Education
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Idea Lab for pediatric patients honors longtime volunteersDec 17, 2017 10:00 pm - Les and Mary Wiberg may have retired from the classroom 25 year ago, but they will always be teachers. So in their namesake room on the pediatric floor of a Winfield hos...
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McHenry County voters to weigh in on school district taxesDec 16, 2017 12:00 am - The McHenry County Board's push for countywide tax relief has prompted an advisory referendum aimed at urging local school districts to reduce their property taxes. The ...
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Hitler comic assignment could lead to policy changes at Woodland District 50Dec 15, 2017 4:30 am - Woodland Elementary District 50 officials at a special board meeting Thursday night said they plan to discuss and improve their policies on teaching controversial subjec...
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District 103 board to appoint new member TuesdayDec 15, 2017 12:00 am - The Lincolshire-Prairie View School District 103 board on Tuesday is expected to appoint a local man to fill a vacancy on the panel. Prairie View resident Michael Odongo...
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St. Charles East wants, gets equal treatment ... and new $1.2 million athletic fieldDec 14, 2017 12:00 am - St. Charles school board members in February said they fulfilled a need by spending $1.2 million on a new synthetic turf field for St. Charles North High School. Now the...
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Later starts recommended for Libertyville, Vernon Hills high schoolsDec 13, 2017 12:00 am - A task force has recommended starting the day later at Libertyville High School and Vernon Hills High School beginning next fall. Responding to studies that show teens b...
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Holiday music a treat for students, seniors in Vernon HillsDec 13, 2017 12:00 am - Two generations were treated to the sounds of the season Wednesday at Brookdale Hawthorn Lakes senior living center in Vernon Hills. Around 40 Hawthorn Lakes residents a...
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Water main break closes Waubonsee's Sugar Grove campusDec 13, 2017 12:00 am - A water main break late Tuesday night forced officials to close Waubonsee Community College's Sugar Grove campus Wednesday, the college announced on waubonsee.edu. Clas...
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U-46 students, staff support local families in needDec 13, 2017 12:00 am - Several Elgin-area schools are hosting canned food, clothing and toy drives through Dec. 22 - the last day of school before winter break - benefiting local families in n...
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Governor candidate Ives: 'Every school district should be a unit district'Dec 13, 2017 12:00 am - Small school districts with big budgets are sucking up taxes across Illinois and should be consolidated, Republican candidate for governor and state Rep. Jeanne Ives sai...