Wheeling Schools
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Hersey High School unveils $6.3 million front entrance face-liftAug 06, 2025 7:44 pm - A $6.3 million renovation has transformed the main foyer, student services areas and front offices at John Hersey High School in Arlington Heights.
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The ‘courageous decision’ that links an Arlington Heights high school to the Hiroshima bombingAug 05, 2025 7:43 pm - The head librarian of John Hersey High School reflects on the significance of the school's namesake and his seminal work, “Hiroshima,” which chronicled the aftermath of the first atomic bomb that was dropped 80 years ago.
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Prospect High School student entrepreneurs shine in national competitionAug 04, 2025 12:22 pm - As part of a national competition, a trio of Prospect High School students recently pitched their product to a panel of investor judges. The panel, in turn, awarded the trio $8,000 to take their breakthrough product to the next level.
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Ads on campus? District 214 latest to eye corporate sponsorships for school spacesJul 29, 2025 7:04 pm - Northwest Suburban High School District 214 is considering corporate sponsorships and advertising to help pay for renovation costs across its six district schools.
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Mundelein adding EV charging stations to downtown parking lotsJul 29, 2025 11:07 am - Owners of electric vehicles should be able to charge those batteries at municipal parking lots in Mundelein later this year — for a fee.
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Kids can get free lunches weekdays in Wheeling this summerJul 18, 2025 2:44 pm - Kids can pick up free lunches outside the Indian Trails Public Library in Wheeling weekdays this summer.
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Countdown to prep football: Seven new coaches on the sidelineJul 17, 2025 12:00 pm - Our countdown to high school football continues this week with seven new area coaches on the sideline this season.
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District 214 puts prime Arlington Heights Road real estate up for sale, againJul 15, 2025 8:37 pm - Northwest Suburban High School District 214 is again trying to sell a vacant Arlington Heights office building amid expected costs for renovations to aging schools.
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Prospect to remove first principal’s name from theater over ties to controversial teachingsJul 12, 2025 1:00 pm - The name of Prospect High School’s first principal, Alvin Kulieke, will be removed from the school's theater after a student journalist uncovered his ties to a fringe religious group that embraced eugenics principles.
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Police chief ‘not going anywhere,’ despite vote of no-confidenceJul 11, 2025 4:30 am - There’s a big rift in small-town Gilberts’s police department. At least that’s according to a letter sent to the town’s village board last month outlining the reasons why the rank-and-file passed a vote of no confidence in Chief Todd Block.