Third Lake Schools
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Saturday SoapboxJun 25, 2010 11:00 pm - Be ready for emergencies: Unprepared for power outages of the past week? The federal government says we all should be equipped to go it alone for three days, with emerge...
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Long-awaited school construction funds come with varied expectationsJun 23, 2010 11:00 pm - Long-promised funds may be rolling into school districts this week, but clear spending expectations aren't. Two dozen districts - a third of them in the suburbs - will s...
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Wauconda to print Spanish version of quarterly letterJun 22, 2010 11:00 pm - The village of Wauconda will publish about 250 copies of its quarterly newsletter in Spanish this fall. The Spanish version will be distributed in addition to the approx...
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Cary District 26 to keep busing in-houseJun 22, 2010 11:00 pm - In the spring, transportation workers in Cary Elementary District 26 offered to take a pay cut in a bid to save their jobs. The strategy worked. The District 26 school b...
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Balls of gas losing energy form black holesJun 22, 2010 11:00 pm - Fifth-grade students in Elise Diaz's class at O'Plaine School in Gurnee asked: "How are black holes formed?" The concept of a star that is so massive and dense that noth...
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Greater transparency requires effortJun 21, 2010 11:00 pm - If we've learned anything about improving transparency in local government, it's that it doesn't happen easily. And, it most certainly doesn't happen without residents g...
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Dist. 50 students had the chance to act as principalJun 20, 2010 11:00 pm - Toward the end of the school year, the principals in Woodland District 50 got a bit shorter, and a bit younger. That's because last month, a few select students became ...
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Lake Zurich to install system that predicts lightning strikesJun 18, 2010 11:00 pm - Lake Zurich parks will soon receive a system that predicts when lightning might strike. In the next few weeks, Paulus, Staples, Braemar and Lions parks will receive ligh...
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Dist. 118 votes to freeze certain 2010-11 salariesJun 18, 2010 11:00 pm - Wauconda Unit District 118 nonunion staff and full-time administrators will not receive raises next year in an attempt to minimize the district's projected $2.2 million ...
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BG, Stevenson students raise $50,000 so far for RelayJun 17, 2010 11:00 pm - Despite falling short of his goal to raise $110,000 ahead of this weekend's Stevenson/Buffalo Grove Relay For Life, Brandon Hafft is thrilled that he and fellow students...