Sugar Grove Opinion
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Find other ways to cut costs in U-46Apr 16, 2010 11:00 pm - School District U-46 has a large deficit that the board of education is trying to reduce. Like many other districts in Illinois, the problem is partially because the sta...
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Student loan changes welcomeApr 16, 2010 11:00 pm - With all the hoopla over health insurance reform it is worth noting another important part of the bill. That is the part dealing with financial aid and the repayment of ...
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Don't just blame teachersApr 16, 2010 11:00 pm - Mr. Navarrette, this letter is in response to your April 6 column, titled "U.S. not making the grade on reforms." As a semiretired public school educator, I agree with s...
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Saturday SoapboxApr 16, 2010 11:00 pm - Leave the FOIA law alone: Members of the Illinois Senate should know we'll be watching this week if Aurora state Rep. Linda Chapa LaVia's assault on the Freedom ...
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Thoughts on carp eradicationApr 16, 2010 11:00 pm - There has been an ongoing battle over the Asian carp. The main worry is that it will get in the Great Lakes and destroy the sport fishing resources. Other states, like M...
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Private schools offer what publics can'tApr 15, 2010 11:00 pm - It saddens me greatly to hear about the state of our public education system. Class sizes are getting larger and larger. Music, art and physical education programs are b...
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Stop influence of lobbyistsApr 15, 2010 11:00 pm - I thank the Herald for the excellent coverage of the ongoing controversy about red-light cameras. My blood pressure climbed when I read March 11, in response to Sen. Duf...
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Support funding for afterschool programsApr 14, 2010 11:00 pm - Young people in Illinois and across the country face greater barriers to success than ever before. Employment rates among teens have dropped significantly over the last ...
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Time for student loan reformApr 13, 2010 11:00 pm - As a current student and father of two at Judson University, Student Loan Reform could not have come at a better time. I sincerely want to thank Congress and the Preside...
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No issue too sacred not to debateApr 13, 2010 11:00 pm - Who are these groups? Those seeking freedom of religion, speech, privacy and property rights; the anti-war movement; the militia men patrolling our borders; the pro-life...