 20, 2009 11:00 pm - Jim Schmid has been having trouble sleeping. Instead of being able to count sheep, the Metea Valley principal finds himself adding up all the things that still need to b...
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Gitmo pales next to WWII atrocitiesJun 18, 2009 11:00 pm - Judy Arenas' June 4 letter decries our use of "torture" and notes the prosecution of Japanese and German war criminals after World War II. Ms. Arenas clearly needs a his...
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District 204 names Birkett superintendentJun 17, 2009 11:00 pm - Indian Prairie's new superintendent says she'll focus on three things: student achievement, communication and fiscal responsibility. Kathy Birkett, who had been serving ...
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Nancy Young students paint umbrellas with signs of loveJun 11, 2009 11:00 pm - The morning's rainfall was perfectly fitting as about 800 Nancy Young Elementary students recently participated in the school's Umbrellas for Peace parade. Students work...
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Indian Prairie school board hashing out contractJun 11, 2009 11:00 pm - Indian Prairie school board members are continuing to work on details of a three-year contract with Deputy Superintendent Kathryn Birkett to take the reins of Unit Distr...
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Six DuPage athletes picked in baseball draftJun 10, 2009 11:00 pm - After a quiet first day for DuPage County athletes, the second day of Major League Baseball's first-year player draft on Wednesday produced a little bit of everything. S...
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District 204: Discussion closed on sibling policy, Neuqua council presidentJun 09, 2009 11:00 pm - True to their word, Indian Prairie school board members listened this week to a few parents' concerns about separating siblings in high school and a father's plea for hi...
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Ex-school bus driver charged with child porn must give up cameraJun 09, 2009 11:00 pm - A judge says a Plainfield man charged with child pornography must surrender his camera and pull the shades on his house, but won't have to go to jail pending trial. Abou...
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Dist. 204 bans file-sharing devices from its schoolsJun 08, 2009 11:00 pm - Indian Prairie students may soon be marching to their beats - literally - as the district moves to ban all mp3 players, cameras and other file-sharing devices from middl...
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District 204 board offers few public details on superintendent searchJun 07, 2009 11:00 pm - The new superintendent of Indian Prairie Unit District 204 needs to focus on retaining talented teachers, must be engaged with the community and must operate with more t...