Cook County Schools
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No kitchen for Gifford studentsJul 03, 2008 11:00 pm - Gifford Street Alternative High School won't be getting a kitchen anytime soon. Complications at the 100-year-old downtown Elgin building, including weight restrictions ...
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New season begins at Nothing Special ProductionsJul 03, 2008 11:00 pm - The fourth season of local theater company, Nothing Special Productions has brought a number of changes and challenges. To begin with, two of the founding members of the...
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W. Chicago school districts to talk consolidationJul 03, 2008 11:00 pm - School officials from West Chicago High School and its three elementary feeder districts will meet next week to talk about consolidating into one school system. The plan...
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Four years later with no end in sightJul 03, 2008 11:00 pm - This Fourth of July holiday marks another sort of fourth for Elgin Area School District U-46 - the fourth anniversary of the beginning of a costly battle for equal educa...
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Local teen bands to battle at TasteJul 03, 2008 11:00 pm - The musical lineup at the Taste of Chicago this year includes Stevie Wonder, Chaka Khan, Bonnie Raitt - and a bunch of teens from the Northwest suburbs. Five bands, incl...
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Judge cuts deposition limit in U-46 bias caseJul 02, 2008 11:00 pm - The two sides in the lawsuit accusing Elgin Area School District U-46 of discrimination now may take no more than 35 depositions each, a federal judge ruled Tuesday. Th...
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Students earn state honors in tradesJul 02, 2008 11:00 pm - Four area students earned the nation's highest awards this week at the SkillsUSA National Leadership and Skills Conference in Kansas City, Mo. The championship contest i...
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Pingree Grove severs parks contractJul 01, 2008 11:00 pm - Pingree Grove on Monday fired a vendor that was hired last year to run the village's parks and recreation program but hasn't yet offered any services to residents. The v...
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Dist. 87 wants a Glendale Heights cop as liaisonJul 01, 2008 11:00 pm - Usually, high schools and police liaison officers are paired off by towns. Whatever town houses a school generally provides the police officer who works in the school fu...
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Briefs: Model high school namedJul 01, 2008 11:00 pm - West Chicago High School has been selected as one of 17 schools across the country to act as a model for civic education by the Civic Mission for Schools. The Maryland-b...