Education
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Dist. 15 parents want Friday early release optionJan 16, 2013 10:16 pm - Parents in Palatine Township Elementary District 15 are speaking out against plans that could put a late start or early release on Mondays or Wednesdays next year. Offic...
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U of I might raise cost of room and boardJan 16, 2013 4:17 pm - URBANA, Ill. — Later this month, trustees at the University of Illinois will consider an increase of 2 percent to almost 7 percent in the cost of student housing on its ...
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Tech campus gets new boss:Jan 16, 2013 4:12 pm - Steve Clark has been named the new executive director of the Lake County High Schools Technology Campus, officials announced this week. He will succeed Linda Jedlicka, w...
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Fruits, vegetables deliver healthy livingJan 16, 2013 1:00 pm - “What is the most eaten fruit in the USA?,” asked a student in Jen Janik's third-grade class at Big Hollow Elementary School in Ingleside. Let's start by understanding w...
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Unique design wins Mooseheart’s bridge-breaking contestJan 16, 2013 12:29 pm - In the weighty world of determining which of the 11 student-created bridges was strongest in Mooseheart’s 27th annual Bridge-Breaking competition, the bridges that withs...
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New documentary examines neo-Nazis’ attempted march in SkokieJan 16, 2013 11:52 am - The Illinois Holocaust Museum and Education Center has produced a new local documentary that focuses on the attempted neo-Nazi march in Skokie in the late 1970s. “Skokie...
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Round Lake High School-based health center plans airedJan 15, 2013 5:00 pm - Opening a health center at Round Lake High School may be a year away, but supporters Tuesday provided information and gathered opinions to help determine how some servic...
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District 116 decides to hold off on high school expansionJan 15, 2013 3:11 pm - Round Lake Area Unit District 116 officials won’t immediately seek voter permission on whether to borrow $36 million for expansion and other improvements at the high sch...
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Unresolved fence dispute means Villa Park boy needs to find new schoolJan 15, 2013 3:04 pm - A Villa Park boy whose family is concerned about safety at the School of Expressive Arts and Learning’s new location in Lombard no longer will attend the school. Susan C...
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Grayslake Elementary District 46 teachers going on strike todayJan 15, 2013 12:00 pm - Grayslake Elementary District 46 teachers will be going on strike today after talks between their union and the school board broke down just after midnight this morning....