Education
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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...
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United Way of Lake County seeks literacy tutorsAug 18, 2016 1:00 am - United Way of Lake County's is seeking volunteers for its Reading Success Tutoring Initiative in Waukegan elementary classroom this school year. No experience required. ...
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Open house at Mundelein High Aug. 24Aug 18, 2016 1:00 am - Mundelein High School will hold its annual open house for parents Wednesday, Aug. 24. It will run from 7 to 9 p.m. The event will start in the school auditorium, 1350 W....
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New principal takes reins at Brook Forest in Oak BrookAug 18, 2016 1:00 am - An administrator from Indian Prairie Unit District 204 has been named principal of Brook Forest School in Oak Brook, just days before Monday's start of classes. Jason B...
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Free eye exams, glasses for kids in Ela Township youth programAug 17, 2016 11:00 pm - Starting the new school year without being able to see properly can set a student up for failure. "You need to see well to do well," said optometrist Rabia Awan, of Lume...
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Foundation forms Club 116 to help Round Lake-area schoolsAug 17, 2016 5:02 am - A private foundation that wants to significantly boost the amount of money it provides to help students and teachers has started a fundraising effort playing off Round L...
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Students return to new additions, programs, equipment at four suburban districtsAug 17, 2016 1:00 am - Thousands of students returned for the first day of classes Wednesday at four Kane County school districts debuting new additions, programs and computing devices. The st...
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Fed grant for CLC programAug 17, 2016 1:00 am - Grayslake-based College of Lake County has received a five-year, $1.98 million grant from the U.S. Department of Education to continue funding the Educational Talent Sea...
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First day is Chromebook day at Naperville junior highsAug 17, 2016 1:00 am - Back-to-school came for junior high students in Naperville Unit District 203 with the traditional posed photos for mom, new outfits for style statements and mixed emotio...
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Dist. 200 completes $1.6 million in capital projects before first dayAug 17, 2016 1:00 am - Getting to the right classrooms on time, remembering locker combinations and making good first impressions on teachers were a few things on the minds of kids heading bac...