West Chicago Schools
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Baseball: DuPage roundupApr 12, 2013 9:26 pm - Naperville North 4, Wheaton North 3: The Huskies (5-4, 1-2) scored all their runs in the bottom of the second inning to win in the DuPage Valley Conference. Naper...
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Suddenly everyone’s going deepApr 11, 2013 3:59 pm - Jerry Schilf must feel like the character from the movie “Back to the Future” who steps out of a time machine and doesn’t recognize his own hometown. The game of softbal...
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Separate fires strike Wheaton North High school, nearby houseApr 11, 2013 9:25 am - Two unrelated fires broke out Thursday morning in Wheaton — one in a science storage room at Wheaton North High School and one a block south at a house on Armbrust Avenu...
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Why DuPage voters rejected property tax hikesApr 11, 2013 6:12 am - Experts used to say the best time to ask voters for a tax increase is when there are fewer of them at the polls. Tuesday’s election results in DuPage County show how muc...
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BlueStars defeat all those things wrong with youth sportsApr 11, 2013 5:30 am - This time of year, young kids, teens and their parents often get beaten down by the pressure-packed, occasionally cruel world of organized spring sports. Even those youn...
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Jendryk grew up — and up and up — in volleyballApr 10, 2013 7:51 pm - St. Francis junior Jeffrey Jendryk, in just his second year playing volleyball, is a fast learner. During tryouts for his first club team one of the coaches approached h...
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U-46 board newcomers will challenge spending, communicationApr 10, 2013 5:33 pm - Bartlett Trustee Frank Napolitano decided against running for re-election to the post he accepted in 2009 in favor of a bid for the Elgin Area School District U-46 schoo...
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Editorial: Putting the focus on play in kindergartenApr 10, 2013 10:30 am - You’ve probably seen it on TV or in movies: the New York stereotype that has parents competing at any cost to get their 5-year-olds into the most prestigious kindergarte...
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House moves plan to block online charter schoolsApr 10, 2013 9:00 am - SPRINGFIELD — The Illinois House has started moving to put a three-year moratorium on Internet charter schools just days after a handful of suburban districts rejected t...
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Dist. 303 charter school rejection may be template for battleApr 10, 2013 5:32 am - In denying the application for a virtual charter school this week, St. Charles Unit District 303 may have revealed the cornerstone of the argument up to 18 school distri...