Cook County Schools
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U-46 won't let clerical workers combine jobs for benefits any moreSep 01, 2009 11:00 pm - Clerical workers in Elgin Area School District U-46 will no longer be able to combine jobs to get health insurance benefits. Helping teachers with copying and preparing ...
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Group helps Dist. 220 tackle mental health stigmaSep 01, 2009 11:00 pm - Shattered by two teen suicides at the end of last school year, the Barrington-area community is beginning the new year with an organized approach to recognizing and addr...
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Barrington fifth-graders win fight to bring back chocolate milkAug 30, 2009 11:00 pm - What began as a school lesson in good nutrition has expanded to include democracy, diplomacy and community activism as well. Unhappy about the year-old ban on flavored m...
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Fundraiser to help suburban girls whose mom died in rafting accidentAug 30, 2009 11:00 pm - Every year, Emily and Faythe Mayer would help their mother ready her first-grade classroom at St. Mary Catholic School in DeKalb. Jennifer Wehling always used Mary Enge...
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Dist. 211 to blame for financial positionAug 30, 2009 11:00 pm - The article on the front page of the Daily Herald Aug. 21 reported the millions of dollars shortfall in the new district 211 budget. It doesn't take a rocket scientist t...
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Elgin high celebrates anniversary of western reunion in CaliforniaAug 29, 2009 11:00 pm - The "25th Anniversary of the Elgin High School Western Reunion" will be held the first weekend in October where it all began during May 1984 in Fresno, Calif. They had 2...
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Liaison officers back at U-46 middle schoolsAug 28, 2009 11:00 pm - Elgin Area School District U-46 middle school students and parents: notice anything unexpected on campus this first week of class? Elgin police liaison officers are back...
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Special ed cooperative still innovative after 40 yearsAug 27, 2009 11:00 pm - Veteran teacher Marion Timmons, starting her 30th year working with special needs students at Kirk School in Palatine, wasted no time getting going. After getting accli...
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U-46 superintendent writes to dropoutsAug 27, 2009 11:00 pm - After a successful campaign last year, Elgin Area School District U-46 Superintendent Jose Torres has mailed off another round of letters to high school dropouts. The 4...
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106 years old, and a new high school graduateAug 25, 2009 11:00 pm - A rare birthday celebration took place Tuesday at Friendship Village in Schaumburg. Residents and guests jammed the atrium of its residential unit, Bridgewater Place, w...