Education
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District 73 school board candidates support pace of return to in-person learningMar 15, 2021 1:00 am - While some parents have been critical, candidates running for the Hawthorn Elementary District 73 school board say they support the pace at which schools are returning t...
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District 64 inks new contract with superintendentMar 15, 2021 1:00 am - Park Ridge-Niles School District 64 Superintendent Eric Olson is sticking around for at least two more years. The District 64 board has approved a new contract with Olso...
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Elmhurst University offers COVID relief grantMar 15, 2021 1:00 am - Elmhurst University has created a COVID relief grant to support students who have struggled as a result of the pandemic. The COVID relief grant is a renewable scholarsh...
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District 15 working to bring back junior high students full timeMar 14, 2021 1:00 am - A majority of junior high school students in Palatine Township Elementary District 15's hybrid learning plan would return to classrooms full time and without social dist...
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Parents, students rally in downtown Naperville to reopen schools full timeMar 14, 2021 1:00 am - “Kids learn best in person.” “Get our kids back in school.” “Hybrid learning doesn't cut the mustard.” The signs displayed Sunday during a march and rally in downtown Na...
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Teachers, students, parents reflect on the year since COVID-19 closed suburban schoolsMar 12, 2021 4:00 am - There was cheering in some classrooms and hallways when the announcement went out a year ago that Illinois schools were closing amid the spiraling COVID-19 pandemic. But...
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'I've loved every minute of it': Fifth-grade coach retires after 40 yearsMar 12, 2021 12:00 am - Dave Nelson smiled as the basketball swished through the net in the final second of regulation to force overtime in the Hough Street Elementary School boys basketball ga...
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Reopening debate divides District 25 board candidatesMar 12, 2021 12:00 am - Much like the divide in the community that developed last summer, the eight candidates in the contentious Arlington Heights Elementary District 25 board race are split o...
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Reimbursement checks in the mail for District 203 taxpayersMar 11, 2021 12:00 am - Naperville Unit District 203 taxpayers can soon expect to receive their property tax relief checks in the mail, officials said. Faced with an unexpected surplus after sc...
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Cary District 26 considers expanding in-person learning
Mar 10, 2021 12:00 am - The Cary School District 26 superintendent plans on recommending an expansion of in-person learning during a special board meeting March 15. Students at District 26 curr...