McHenry County Schools
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Bittersweet day at Cary schoolApr 06, 2010 11:00 pm - When students at Maplewood School in Cary celebrated Hundredth Day this year, the special activities were colored with fun and a tinge of sadness. It was the last time t...
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Dist. 300 cuts 27 more positions; 51 may be called backApr 05, 2010 11:00 pm - The first action was likened to an ax, the second, a scalpel. Almost a month after laying off more than 150 first- and second-year teachers, the Community Unit District ...
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Pension reform saves Illinois schoolsApr 01, 2010 11:00 pm - Why do Illinois politicians think Illinois voters are stupid? Maybe it's because they've elected three governors who have served time in prison and one who prosecutors a...
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Budding rock star climbing her way to the topApr 01, 2010 11:00 pm - Piper Boudart knows how to rock it out. Really. The 11-year-old Cary girl has secured a spot on the U.S.A. climbing team for bouldering that competes across America in ...
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Lawmakers closer to banning unfunded school mandatesMar 29, 2010 11:00 pm - A new law that would limit the number of unfunded state education mandates on school districts' plates is close to passing, though not without significant changes. The ...
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Still teaching at 67? School, union leaders question pension reformMar 28, 2010 11:00 pm - Illinois' budget mess has left schools hurting more than just about any government entity. Suburban school leaders have spent recent weeks slashing millions from their b...
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Class sizes could rise steeply in District 300Mar 26, 2010 11:00 pm - While students at Carpentersville-area schools work through problems of geometry, algebra and calculus, school administrators are trying to figure out a math problem of ...
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McHenry High School Dist. 156 sued over child's basketball injuryMar 25, 2010 11:00 pm - The father of a 13-year-old boy injured playing basketball at McHenry High School's East Campus sued the school district Thursday, saying it failed to take measures to p...
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113 more teachers to be let go in Dist. 300Mar 25, 2010 11:00 pm - Illinois schools are locked in a painful dance with the state - each month the state threatens more cuts, and each month school districts are forced to cut closer and cl...
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Man arrested in bank robberies in Hoffman Estates, SchaumburgMar 25, 2010 11:00 pm - A Lake in the Hills man was being held without bond Thursday, in connection with a pair of recent bank robberies - one in Hoffman Estates and the other in Schaumburg, ac...