Cook County Schools
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New Dist. 211 board members face contract talks, financial challengesMay 03, 2009 11:00 pm - The two new Palatine-Schaumburg High School District 211 board members won't have much a honeymoon, as labor negotiations between teachers are slated to take place later...
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Do kids need an at-risk label to get extra care?May 02, 2009 11:00 pm - Laksh "Lucky" Kumar clings to his mother on one cool April morning when Kathy Kohlstedt comes to his Hoffman Estates home for their twice-monthly meeting. The 3-year-old...
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Driscoll teaches a lesson for hard timesMay 02, 2009 11:00 pm - The financial realities of this economic downturn hit home with two big news stories this week: the closure of Driscoll Catholic High School and the forecast that the nu...
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Swine flu will keep Batavia schools closed until end of the weekMay 02, 2009 11:00 pm - Two Batavia public schools shuttered because of the swine flu outbreak will remain closed a few days longer than originally planned, officials announced this weekend. Th...
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Flu fears to close Larkin High School for a weekMay 02, 2009 11:00 pm - An Elgin high school became the latest suburban school in to cancel classes, as the number of probable cases of the H1N1 flu in Illinois grew to 85 Saturday. The number ...
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Cook County briefsApr 30, 2009 11:00 pm - Foreclosure seminar Saturday: State Rep. Mark Walker of Arlington Heights will host a foreclosure seminar with the Illinois attorney general's office, Bank of America an...
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State superintendent talks swine fluApr 30, 2009 11:00 pm - State Superintendent of Education Chris Koch was in the Northwest suburbs Thursday, visiting Illinois Honor Roll schools in Barrington Unit School District 220 and Elgin...
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High school students earn journalism awardsApr 28, 2009 11:00 pm - With all of the uncertainty in the newspaper industry, you would think a journalism contest for high school students would draw little enthusiasm. Think again. The next...
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Northwest suburbs in 60 secondsApr 26, 2009 11:00 pm - Volunteerism celebrated: Forty years of volunteer service will be celebrated 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday, May 2, at Forest View Educational Center, 2121 S. Goebbert Road,...
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Disabled Conant dad fought for access for students and parentsApr 26, 2009 11:00 pm - Mike Lyons saw the flight of stairs and decided he'd reached the end of his rapidly fraying rope. The father of two students at Conant High School in Hoffman Estates had...