Cook County Schools
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Sunday storms create trouble, memories at outdoor graduationsJun 07, 2010 11:00 pm - Nearly half of Prospect High School's Class of 2010 did not have the pleasure of hearing their name called during commencement ceremonies Sunday after thunderstorms that...
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Grade level centers not best for childrenJun 06, 2010 11:00 pm - To District 26 board members: As a resident of Mount Prospect in District 26 I voted for you to represent the best education practices for the children of our school dis...
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Park St. Claire will be back, even betterJun 06, 2010 11:00 pm - In response to "Can we please stop the deforestation?" This supposed deforestation going on in Park St. Claire's Salt Creek is far from that. First and foremost, Salt Cr...
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Arlington Heights student on mission to find Great Plains stormsJun 06, 2010 11:00 pm - Jackson Genovese first developed a fascination with the weather when he was in middle school. "I liked watching the sky and how powerful the storms were," said Genovese ...
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The good and bad of public schoolsJun 06, 2010 11:00 pm - After another sleepless night over a horrible experience that happened to my youngest son at a public school with a bully, I wake up to read that Tracy Seaver says she c...
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Lake Zurich veteran receives Purple Heart 64 years laterJun 01, 2010 11:00 pm - Memorial Day took on special meaning this year for one Lake Zurich veteran and his family. Some 64 years after he was wounded on the island of Guam during combat against...
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River Trails District 26 ices grade centersJun 01, 2010 11:00 pm - After almost 20 River Trails parents slammed the idea of grade centers Tuesday, the District 26 school board voted down the idea with a 5-2 vote. About 150 parents appla...
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Objection dropped to Dist. 15 petitionsJun 01, 2010 11:00 pm - An attempt to block the petition putting Palatine Township Elementary District 15's proposed $27 million bond sale into voters' hands has been called off. Attorney James...
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Dist. 220 correct to eject nonresidentsMay 30, 2010 11:00 pm - The headline on Thursday's Herald was "Dist. 220 to tell 6 students they must go." This was the right action for board members to take. When kids live outside school dis...
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Conant students trying to revitalize forestMay 30, 2010 11:00 pm - I was more than a bit concerned when I read the letter on deforestation in Park St. Claire. It shocked and moved me - not to stop the project, but to educate the uninfor...