Cook County Schools
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Wheeling District 21 moves final day of school after e-learning Election Day changeAug 21, 2026 9:49 pm - District 21 is moving the 2026-27 school year end date by implementing an e-learning day on April 6 Election Day. A new Illinois law allows remote instruction when schools serve as polling places.
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District 214 to send mailers ahead of referendum, but won’t be ‘urging a yes vote,’ officials sayAug 21, 2026 5:32 pm - Northwest Suburban High School District 214 will send three mailers to 106,000 addresses in advance of its $295 million referendum, but officials emphasize the materials will inform voters without advocating for passage.
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District U-46 construction going smoothly as classes resume next weekAug 19, 2026 4:29 pm - With classes starting next week, school board members for Elgin Area School District U-46 were given an optimistic report Monday on ongoing construction and how things are shaping up for the new school year.
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Longtime suburban boys basketball coach Ken Johnson passes awayAug 19, 2026 1:01 pm - Longtime area basketball coach Ken Johnson, who took Hinsdale Central and Stevenson downstate, has died at 81.
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U-46 appoints new director of professional learningAug 19, 2026 12:12 pm - The Elgin Area School District U-46 Board of Education on Monday appointed Barbara Villont as the director of professional learning for the 2026-27 school year.
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Chicagoland high school football rankings: Get Mike McGraw’s Top 25 for Week 1Aug 19, 2026 10:29 am - Three of the four teams in the CCL Blue begin the season in the top 25, led by defending state champions Mount Carmel and Brother Rice.
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The Wing-T — and a ‘Wing-T guru’ — improve Conant’s prospectsAug 18, 2026 4:01 pm - Team Within the Team: Conant seeing results by shifting to the Wing-T offense.
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Suburban schools make U.S. News’ ‘Best High Schools’ listAug 18, 2026 6:28 am - Several suburban high schools topped U.S. News & World Report’s 2026-2027 Best High Schools state rankings list, according to data released Tuesday.
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District 23 board votes again to go to referendumAug 17, 2026 5:45 pm - Prospect Heights Elementary District 23 will again seek voter approval for a tax rate increase in November.
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Suburban students return to new facilities and campus upgrades this fallAug 17, 2026 6:52 am - As students across the suburbs return to classrooms this month, they will be greeted with new facilities, additions and campus improvements in several school districts where summer construction projects have wrapped up and new ones are beginning.