Cook County Schools
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Why school districts are spending bus taxes elsewhereOct 21, 2015 5:22 am - One of the smallest school districts in DuPage County bused just 429 students last year, but the cost to taxpayers to bus those students was one of the highest. That's b...
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Fallen McHenry County deputy hero honoredSep 19, 2015 1:00 am - The chattering stopped and a football, once airborne, sat stationary on the grass. At Northwood Middle School late Saturday afternoon, somber silence prevailed as peopl...
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State board of education to consider ACT or SAT contract without funds for itAug 18, 2015 1:00 am - Thousands of suburban families could be forced for the first time in more than a decade to pay for high school juniors' college entrance exams next spring, as the state ...
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'Tristeza' trips up Buffalo Grove student in Scripps National Spelling BeeMay 28, 2015 1:00 am - Tristeza — a highly infectious and deadly disease of citrus trees — proved just as harmful to Aniket Nuthalapati's championship hopes in Thursday's semifinal rounds of t...
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The pluses, minuses of educators serving on school boardsMar 30, 2015 5:30 am - Education industry experience abounds on the Gurnee Elementary District 56 school board. Of the seven elected positions, five seats are filled with members who are retir...
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Fremd High School bands successful at North Shore Jazz FestivalFeb 12, 2015 10:00 pm - The Fremd High School Jazz Ensemble and Jazz Lab Band recently performed at the 38th annual North Shore Jazz Festival. The festival took place at Glenbrook South High Sc...
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No more confirmed measles cases in suburbs todayFeb 06, 2015 12:00 am - After a brief scare Friday, measles in a Lake County illness was ruled out and health officials said there was no increase in the number of confirmed cases in the suburb...
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Northwest Symphony winter concert Sunday at Forest ViewJan 23, 2015 12:01 am - The award-winning Northwest Symphony Orchestra will present its winter concert "Reveries" 3:30 p.m. Sunday, Jan. 25, featuring violinist Maria Storm performing the rarel...
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District 57 students take on multiple charitable efforts for holidaysDec 22, 2014 12:01 am - Editor's note: Around the holidays, almost all schools encourage students to participate in the giving of the season as a way to teach caring and civic responsibility. H...
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Palatine Marine returns home, feted at Christian Liberty AcademyDec 20, 2014 12:01 am - Phil and Ann Kwiatkowski got one of the best Christmas presents parents with a child in the military can receive. Their oldest son Stephen ended his four-year hitch in ...