West Chicago Schools
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'New' Naperville Central steals show for second straight yearAug 17, 2011 12:00 am - Naperville Central students returned to classes Wednesday and for many it marked the second consecutive year they found themselves in a new-look high school. Only a few...
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Many DuPage students return to new digsAug 17, 2011 12:00 am - Students returning to several area schools this fall will have to adjust to more than just new teachers and tougher lessons. In some districts, children will find comple...
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Incarceration: Rehabilitation not part of Angel Facio's lifeAug 17, 2011 12:00 am - He'd be taking classes at Elgin Community College by now, he imagines. Angel Facio had always wanted to be a chef. “Eggs con chorizo” were one of the specialties he used...
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Naperville students surprised by reunited Jewish refugeesAug 16, 2011 12:00 am - A group of Naperville students got the surprise of a lifetime last week when two women they reunited earlier this spring showed up at Madison Junior High School. Edith ...
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Public defender: Facio ‘perplexed me’Aug 16, 2011 12:00 am - Cook County Public Defender James Martin has represented hundreds of juveniles over the years. Some details of their cases naturally blur with the passage of time. But A...
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Student-directed learning pays off for Naperville studentsAug 16, 2011 12:00 am - Student-directed learning pays off for Naperville students
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Isolation: The constant for Angel FacioAug 16, 2011 12:00 am - Elgin teen describes emotions on the day he stabbed teacher
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The prosecutor: Facio case was ‘clearly premeditated’Aug 16, 2011 12:00 am - It was all a matter of timing. At home watching the news with his wife one Friday night in January 2008, Kevin Frey knew almost instantly Angel Facio’s case would be his...
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St. Charles District 303 to keep textbook, for nowAug 15, 2011 11:00 pm - St. Charles Unit District 303 school board members decided Monday night that books don't teach students, teachers do, while debating the continued use of a text that's d...
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U-46 predicts budget surplus, with conditionsAug 15, 2011 12:00 am - Despite late payments, reduced revenues from the state and other variables, Elgin Area School District U-46 leaders anticipate a budget with a surplus of $11 million for...