Cook County Schools
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Money tight? Let's go to Disney WorldNov 09, 2009 10:00 pm - One in 10 Americans is out of work. Twenty-five percent more people are bankrupt compared to last year. Foreclosures rose 18 percent in the last three months in the Chic...
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Lake County briefsNov 08, 2009 10:00 pm - GOP forum set The Republicans running for the 8th Congressional District seat will meet for a candidate forum at 7 p.m. Friday, Nov. 20 at McHenry County College in Crys...
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Taxpayers can't afford Dist. 220 raisesNov 08, 2009 10:00 pm - It was interesting - and disheartening - to see Wednesday's (11/4/09) above-the-fold story on foreclosures just above its story on Barrington District 220's 3.9% (to sta...
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Dist. 220 pay increases irresponsibleNov 08, 2009 10:00 pm - District 220 school board President Brian Battle has shown the taxpayers in District 220 how absolutely out of touch and irresponsible the school board is by approving n...
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Schaumburg student welcomed back after losing eye in attackNov 08, 2009 10:00 pm - When the doctors told Shirley Henry they weren't able to save her granddaughter's eye, Henry said it "almost killed me. I was just devastated." She couldn't bring hersel...
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Say no to grade-level centers in Dist. 26Nov 08, 2009 10:00 pm - I am fortunate to live on a block where the families are all very close. Our children span all ages. Under the collective watchful eye of all the neighbors we have seen ...
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Volunteer your time, help childrenNov 08, 2009 10:00 pm - It's not just being retired that motivates me to volunteer in a District 54 school. It's not just my desire to spend some of my available hours being helpful to the stud...
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Barrington's McDonnell commits to IllinoisNov 08, 2009 10:00 pm - Barrington High School senior left-handed pitcher Robby McDonnell made a verbal commitment Sunday to play baseball for the University of Illinois. The 6-foot-1 McDonnell...
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Local students help bring clean water to UgandaNov 08, 2009 10:00 pm - Youths from around the northwest and west suburbs have been raising funds for a for a new project called Wells for Schools - Uganda. Spearheaded by the Youth Leadership ...
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Teacher pay hike in Dist. 220 is madnessNov 08, 2009 10:00 pm - Stop the madness! I nearly fell off my chair this morning reading the news about the lucrative new contract for the District 220 teachers. The last contract gave the tea...