Cook County Schools
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Area schools spend $574,197 during weekend in cityFeb 06, 2013 4:30 am - It cost suburban taxpayers $574,197.48 to send 735 school board members and district administrators back to the classroom. The price tag for a weekend-long conference la...
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Suburbs rise, join billion dancing women to change worldFeb 05, 2013 4:30 am - Flowers? Chocolate? Jewelry? Red, itchy lingerie with snaps, lace and underwires? Maybe what women really want for Valentine's Day is an end to abuse and oppression and...
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District's tab for weekend in Chicago: $13,756Jan 30, 2013 3:45 am - Fox Lake Dist. 114 trip included limo ride, movies
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ECC Alliance for College Readiness wins college national awardJan 29, 2013 2:28 pm - Elgin Community College was recognized Tuesday with the 2012 Bellwether Award, education’s equivalent to football’s Heisman Trophy. The Community College Futures Assembl...
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Prospect grad creates 'Zero Dark Thirty' sound effectsJan 29, 2013 4:00 am - Prospect High School graduate Alex Ullrich said one particular scene in Kathryn Bigelow's Oscar-nominated movie "Zero Dark Thirty" was the most fun to create. "It was w...
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ECC team ‘adopts’ child with brain cancerJan 26, 2013 8:11 pm - Thirteen-month-old Matthew Donald Erickson of Huntley has two siblings already, but gained 14 new big brothers when he was “adopted” by the Elgin Community College men’s...
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ECC team to give odds-beater Erickson a special dayJan 24, 2013 2:34 pm - Matthew Donald Erickson has two siblings already, but he’ll gain 14 new big brothers when he is “adopted” by the Elgin Community College men’s basketball team in what pr...
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ECC team to give odds-beater Erickson a special dayJan 23, 2013 10:00 pm - Matthew Donald Erickson has two siblings already, but he’ll gain 14 new big brothers when he is “adopted” by the Elgin Community College men’s basketball team in what pr...
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The SoapboxJan 19, 2013 4:00 am - Requiring responsibility: A proposed Cook County Board ordinance would fine people who fail to report if their firearms are lost, stolen or sold. Too often, guns bought...
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What would teacher pension shift do to your taxes?Jan 16, 2013 4:30 am - When and if the Illinois legislature gets the state out of the business of funding teachers' pensions, it's going to be up to suburban and downstate property owners to p...