South Elgin Schools
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Practice makes perfectAug 13, 2008 11:00 pm - It was the perfect day for high school football Wednesday. The temperature wasn't blistering hot, there was a breeze and plenty of excitement in the air. For the Batavia...
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Dist. 303 sets new goals after improving ACT scores againAug 13, 2008 11:00 pm - St. Charles Unit District 303 announced Wednesday that graduating seniors from last year continued a three-year trend of increasingly higher ACT scores. The news comes i...
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Community members look to new U-46 chief to nudge settlement talksAug 12, 2008 11:00 pm - In the past four years, the value of the dollar has plummeted. The price of gas has risen by more than $2. New world leaders have been elected; battles won and lost. Sti...
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Fuel cost jumps to $3 million in tentative budget for U-46Aug 11, 2008 11:00 pm - Rising fuel costs and key initiatives to improve student performance are among several items factored into a tentative $364.4 million Elgin Area School District U-46 ope...
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Dist. 300 wants to tap wind downstateAug 11, 2008 11:00 pm - The next time you take a drive through the country, take Interstate 55 south about 140 miles, merge onto Interstate 74 and follow it east about 10 miles. Look around you...
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Dist. 204 ready to launch all-day kindergartenAug 11, 2008 11:00 pm - If current enrollment numbers are any indication, Indian Prairie Unit District 204 officials believe the switch to an all-day kindergarten format for will be a hit. Depu...
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Judge grants class-action status to U-46 bias suitAug 11, 2008 11:00 pm - A federal judge has granted class-action status to a racial bias lawsuit filed 3 years ago against the state's second largest school district. In a Friday filing, Federa...
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Renowned Japanese violinist to visit Elgin studentsAug 10, 2008 11:00 pm - Elgin Area School District U-46 orchestra students will have the chance to tune in to a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity come October. As part of renowned Japanese violini...
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Scout gathering data from graves at Blackberry CemeteryAug 09, 2008 11:00 pm - There's more to a grave marker than meets the eye. And there are more than 6,000 grave sites in the 11-acre Blackberry Cemetery at Route 47 and Keslinger Road. For Brock...
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Report: Deck still stacked against blacksAug 07, 2008 11:00 pm - More than 50 years after landmark school desegregation case Brown vs. the Board of Education, a study by Massachusetts-based Schott Foundation reveals the deck is still ...