Education
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District 41 at odds with some parents over approach to special needsAug 19, 2016 5:00 am - Janet Wagner wants her two children to go to college, to have friends, to thrive. She also wants their teachers to understand them. Both, who were adopted from Russia, ...
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District 50 appointmentAug 19, 2016 1:00 am - The Woodland Elementary District 50 school board on Thursday, Aug. 18, appointed Renea Amen of Gurnee to fill a vacancy created by the resignation of Kellie Pappas, who ...
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Transgender student may soon access locker room at Hoffman Estates HighAug 19, 2016 1:00 am - A transgender student may soon have permission to access a gender-specific locker room at Hoffman Estates High School, just as another transgender student does at Fremd ...
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Oak Grove School students head back to class in Green OaksAug 19, 2016 1:00 am - On the heels of the fifth summer of Oak Grove School's $14.1 million remodeling project, students headed back to the classroom Friday in Green Oaks. More than 800 studen...
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District 94 students returning to updated math, science spacesAug 19, 2016 1:00 am - As students left West Chicago Community High School on May 25, they walked out of a science department designed and built in the 1960s. This September, they will return ...
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Meet Glen Ellyn District 89's new superintendentAug 19, 2016 1:00 am - Is the return to school a hectic time of year? It should be if you're scrambling to get school supplies or if you're a superintendent new to the job. But Emily Tammaru,...
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District 54 adopts balanced $226 million budgetAug 19, 2016 1:00 am - Schaumburg Township Elementary District 54 officials have adopted the budget for the new school year, which includes $225.9 million of spending and $226.9 million in rev...
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What did District 200 do over summer vacation?Aug 19, 2016 1:00 am - A common question at this time of the year is, "What did you do on your summer vacation?" Some may have traveled to exotic places, while others took advantage of the sta...
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Judson welcomes students to campus for fall semesterAug 18, 2016 1:00 am - Judson University in Elgin welcomed its newest students to campus Thursday as they unloaded their belongings into new dorm rooms. Students will be moving in through the ...
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District 300 officials optimistic charter school's problems will be fixedAug 18, 2016 1:00 am - Community Unit District 300 school board members were cautiously optimistic Wednesday night that problems at Cambridge Lakes Charter School in Pingree Grove might be res...