Education
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Des Plaines event aims to get kids hooked on scienceSep 28, 2013 11:00 pm - Five-year-old Sarah Chitavi of Des Plaines can easily rattle off what she learned Saturday during the Family Science Expo, held at the Des Plaines Public Library. Thanks...
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Dist. 15 board narrowly approves administrator raisesSep 28, 2013 8:00 am - The Palatine Township Elementary District 15 board narrowly approved raises for administrators this week, but not before a heated discussion underscored the ongoing divi...
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District 95 has new budget:Sep 27, 2013 3:50 pm - The Lake Zurich Unit District 95 board on Thursday approved an $89.4 million budget for the 2014 fiscal year. Officials expect to collect $93.4 million in taxes and othe...
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District 50’s Woodland Primary celebrates LEED certificateSep 27, 2013 3:35 pm - Woodland Primary School has become the first elementary school in Illinois to receive the Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) Silver Rating Certificatio...
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Dist. 214 cites community education successesSep 27, 2013 3:21 pm - Schaumburg resident Toni Coleman, a mother of five, who enrolled in Northwest Suburban High School District 214 Community Education’s GED program last year, is one of th...
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Des Plaines Library to host student engineering expoSep 27, 2013 11:43 am - Students can explore engineering through a host of interactive activities led by structural engineers at an open house from noon to 4 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 28, at the Des...
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Demolition of flood-prone Gurnee Grade School begins MondaySep 27, 2013 8:00 am - There will be some sentimental goodbyes, but for the most part, razing the Gurnee Grade School will be celebrated as a solution to a decades-old problem. “Quite honestly...
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Moving Picture: For 40 years, kids are priority for Mooseheart teacherSep 27, 2013 4:00 am - For more than 40 years Curt Schlinkmann has taught and coached at Mooseheart Child City & School. He teaches high school science and physics, serves as the boys track an...
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Post high school options outlined for Northwest suburban special ed studentsSep 26, 2013 9:56 pm - In an effort to provide guidance for parents transitioning their students out of high school and into vocational or collegiate opportunities after graduation, local scho...
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Glenbard East grad star of Roosevelt University ad campaignSep 26, 2013 6:00 am - Roosevelt University has launched a new ad campaign encouraging prospective students to follow their dreams, and Glendale Heights finance major Victoria Pena is one of i...