Education
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District 95 officials accepting bids from food vendors for the next school yearJun 09, 2012 7:55 am - Lake Zurich Unit District 95 may say goodbye to its food service vendor of one year. Because of financial reasons, officials said, the district may not re-sign a contra...
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How far is too far for school pranks?Jun 09, 2012 6:38 am - CHICAGO — Well, it’s that time of year again. Time to stash a dead fish somewhere to stink up the school hallways. Time to drop tennis balls on the heads of people in th...
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New District 121 superintendent out before he starts jobJun 08, 2012 2:41 pm - Jeff Brierton won’t be moving up as planned from principal to superintendent at Warren Township High School in Gurnee. Warren District 121 board member Jeanette Thommes ...
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District 214’s longest serving staffer retiresJun 08, 2012 1:32 pm - A woman who believes in giving students understanding, encouragement and love, received love herself as the last day of school ended Friday at Wheeling High School. Marg...
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Gildea’s contract extended:Jun 08, 2012 1:06 pm - The Fremont Elementary District 79 school board has voted unanimously to extend the contract for Superintendent Jill Gildea for five years. The contract begins July 1. G...
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Stevenson students ace ACT:Jun 08, 2012 9:25 am - Seven Stevenson High School juniors earned top composite scores of 36 on the ACT college-entrance exam in April, school officials announced Friday. The students were: Ya...
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Benedictine forms partnersip with Czech universityJun 08, 2012 8:08 am - Benedictine University is giving its students and faculty an opportunity to pursue academic excellence — not only on an international platform, but in a country and ...
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Images: Stevenson High School graduationJun 07, 2012 4:00 pm - ...
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Grayslake District 46 board member questions membership in lobbying groupJun 07, 2012 2:00 pm - Membership in an education lobbying organization is being questioned by a Grayslake Elementary District 46 board member. Michael Carbone said Wednesday evening he's unc...
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Who speaks for students in U-46?Jun 07, 2012 4:40 am - I was very disturbed after reading the article “U-46 has new teachers contract” on June 5. Toward the end of the article, the chief of staff for the district (Tony Sande...