Education
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New playground being built at Lake Zurich school to help preschoolers with special needsJul 16, 2012 5:29 pm - A Lake Zurich elementary school will offer students a little more room to play next year. A $118,000 project to install a new playground is under way at May Whitney Elem...
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Take advantage of new Harper seriesJul 14, 2012 5:00 am - I would like to thank Linda Hoeck over at Harper College, for her presentation and organizing of the parent orientation to introduce Harper’s new vocational program for ...
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District 214 OKs code of conduct for coaches, advisersJul 12, 2012 5:17 pm - Starting this fall, all coaches and club advisers in Northwest Suburban High School District 214 must sign and adhere to a code of conduct outlining appropriate behavior...
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District U-46 says goodbye to assistant superintendentJul 12, 2012 4:00 pm - Elgin Area School District U-46 said goodbye this week to Assistant Superintendent of Secondary Education Greg Walker. Barbara Johnson will move into the position and Us...
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Stevenson High School board member Lyman resignsJul 12, 2012 5:30 am - As a volunteer and then school board member, Long Grove resident Lori Lyman was all in when it came to Stevenson High School. “My whole family has volunteered. To me, it...
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Round Lake Back to School festival returns, offers free physicalsJul 11, 2012 4:57 pm - Mano a Mano Family Resource Center’s community festival had always featured fun and games until Executive Director Carolina Duque got some upsetting news. When Duque hea...
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District 70 moves to cashless system for school lunchesJul 11, 2012 3:41 pm - Libertyville Elementary District 70 parents will be able to prepay for their child’s hot lunches in the fall as the schools progress to a swipe card system. The school d...
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Deer tick bites can cause Lyme disease in dogs as well as peopleJul 11, 2012 11:08 am - “What is Lyme disease for dogs; how do you cure it; and how do they get it?” asked a student in Gregg Thompson’s sixth-grade social studies class at Woodland Middle Scho...
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Quinn ends legislative scholarshipsJul 11, 2012 7:35 am - Illinois lawmakers are losing their century-old political perk of being able to hand out college scholarships just as federal prosecutors offer another reminder of the e...
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UIC names Brookings economist to lead centerJul 10, 2012 4:18 pm - A former Brookings Institution economist has been tapped to direct a public policy research center at the University of Illinois at Chicago. Howard Wial conducted public...