Education
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Wauconda District 118 board to meetDec 04, 2018 12:00 am - Wauconda Unit School District 118 board members will hold a special meeting Thursday to choose a new president. The board's current president, John Armstrong, is steppin...
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Constable: This Mundelein beauty-school dropout now is in the business of making stuffDec 01, 2018 12:00 am - Immortalized in the musical "Grease," the phrase "beauty-school dropout" carries an onus that Lauren Jackson of Mundelein simply remakes into something unexpected and be...
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Diamond Lake District 76 to keep Fairhaven School building for a year, then weigh optionsNov 30, 2018 4:35 am - Moving students out of Fairhaven School in Mundelein as part of a consolidation in tiny Diamond Lake Elementary District 76 has been the plan for a while. What to do wi...
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Will suburban schools opt for e-learning on snow days?Nov 30, 2018 12:00 am - What if instead of snowball fights and tobogganing down sledding hills on a snow day, students could use those hours more productively learning in an online classroom? T...
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Packed house for Warren, Mundelein special needs basketball gameNov 30, 2018 12:00 am - Students in supported learning programs for special needs students at Mundelein and Warren Township high schools faced off Friday for the annual Winter Showdown basketba...
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Christian school expands into former Putt Putt in Elk Grove VillageNov 30, 2018 12:00 am - For the better part of three decades, the Putt Putt miniature golf course was the place for neighborhood kids in Elk Grove Village to spend summer nights passing the tim...
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$1.95M settlement after slide toppled at Algonquin school party in 2013Nov 30, 2018 12:00 am - A student who is suffering from a chronic pain condition as a result of injuries she suffered when an inflatable slide tipped over during a year-end party at an Algonqui...
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State seeks input on 5-year career education planNov 29, 2018 12:00 am - State education officials will host a series of regional meetings in December to gather input on a five-year plan for strengthening career and technical education statew...
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'Will & Grace' actor, Glen Ellyn native Sean Hayes visits 1,200 Palatine students on book tourNov 28, 2018 12:00 am - About 1,200 young children from Palatine Township Elementary District 15 squealed with delight over an appearance Wednesday by an actor from a popular NBC sitcom and his...
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Why it's important to get your furnace checkedNov 27, 2018 10:00 pm - As a friend of mine moved into a hotel for a few days this fall while her furnace and flue pipes were replaced, I thought to myself how easily this could have been avoid...