Rolling Meadows Opinion
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Excess funds one day; a tax hike the next?Dec 08, 2014 4:01 am - The District 214 school board is proposing a 2.4 percent tax levy hike for next year. This fall the board approved unnecessary spending of $45 million that they had in e...
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Speak up about your school district taxesDec 08, 2014 4:01 am - Citizens, beware! School District 214 has approved a 2.4 percent (increase in the) tax levy for next year. District 214 will hold a public meeting at 7 p.m. Dec. 11 at t...
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Editorial: Find middle ground on adjuncts who are retiredDec 03, 2014 4:01 am - When the school year ends, Oakton Community College plans to dismiss dozens of adjunct instructors who are retired and collecting a state pension. The school recently wa...
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The SoapboxNov 29, 2014 4:01 am - Get the giving spirit: In coming weeks, you'll read plenty of stories about various acts of giving, from schoolchildren delivering canned food to Toys for Tots col...
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Editorial: Time for a checkup on red-light camera useNov 28, 2014 4:01 am - Red-light cameras were in the news again last week when the state Supreme Court let stand the Illinois law that allows their existence. A lawsuit had claimed the cameras...
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Parents, in-laws made sacrifices on her behalfNov 27, 2014 12:01 am - I wake up grateful every day for life's blessings. It is our family however, past and present, that provides real meaning and unconditional love and acceptance in my lif...
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Editorial: Right to start early on campus smoking banNov 24, 2014 10:00 pm - Watching young people light up a cigarette and take a long drag makes us wonder how they can ignore the dangers of smoking. The message is certainly clear, from the warn...
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School uniforms could reduce problems for kidsNov 21, 2014 4:01 am - I am Rohan. I want to tell you about uniforms. I think that students should have uniforms. I say that because a lot of bullying is happening in school, and kids are gett...
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Editorial: A school's step toward closing one gender gapNov 14, 2014 4:01 am - Perhaps on a birthday long ago, a kid you know unwrapped an Erector set and spent the day constructing a tower. Or maybe you watched your own child open a Lego kit and b...
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D211 a big part of the pension problemNov 10, 2014 4:01 am - In the Oct. 17 edition of the Daily Herald, District 211 administrators complain about the $16 million dollar loss they contend would be incurred if the state legislatur...