Cook County Schools
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District 59's reserves are way out of lineAug 22, 2010 11:00 pm - I just read in the local section of another newspaper that District 59 is balancing its $5.4 million budget shortfall with part of its $100 million in reserve funds. It'...
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Districts ramping up efforts to verify student residencyAug 22, 2010 11:00 pm - In nearly two decades of listening to excuses, private investigator Bill Beitler can easily recall the strangest reason a parent gave for why she knowingly enrolled her ...
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Despite efforts, Dist. 300 ACT scores stagnateAug 22, 2010 11:00 pm - Despite its increased focus on test preparation and college readiness, Community Unit District 300 received disappointing results from the ACT this month. According to t...
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Local Marines who died in combat honored in CaliforniaAug 21, 2010 11:00 pm - Two suburban Marines who died in combat last week are being remembered in California, where Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger has ordered American and state flags at the capito...
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U-46 improves in ACT math and readingAug 21, 2010 11:00 pm - High school students in Elgin Area District U-46 made gains in math and reading on the ACT, but test scores in science and English dipped slightly over last year's resul...
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Ex-Hoffman High coach raising money for cancer researchAug 20, 2010 11:00 pm - After Dennis Ferguson was diagnosed with anaplastic thyroid cancer, his doctors sent him home to die. "That wasn't something I was ready to do," he said. Instead, Fergus...
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Meeting on mental illness all about apartments, againAug 20, 2010 11:00 pm - Opponents of a proposed apartment complex for mentally ill residents agree this kind of housing is needed, but remain unconvinced it should be built in Arlington Heights...
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What District 62 parents need to know for first day of schoolAug 19, 2010 11:00 pm - What only a week ago seemed unlikely has come to pass at Des Plaines Elementary District 62 as workers prepare Algonquin Middle School for the first day of classes Monda...
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Des Plaines school to open as scheduledAug 18, 2010 11:00 pm - Classes will begin at Algonquin Middle School as scheduled on Monday, Aug. 23, Des Plaines Elementary District 62 officials announced late Wednesday. The decision came a...
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Dist. 62: We've done our best to keep public informedAug 17, 2010 11:00 pm - On Friday, Aug. 13, the Daily Herald editorialized about the impact of the recent strike by the Chicago Laborers District Council and Local 150 of the International Unio...