Education
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Smaller classes officially the goal in Woodland District 50Sep 29, 2017 5:30 am - The Woodland School District 50 board approved a plan Thursday to lower class size guidelines districtwide next year over the opposition of two board members who thought...
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District 211 approves budget for debt-free futureSep 29, 2017 5:30 am - Palatine-Schaumburg High School District 211 board members voted 6-1 Thursday to approve a $268 million budget for the current academic year that will make the district ...
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Oakton Community College offering help with financial aid formsSep 29, 2017 1:00 am - Oakton Community College will host "four weeks of FAFSA" to assist current and prospective college students in completing the Free Application for Federal Student Aid, o...
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NCC launches business accelerator training programSep 29, 2017 1:00 am - Naperville-based ConVerge, North Central College's Center for Innovation and Entrepreneurship, has opened the application process for its new eight-week "Business Accele...
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Fox Lake students give back through Day or ServiceSep 29, 2017 1:00 am - About 900 students and 200 adults participated Friday in Fox Lake Elementary School District 114's third annual Day of Service. Fifteen projects were completed around Fo...
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ROAR Run draws crowd with old-school relay racesSep 29, 2017 1:00 am - Friday was the sixth annual ROAR Run at Woodland Middle School in Gurnee. ROAR stands for Respectful, Ownership, Accepting and Ready. The event was open to all Woodland...
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Waubonsee takes opportunities to prepare, help othersSep 28, 2017 11:00 pm - September is National Preparedness Month; an opportunity to assess and improve readiness for all manner of incidents. With the recent disasters of Hurricanes Harvey and...
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Couple found love at Lisle High School's all-year reunionSep 28, 2017 11:00 am - To hear Amy Carpenter tell it, a connection to Lisle High School is only part of the story of how she and her husband, Bill, met and fell in love. "I don't believe in k...
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All-year reunion to connect Lisle High grads for school's 60th anniversarySep 28, 2017 11:00 am - There are people who imagine their high school reunion and picture themselves trapped in conversations about the past, listing names of classmates and teachers. "There'r...
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U-46 board member: 'The flag means nothing more than toilet paper to me'Sep 28, 2017 1:00 am - A school board member's Facebook post that the American flag "means nothing more than toilet paper to me" has sparked a flurry of online controversy. In a Sept. 24 post ...