Cook County Schools
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Why isn’t there boys bowling in D211?Nov 14, 2011 4:00 am - I am writing this letter to your paper regarding High School District 211 not having a boys bowling team. I am a senior at James B. Conant High School, and I have been b...
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A good deed gone bad in WheelingNov 14, 2011 4:00 am - I live in a condo complex in Wheeling. I spent a good part of yesterday picking up fliers from Wheeling High School promoting a canned food drive. They were everywhere -...
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Teachers at Fenton, Maine Township schools average more than $100,000Nov 12, 2011 10:00 pm - It's only a number. But an eye-catching one, nonetheless. For the first time, average salaries of teachers in two suburban districts in the Daily Herald's coverage area ...
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Arlington Heights Marine's family marks year since his deathNov 11, 2011 4:00 am - Katie Stack will always be part of the U.S. Marines, even though the young widow and all of Lance Cpl. James Bray Stack's family know better than anyone the terrible pri...
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Naperville sisters among gymnastics eliteNov 10, 2011 4:00 am - Eighteen hardworking and talented athletes from all over the country comprise the U.S. women's senior gymnastics team this year. Two of them come from the same Napervill...
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Seventh-grader’s woes with Sears EDANov 10, 2011 3:00 am - We, the students of District 300, know about the issue with the proposed extension of Sears tax breaks. I want to tell you how my school, Algonquin Middle School, ha...
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Elgin's Tefft school to show off success to countryNov 09, 2011 11:00 pm - Tefft Middle School in Elgin Area District U-46 has been selected to share its success story at next year's School Showcase as part of the National Association of Second...
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Mom questioning field trips in minorityNov 09, 2011 3:00 am - I was appalled to see the article “A field trip or a gambit?” featured on the front page of the Nov. 4 Daily Herald. This smacks of biased reporting. The fact that it is...
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34-year sentence in Elgin car ramming murderNov 08, 2011 11:00 pm - Calling the crime “outrageous, unnecessary and just almost beyond description,” a judge today sentenced a Streamwood woman to 34 years in prison for using her car to run...
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Euclid School, Tata Steel read togetherNov 08, 2011 12:00 am - Euclid School in Mount Prospect celebrated its excitement for reading on Oct. 6, during a literacy event arranged through First Book and Tata Steel. Tata Steel, an inter...