Education
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Grass Lake District 36 to freeze tax levy after complaintsNov 19, 2015 12:00 am - Responding to community complaints, Grass Lake Elementary District 36 officials plan to freeze the amount of taxes they'll collect from local property owners in 2016. Tr...
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Idea: What if state school funding formula died in 2017?Nov 19, 2015 12:00 am - In a year of blown state budget deadlines, an idea from a bipartisan group of rank-and-file lawmakers could create another flashpoint in the future. The proposal: As par...
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Conant students view live heart surgeryNov 19, 2015 12:00 am - About 250 Conant High School students planning on careers in health care watched a live broadcast of a heart surgery Wednesday in the auditorium of the Hoffman Estates s...
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District 15 ships off "space shuttle" busNov 19, 2015 12:00 am - A "space shuttle" that has been stationed in Palatine Township Elementary School District 15 since 1997 is expected to take off from the district's launchpad next week ...
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Budget impasse has Waubonsee looking for ways to save programsNov 19, 2015 12:00 am - Waubonsee Community College is planning to shift about $1 million in its education fund to keep several programs afloat this year while the state holds up the money ...
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Wauconda High student gets 36 on ACTNov 19, 2015 12:00 am - Wauconda High School senior Luke Weller has become the third student in school history to score a 36 on the ACT college entrance exam, the highest possible mark. Weller ...
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Two Aurora 'RoboGals' are U.S. robotics championsNov 18, 2015 10:00 pm - Robotics whizzes at the mere age of 10, and often the only girls in roomfuls of boys, Jensie Coonradt and Kaiya Hollister know all about standing out — and being underes...
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Dist. 220: We must move quickly to renovate Hough St. SchoolNov 18, 2015 4:50 am - A long-discussed renovation to Hough Street Elementary School, which proponents say would make the more than 50-year-old building at 310 S. Hough St. in Barrington more ...
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Batavia school district to get cost estimate for turf fieldNov 18, 2015 4:45 am - The Batavia school district has renewed the idea of putting artificial turf in Bulldog Stadium at Batavia High School. Tuesday night, the board hired Wight and Co., for ...
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1-to-1 tech making inroads in District 94Nov 17, 2015 10:00 pm - From concept to implementation, Community High School District 94's 1-to-1 Technology Initiative has been in existence for just more than two years with the goal of incr...