Education
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College of Lake County reaches deal to prevent work stoppage on new buildingJun 30, 2017 1:00 am - College of Lake County officials have worked out a deal with the state agency in charge of overseeing state-funded projects that they hope will shield them from a second...
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Prospect duo helps speech team earn excellence designationJun 29, 2017 11:00 pm - Going in to the National Speech Tournament last month in Birmingham, Alabama, Molly McDermott and Ben Marshall entered as the two-time Illinois state champions in their ...
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Lack of state funding could end University Center next yearJun 29, 2017 5:30 am - Nora Mena was not in a good position to leave her family to go to college five years ago. As a first-generation college student with a full-time job and living in Lake V...
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New superintendent set to take over in District 114Jun 29, 2017 1:00 am - Fox Lake Elementary District 114's new superintendent will be in place when employees return to work after the Fourth of July. Heather Friziellie, 45, will take over We...
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Kaneland unveils 2018 budgetJun 28, 2017 1:00 am - The Kaneland school board plans to transfer $3 million from the district's transportation fund to its education fund in the proposed 2017-18 budget to fill in an expecte...
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Woodland schools giving Chromebooks to 4th- and 5th-gradersJun 28, 2017 1:00 am - After equipping about 2,180 middle school students with laptop computers for the first time last year, the Woodland Elementary District 50 board voted Tuesday night to e...
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District 128 quiet on indictments against board member, employeeJun 27, 2017 5:30 am - The Libertyville-Vernon Hills Area High School District 128 board met Monday for the first time since one trustee and an employee were indicted on perjury charges stemmi...
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Forbes ranks Elmhurst College among state's best valuesJun 27, 2017 1:00 am - ELMHURST - In this year's Forbes magazine rankings of the country's best values in higher education, Elmhurst College placed ninth among the top 10 schools in Illinois, ...
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U-46 officials urge spending more on facilities, maybe close old schoolsJun 26, 2017 5:35 am - District says it's not spending enough on facilities as old as 125 years
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U-46 says no to Elgin charter school after heated debateJun 26, 2017 1:00 am - A proposal for an Elgin charter school has once again failed to garner the blessing of officials at the state's second-largest school district. After a heated debate, El...